SUMMARY - Thursday, 22 October 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has signed an amendment to the Act on Public Administration Budgetary Rules, which is aimed at reducing the administrative burden on state entities and local governments while easing strict rules for the state when operating under a provisional budget, the President's Office told TASR on Thursday, adding that the president found no conflict with the Slovak Constitution. https://etasr.sk/article/23847281 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - Environment Ministry State Secretary Filip Kuffa has said that he was surprised by how harsh the remarks directed at him by President Peter Pellegrini were. https://etasr.sk/article/23847340 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party will challenge the easing of rules for provisional budgets at the Constitutional Court, the party's representatives announced on Thursday after President Peter Pellegrini signed an amendment to the Budgetary Rules Act. https://etasr.sk/article/23847426 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Bratislava, searches and investigative measures were conducted in Slovakia on Tuesday (20 October) and Wednesday (21 October) in an investigation into a suspected customs fraud scheme to import textiles and footwear from China involving public officials, TASR has reported, citing an EPPO statement issued on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23847495 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - The Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) and the Prosecutor-General's (PG) Office will examine the allocation of subsidies from the Environmental Fund, with a non-anonymous report from a citizen being forwarded to the relevant authorities by Environment Ministry State Secretary Filip Kuffa, the Environment Ministry's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23847719 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) will pay a working visit to the Czech Republic, where he is set to hold talks with his Czech counterpart Petr Macinka and House Chair Tomio Okamura on Friday (22 October), Foreign Affairs Ministry's communication department informed TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23847812 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - National passenger rail carrier ZSSK has reached an agreement with trade unions on the content of an amendment to the collective agreement for 2024–2028. https://etasr.sk/article/23847882 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. ko