SUMMARY - Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - The Slovak National Uprising (SNP) Bridge in Bratislava is not only an important land connection between the borough of Petrzalka and the Old Town Centre, but it's used by myriad cars, buses, cyclists, runners and pedestrians on a daily basis and belongs among the chief tourism magnets of the capital city, visited annually by about 200,000 tourists, TASR was told by Bratislava spokesperson Peter Bubla on Thursday. Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - Slovak diplomat Linda Kapustova Helbichova has become new executive director of the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) as of Thursday, replacing Petr Mares of the Czech Republic, TASR learnt from the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/21004672 Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - Slovak National Theatre (SND) general director Matej Drlicka received a French Knighthood of the Order of Arts and Letters award from French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, with the official award ceremony to be held in the autumn, TASR learnt from SND PR manager Jana Alexova on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/21003907 Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - The state-budget deficit amounted to €4.19 billion at the end of July 2024, the Finance Ministry reported on Thursday, adding that the budgetary performance thus worsened by 34.5 percent, or €1.076 billion year-on-year (y-o-y). https://etasr.sk/article/21003452 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