SUMMARY - Wednesday, 16 July 2025 - 6 p.m.

Bratislava, 16 July (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' party has announced that it will not participate in meetings on an amendment to the parliamentary Rules of Procedure unless the governing coalition starts adhering to the current rules. Bratislava, 16 July (TASR) – Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (SNS nominee) is misleading the public and acting against Slovakia's interests in the ongoing dispute with Hungary over the Gabcikovo hydropower plant, Tamara Stohlova (PS), vice-chair of the House agriculture and environment committee, claimed on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22272067 Bratislava, 16 July (TASR) - The Environment Ministry has requested that the investor behind the Surany battery plant should submit an additional 42 documents and studies, as the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process cannot proceed until these materials are provided, Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (SNS nominee) announced following an emergency special session of the House environment committee on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22271953 Prague/Bratislava, 16 July (TASR-correspondent) - The activities of a man who was detained in Ukraine by a Slovak-Czech-Ukrainian police team on Wednesday in connection with an investigation into last year's bomb threats to thousands of schools in the Czech Republic and Slovakia were probably financed by a person from Russia, the Czech Security Intelligence Service (BIS), which participated in the international operation, has posted on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22271898 Bratislava, 16 July (TASR) - The junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS) supports Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in not voting for the 18th EU package of anti-Russian sanctions, SNS spokeswoman Zuzana Skopcova informed TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22271815 Kosice, 16 July (TASR) - The damage caused by last week's high winds in eastern Slovakia will probably exceed €800,000, according to the latest estimates that the Interior Ministry has provided to TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22271745 Kiev/Bratislava/Prague, 16 July (TASR) - A joint Slovak, Czech and Ukrainian police team is taking action in the Ukrainian town of Dnipro in connection with an investigation into bomb threats at Slovak and Czech schools as of September 2024, the police reported on a social network on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22271646 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