SUMMARY - Thursday, 5 November 2026 - 10.30 p.m.

Lviv/Bratislava, 5 November (TASR) - Slovakia is ready to help to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following Thursday's session of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. https://etasr.sk/article/23899182 Trencin, 5 November (TASR) - At their meeting in Trencin on Thursday, the presidents of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries agreed on supporting a credible, ambitious and merit-based European Union (EU) enlargement policy as a strategic investment in peace, security and the global position of Europe, while also expressing support for Ukraine, its sovereignty, territorial integrity, European future and right to defend itself against Russian aggression, TASR learnt from the President's Office on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23899345 Kosice, 5 November (TASR) - An investigator from the Internal Affairs Inspectorate (UIS) has charged a police officer detained on Wednesday (4 November) in Kosice with the criminal offence of rape in conjunction with the crime of sexual violence, which he allegedly committed while on duty and on a repeated basis, UIS spokesperson Andrea Dobiasova told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23899517 Lviv/Bratislava, 5 November (TASR) - Thursday's joint session of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments will result in a special resolution setting out specific tasks and deadlines for individual cabinet members, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a press conference after the two governments held their fourth joint session. https://etasr.sk/article/23899608 Trencin, 5 November (TASR) - The two-day summit of the Visegrad Four (V4) presidents concluded on Thursday with a tour of the renovated Fiesta Bridge over the Vah River in Trencin, which was presented to the presidents by Trencin Mayor Richard Rybnicek. https://etasr.sk/article/23899897 Bratislava, 5 November (TASR) - The future government's activities should be based around a small number of key priorities, with their implementation guaranteed directly by the prime minister and a designated deputy prime minister, which is the only way for the government to perform better than the previous ones and really help the people of Slovakia, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party stated on Thursday when presenting six priorities in its programme called Tresk 2 (Bang 2). https://etasr.sk/article/23900170 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