SUMMARY - Friday, July 26, 2024 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) again spoke on the phone with his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal regarding the transit of Russian oil via Ukraine on Friday, TASR has learnt from the Government Office's press department. https://etasr.sk/article/20958491 Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) - Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) has spoken on the phone with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto concerning procedures for filing a motion over the violation of the association agreement in connection with Ukraine's suspension of the transit of Russian oil supplied to the two countries by Russian company Lukoil, TASR has learnt from the Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/20958593 Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) - An Olympic Festival dedicated to the 2024 Olympics in Paris (July 26-August 11) started in the area near Lake Kuchajda in Bratislava's borough of Nove Mesto on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/20958658 Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) told a news conference on Friday that he will press the coalition partners to ban the insurance of ministries' property via brokers, as millions of euros in state money are spent by every ministry in this way. https://etasr.sk/article/20958795 Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) - Opposition party Progressive Slovakia (PS) has called on Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to restore order at the Environment Ministry as soon as possible, stating that Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) is failing to manage the recovery plan and is the worst minister in the history of the ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/20958918 Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) - Construction work prices increased by 5.7 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in June, with the growth rate slightly accelerating from May, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/20959047 Brussels, July 26 (TASR) - The Council of the EU decided to initiate an excessive deficit procedure against Slovakia and six other member states during its meeting on Friday, following thus recommendations previously issued by the European Commission (EC). https://etasr.sk/article/20959250 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