SUMMARY - Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - State mourning could be held in Slovakia on Saturday (April 26) due to the death of Pope Francis, according to the document submitted by Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to the meeting of the cabinet, which will decide on its declaration on Wednesday (April 23). https://etasr.sk/article/21974476 Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - The government could ask the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) to carry out a quantitative analysis of the presence of DNA and other substances in selected samples of COVID-19 vaccines, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said in a video posted on a social network on Tuesday, adding that he wants to bring such a proposal to Wednesday's (April 23) cabinet meeting. https://etasr.sk/article/21974777 Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - An investigator of the Internal Affairs Inspectorate (UIS) "knows exactly" which police officer made the recording of the detained assailant Juraj C. (name abbreviated due to legal reasons) shortly after the shooting of Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD), UIS spokeswoman Andrea Dobiasova told TASR on Tuesday, adding that his phone was confiscated and this police officer sent the video only to "authorised persons", however, even after interviewing witnesses, the inspection didn't find out who posted the video on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/21974655 Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - Everyone bears responsibility for the future they will prepare for the next generations, President Peter Pellegrini posted on a social network on Tuesday on the occasion of Earth Day. https://etasr.sk/article/21974938 Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - I will attend the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday (April 26), President Peter Pellegrini announced after signing the book of condolences for the Pope's death, adding that representatives of the Catholic Church will travel with him in the government aircraft. https://etasr.sk/article/21974282 Dolny Kubin, April 22 (TASR) - Naming a square in Dolny Kubin (Zilina region) after Bishop Jan Vojtassak is unacceptable and contrary to the law, prosecutor of the Prosecutor-General's (PG) Office Peter Mihal has stated, adding that naming the square after a representative of the regime of the wartime Slovak Republic between 1939-1945 or any other regime based on fascist or Nazi ideology is a violation of the law. https://etasr.sk/article/21974838 Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - Slovakia's public debt ended last year just below 60 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), but at the beginning of this year it was already rising above this threshold, and it won't fall back below it again for at least seven years, VUB bank analyst Michal Lehuta has estimated based on the current and expected developments in public finances. https://etasr.sk/article/21974554 Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) - Austrian Minister for European and International Affairs Beate Meinl-Reisinger is due to visit Slovakia, the Foreign Ministry's communications department told TASR on Tuesday, adding that as part of her official visit she'll engage in a working programme with head of Slovak diplomacy Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) on Wednesday (April 23). https://etasr.sk/article/21974409 Myjava, April 22 (TASR) - The town of Myjava in Trencin region is preparing an exhibition dedicated to the air battles over its neighbouring hills that took place in 1944, town spokesman Marek Hrin told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21974978 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. am