SUMMARY - Tuesday, 27 October 2026 - 9 p.m.

Martin/Bratislava, 27 October (TASR) – The heads of the Slovak and Czech Parliaments, Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) and Tomio Okamura, respectively, will present the Slovak-Czech Mutual Relations Awards in the town of Martin on 30 October, TASR learnt from the Parliament's Office press department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23866247 Bratislava, 27 October (TASR) – Opposition party SaS criticises the use of the Cyril application, which allows passengers to buy a single ticket for several types of public passenger transport, warning that the state is losing millions of euros on the project — worth approximately €30 million and run by the Transport Ministry — while public interest remains low. https://etasr.sk/article/23866212 Prague/Bratislava, 27 October (TASR-correspondent) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis unveiled a statue of Czech-Slovak friendship in the garden of the Czech Government Office on Tuesday, TASR's correspondent in Prague reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23866193 Bratislava, 27 October (TASR) – Opposition's party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) warns of the possible consequences of a broader interpretation of the president's powers when appointing government members, whereas Progressive Slovakia (PS) calls on the Slovak National Party (SNS) to withdraw Filip Kuffa's nomination for environment minister and propose a new candidate instead. https://etasr.sk/article/23866058 Bratislava, 27 October (TASR) - I would take the same approach to other nominations for public office as I have in the case of Filip Kuffa, and this also applies to the possible reappointment of Peter Kazimir as governor of the Slovak Central Bank (NBS), President Peter Pellegrini declared on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23865864 Bratislava, 27 October (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini will turn to the Constitutional Court regarding the proposal to appoint Environment Ministry State Secretary Filip Kuffa to the post of Environment Minister and won't appoint him until he receives the court's interpretation, the president announced in a statement made at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23865833 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]. mf