SUMMARY - Thursday, 10 July 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 10 July (TASR) – The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party is calling for an emergency session of the House constitutional and legal affairs committee to address what it describes as failures by Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD), committee member Branislav Vanco (PS) announced on Thursday. Bratislava, 10 July (TASR) – Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) has rejected the opposition's criticism that government officials are not responding adequately to the aftermath of the recent storms in eastern Slovakia and are failing to assist the local people. https://etasr.sk/article/22256759 Bratislava, July 10 (TASR) - In its first 100 days of operation it's become obvious that the new financial transaction tax is harming entrepreneurs, reducing economic growth and increasing the use of cash in the economy, said representatives of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party at a press conference on Thursday, adding that the tax has brought all the negatives aspects that many people warned about in advance. https://etasr.sk/article/22256596 Brussels, 10 July (TASR-correspondent) - The European Commission (EC) announced that it has disbursed the fifth payment to Slovakia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which is the centrepiece of the Next Generation EU (NGEU) instrument, TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22256541 Kosice, 10 July (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party at a briefing in Kosice on Thursday criticised the government for approving a plan to draw up a new vision for Slovakia's development until 2040 and has called it another example of non-conceptual governing. https://etasr.sk/article/22256475 Bratislava, 10 July (TASR) - Slovakia's industrial output continues to decrease, with the year-on-year (y-o-y) decline deepening to 4 percent in May, while in April the drop stood at only 0.4 percent, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22256445 Bratislava, 10 July (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has criticised the government for not clearly promising aid after the storms in the east of Slovakia, calling on it to take action, said party leader and MP Michal Simecka on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22256392 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