SUMMARY - Wednesday, 21 October 2026 - 10 p.m.

Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini urges the people to take part in Saturday's (24 October) combined local and regional elections and exercise their right to vote. https://etasr.sk/article/23844635 Washington/Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) – Slovakia has fallen by one percentage point in the latest Rule of Law Index published by international organisation the World Justice Project (WJP), dropping two places from 36th to 38th among 143 countries year-on-year. https://etasr.sk/article/23844368 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) – Slovakia's opposition blames President Peter Pellegrini of applying a double standard in his decision on the nomination of Filip Kuffa as environment minister, with some opposition parties calling for Kuffa to step down as deputy environment minister. https://etasr.sk/article/23844144 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - The Government Office has temporarily suspended several websites and digital services on security grounds, including the Central Register of Contract and the Central Register of Projects, TASR learnt from the Government Office's press department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23844055 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) – The Interior Ministry has temporarily taken its website offline as a precautionary security measure in response to critical vulnerabilities in PHP technology, with Wednesday's outage expected to last about an hour, the ministry's press department told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23844010 Zilina/Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) – A judge at the District Court in Zilina on Wednesday ordered the remand in custody of a 19-year-old suspect, identified as A. T. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], who allegedly threatened to stab his classmates during lessons at a secondary school in Zilina on Friday, 16 October. https://etasr.sk/article/23843833 Bratislava/Banska Bystrica, 21 October (TASR) - The Specialised Criminal Court (STS), sitting in Banska Bystrica, on Wednesday halted criminal proceedings on some charges in the Purgatory case because the offences were time-barred. STS spokesperson Iveta Pulman Erdelyiova confirmed to TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23843649 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 obchod@tasr.sk. mf