SUMMARY - Thursday, 3 July 2025 - 1 p.m.

Ruzomberok, 3 July (TASR) – Firefighters from Ruzomberok have had their hands full since Thursday morning tackling a forest fire near Liptovska Luzna (Zilina region), the Regional Directorate of the Fire and Emergency Service in Zilina has announced on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/22233699 Bratislava, 3 July (TASR) – Climate change poses a serious threat to safe access to drinking water, according to auditors attending the 23rd annual conference of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) held by global audit organisation INTOSAI in Malta. https://etasr.sk/article/22233578 Bratislava, 3 July (TASR) – Some opposition parties reject the idea of having politicians also contribute to the consolidation of public finances, Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok declared on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22233427 Bratislava, 3 July (TASR) – The police officer M. V. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], accused of sabotage, has been released, his attorney, Peter Kubina, announced on social media, stating that the Internal Affairs Inspectorate (UIS) of the Interior Ministry, which detained him, "ran into the law." https://etasr.sk/article/22233374 Bratislava, 3 July (TASR) - In 2024, Slovaks undertook more than 11 million private overnight trips, marking a slight year-on-year increase, although the figure remained 7 percent lower than in the record pre-pandemic year of 2019, it follows from an annual travel survey conducted by the Statistics Office https://etasr.sk/article/22233332 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