SUMMARY - Sunday, 11 October 2026 - 5.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 11 October (TASR) - In the latest Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index, Slovakia ranked 43rd out of 165 countries with an overall score of 7.45, lagging behind the Czech Republic and Austria, the Institute of Freedom and Entrepreneurship (ISP) reported earlier this week. https://etasr.sk/article/23810542 Bratislava, 11 October (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) believes that the draft budget for 2027 will be approved by Parliament, adding that it's not a budget tailored to a specific group or a particular industry, but one designed to ensure that Slovakia and its people can get through difficult times, TASR has learnt from his video posted on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/23810689 Bratislava, 11 October (TASR) - Slavomir Kral from the Traffic Police Department of the Police Corps Presidium was unanimously elected president of the European Roads Policing Network (ROADPOL) during an international ROADPOL meeting held in the Netherlands last week, TASR learnt from an announcement published by the Police Corps on social media on Sunday. https://etasr.sk/article/23810756 Bratislava, 11 October (TASR) - A Slovak biotechnology firm called Sensible Biotechnologies has raised 47 million US dollars (nearly €42 million) in funding to further develop its integrated technology for next-generation mRNA medicines, seeking to overcome the deficiencies in the current synthetic method of producing mRNA in order to enable the development of safe, effective and affordable medicines for cancer, autoimmune diseases and incurable hereditary diseases, TASR reported earlier this week. https://etasr.sk/article/23810887 NOTICE: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]. jrg