SUMMARY - Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 5.30 p.m.

Dubovany, August 1 (TASR) - The environmental police have accused two individuals from the village of Dubovany in Trnava region of animal cruelty for allegedly tethering a dog to a car and then dragging the animal behind it, TASR has learnt from the Police Corps Presidium. https://etasr.sk/article/21001958 Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - The tax changes that the government is about to introduce will be disadvantageous for employees with higher incomes, the Economic and Social Studies Institute (INESS) has warned in its latest publication, adding that higher-earning people are already subject to higher taxation hidden within the levies that they pay. https://etasr.sk/article/21002046 Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party is launching a billboard information campaign in the regions, PS leader Michal Simecka told a news conference on Thursday, adding that the party wants to build up more of a presence outside Bratislava as well. https://etasr.sk/article/21002226 Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - The 12-year effort to scrap motorists' fees for using the D2 highway stretch of Bratislava Lamac-Zahorska Bystrica/Stupava has finally brought fruit, local authorities of Stupava, Zahorska Bystrica and Bratislava Lamac borough commented in their social network posts in response to the decision to extend free-of-charge sections of Bratislava highway bypasses as of Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/21002257 Rimavska Sobota, August 1 (TASR) - The Gemer-Malohont Museum in Rimavska Sobota (Banska Bystrica region) is exhibiting a light machine gun from World War II during August to mark the 80th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP), Jan Alac, museum's deputy director and head of its documentation and collection management department has told TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/21002905 Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - Slovakia and Hungary share similar views on developments in the EU and currently engage in close cooperation, which is of benefit to both neighbouring states, chair of the non-parliamentary ethnic Hungarian Alliance-Magyar Szovetseg Krisztian Forro told TASR in an interview. https://etasr.sk/article/21003316 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