SUMMARY - Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) has called on the public and politicians to respect the conclusions of the Internal Affairs Inspectorate (UIS), which has decided to halt the criminal prosecution in the case of the actions taken by Prime Minister Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) security detail during the assassination attempt on him last May and in the case of the leaked video of the detained attacker Juraj C. https://etasr.sk/article/21977455 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - Slovakia is a dead cert to receive the fifth payment from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, amounting to nearly €600 million, and it should also be successful in its request for the sixth payment, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated after Wednesday’s session of the government. https://etasr.sk/article/21977475 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - The Slovak government should be represented at Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday (April 26) by Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar, said Premier Robert Fico (both Smer-SD) following the Cabinet session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21977491 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - Members of the Slovak Armed Forces will help to monitor the situation with respect to the state of emergency declared in response to the increased presence of brown bears, with the government greenlighting the deployment of up to 50 professional soldiers for this purpose on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21977512 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - Until the quantitative analysis of COVID-19 vaccine samples for the presence of DNA and other substances is completed, Slovakia will stop accepting agreed deliveries of vaccines against COVID-19, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following the cabinet session on Wednesday in connection with the government's resolution on the analysis. https://etasr.sk/article/21977622 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - The measures introduced in Slovakia to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from spreading could be relaxed in the first ten days of May, around May 7 or 10, said Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) following the cabinet session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21977679 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is feeding Government Proxy for Investigation into Management of COVID-19 Pandemic Peter Kotlar by validating his statements in an attempt to hold his shaky coalition together, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has declared in response to the government's decision to order an analysis of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. https://etasr.sk/article/21977698 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) will go on an official visit to Kyrgyzstan in April 24-25 in the company of a sizable Slovak business delegation, TASR learnt from the ministry's press department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21977754 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - The Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) acknowledges the government resolution on Wednesday that tasks SAV with preparing a report related to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines used in Slovakia, the Centre's general director Silvia Pastorekova told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/21977786 Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) - At Wednesday's government meeting, Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) provided an update on negotiations with Hungary regarding the implementation of the International Court of Justice's ruling related to the construction of the Gabcikovo–Nagymaros Waterworks System, noting that Gabcikovo could be one of the topics discussed during Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban's visit to Slovakia on Monday (April 28). https://etasr.sk/article/21977902 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. lin