SUMMARY - Tuesday, 1 July 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 1 July (TASR) - The extra-parliamentary National Coalition has changed its name to the Countryside Party (Strana vidieka in Slovak), its leader and Tourism and Sport Minister Rudolf Huliak (Independent) stated on Tuesday, stressing that the party wants to represent traditional values and especially the traditional agrarian essence of Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22227037 Bratislava, July 1 (TASR) - The state budget reached a cash deficit of €3.117 billion at the end of June this year, meaning that the state's economic activities improved by €895 million or 22.3 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first half of the year, the Finance Ministry reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22227118 Bratislava, 1 July (TASR) - The National Highway Company (NDS) has completed the public procurement for the construction of the D3 motorway section Kysucke Nove Mesto-Oscadnica in Zilina region, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) posted on a social network on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22227107 Bratislava, 1 July (TASR) - Former mayor of Bratislava's borough of Petrzalka Jan Hrcka will run for the post in this year's by-election, TASR learnt at his press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22227052 Bratislava, 1 July (TASR) - Slovakia on Monday (30 June) assumed the rotating annual presidency of the Austerlitz Format (S3: Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia) which will last until 30 June 2026, Foreign Ministry's communications department told TASR on Tuesday, adding that the main priorities will be energy security, cooperation in European affairs and the EU's enlargement to include the Western Balkan countries, as well as the development of transport infrastructure, digital transformation and development cooperation. https://etasr.sk/article/22226914 Bratislava, 1 July (TASR) - The Slovak Post Office is on the verge of collapse, it has no vision and no future, Martin Pekar, a transport expert from the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party stated on Tuesday, criticising the organisation's functioning. https://etasr.sk/article/22227001 Bratislava, 1 July (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has left for Croatia, where he is scheduled to meet with his counterpart Zoran Milanovic, as well as with Parliamentary Chair Gordan Jandrokovic and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, TASR learnt from the President Office's communications department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22226860 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