SUMMARY - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Semi-state-owned company ZVS Holding and French state-owned company Eurenco have signed a memorandum based on which a new company for producing artillery powder charges, a component of artillery ammunition, is to be set up in Slovakia, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD), ZVS Holding board chairman Jakub Krchnavy and Eurenco director Thierry Francou told a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040848 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) can't yet say when the first deliveries of air-defence systems ordered from Israel might arrive, as the delay is being caused by the current security situation in the country and across the Middle East. https://etasr.sk/article/23040648 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) has claimed that the coalition politicians who attended a press conference held on Sunday (1 March) at which he was also present didn't know in advance that detained prosecutor of the Prosecutor-General's Office Michal S. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] would be charged, TASR reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040668 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is interested in meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the halt to oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, but this must be preceded by a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, TASR learnt on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040644 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - The governing coalition has agreed to scrap the law transforming the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) into a new office whose implementation has been suspended by the Constitutional Court, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following the government session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040520 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) – The Slovak Electricity Transmission System (SEPS) will terminate its contract for providing emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine, SEPS chairman of the board and chief executive officer Martin Magath announced at the Government Office on Wednesday after the cabinet approved the move via a resolution. https://etasr.sk/article/23040535 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Five aircraft from eight additional repatriation flights to the Middle East will fly to Muscat, Oman, while a military Spartan aircraft will carry out another evacuation flight from Jordan, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (both Smer-SD) announced after a session of the government on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040774 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) – The investigation into the collapse of a roof at the Client Centre building in Komarno, which occurred last week, is ongoing, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice–SD) told reporters after Wednesday's cabinet session. https://etasr.sk/article/23040507 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) has rejected criticism from the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party regarding the modernisation project of the slovensko.sk eGovernment website, stressing that it isn't just a site, but comprehensive digital infrastructure of the state that the government considers to be a strategic investment, TASR reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040822 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - At the end of 2025, Slovakia faced 60 infringement procedures launched by the European Commission (EC) primarily over incorrect transposition or application of legally binding acts of the EU, according to the annual report on Slovakia's EU membership for 2025, which was approved by the government during its session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040539 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Samsung's decision to end production in Slovakia highlights the deteriorating business conditions in the country and the need to re-evaluate the state's approach to foreign investors, stated Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SOPK) head Peter Mihok in a video posted on social media on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040865 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party supports a measure via which Slovaks abroad would vote directly on election day at embassies or at other state institutions rather than by post, said party leader Matus Sutaj Estok on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040434 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party is filing a motion with the Prosecutor-General's Office for it to review the conduct of Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) regarding the project to upgrade the slovensko.sk eGovernment website, party MPs Jan Hargas and Stefan Kiss told a briefing on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040361 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. 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