SUMMARY - Thursday, 29 October 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 29 October (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) left for Skopje, North Macedonia, on Thursday morning to strengthen bilateral relations and express Slovakia's support for the country's integration into the EU. https://etasr.sk/article/23871679 Bratislava, 29 October (TASR) - The economic mood in Slovakia in October significantly improved when compared to September, breaking a two-month downward trend, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23871791 Bratislava, 29 October (TASR) - EU enlargement, support for Ukraine and the availability of energy will be high on the agenda of a summit of the Visegrad Group (V4 - Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) presidents, which will take place in Trencin, the European Capital of Culture for 2026, on 4 and 5 November, with the summit being hosted by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini as part of Slovakia's V4 presidency, the President Office's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23871893 Martin, 29 October (TASR) - Slovak and Czech MPs will play a charity football match at a multi-purpose sports hall in Martin (Zilina region) on Thursday, Parliament's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23871984 Kosice/Bratislava, 29 October (TASR) - The Constitutional Court has admitted for further proceedings a constitutional complaint filed by a group of police officers centered around Jan Curilla in a dispute with Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD), according to decisions published by the Constitutional Court's Fourth Senate on 22 October. https://etasr.sk/article/23872020 Bratislava, 29 October (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini received the credentials of four designated ambassadors on Thursday: Rediyanto Heru Nurcahyo of Indonesia, Rebekka Benesch of Switzerland, Vishvas Vidhu Sapkal of India, and Yorgos Diacofotakis of Greece, the President's Office press department told TASR on Thurdsay. https://etasr.sk/article/23872021 Bratislava, 29 October (TASR) - The high state-budget deficit should be brought down below 3 percent of GDP by the end of the next four-year electoral term, according to a recovery plan for the Slovak economy presented by the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23872050 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]. ko