SUMMARY - Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 10 p.m.

PRAGUE/GRANADA/BRATISLAVA - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala finds Slovakia's approach to the provision of further military aid to Ukraine "less than fortunate", although he understands the reasons that have guided the decision, TASR learnt from its special correspondent in Prague on Thursday. GRANADA/BRATISLAVA - The outgoing caretaker Government in Slovakia won't send any additional military material to Ukraine, although it hopes that the military aid will be continued by the next cabinet, Prime Minister Ludovit Odor stated on the sidelines of the third summit of the European Political Community (EPC) held in Granada, Spain, on Thursday. BRUSSELS/BRATISLAVA - President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Slovak European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic on the extension of his responsibilities on Thursday, after the European Parliament approved the proposal to appoint him as the European Commission Executive Vice-president in charge of the European Green Deal. BRATISLAVA - The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) is looking into election campaign ads of far-right LSNS party over suspicions that their wording constituted the crime of inciting national, racial and ethnic hatred, police spokesperson Denisa Bardyova confirmed to TASR on Thursday. BRATISLAVA - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and his wife made an informal visit to Slovakia and met with Slovak head of state Zuzana Caputova, TASR learnt on Thursday. BRATISLAVA - Almost half of Slovaks believe that Ukrainians have received too much help from Slovakia and that the aid should be time-limited, according to a survey conducted by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV). BRATISLAVA - President Zuzana Caputova thinks that when it comes to providing further military aid to Ukraine, there's a need to respect the results of the election and wait for the conclusions of talks on the formation of a new government, stated Caputova's spokesman Martin Strizinec on Thursday, stressing that the head of state supports military aid to Ukraine but doesn't provide approval or disapproval of its provision. mf