SUMMARY - Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The government has failed in its energy aid agenda and instead of extending targeted aid to households it plans to collect sensitive private information, the opposition's Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party warned on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21905907 Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The House Conflict of Interest Committee turned down complaints against Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) on Tuesday, while initiating proceedings against Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and Committee chair Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-For the People-KU). https://etasr.sk/article/21905873 Brussels/Bratislava, April 1 (TASR-correspondent) - The European Commission (EC) announced on Tuesday that it has approved the preliminary assessment of 20 out of 21 milestones and targets related to Slovakia's fifth payment request of €516.8 million in grants (excluding pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which is a central component of the EU's NextGenerationEU recovery plan, TASR learnt from its special correspondent in Brussels. https://etasr.sk/article/21905854 Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - Jozef Kroslak has become the chairman of the newly created Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) Council after being elected to the post by council members on Tuesday, parliamentary culture and media committee head Roman Michelko (Slovak National Party/SNS) confirmed at a party news conference on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/21905831 Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The information that Slovakia has the worst sustainability of public finances in the EU is only half-true because of equal importance is the fact that Slovakia made the greatest improvement within the entire EU in this indicator in 2024, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) declared in Parliament on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21905787 Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The transaction tax must be abolished, as it hurts businesses and employers in Slovakia, opposition PS and SaS parties claimed on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21905532 Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The transaction tax must be abolished, as it hurts businesses and employers in Slovakia, opposition PS and SaS parties claimed on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21905527 Komarno, April 1 (TASR) - Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) said in Komarno (Nitra region) on Tuesday that he wants to negotiate cross-border cooperation with the Hungarian health minister and that a meeting should be held by the Easter holiday. https://etasr.sk/article/21905504 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. mf