SUMMARY - Thursday, 17 July 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 17 July (TASR) – The Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization (MIRRI) has cancelled a €50-million funding call for digital transformation projects under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, citing serious irregularities and flaws in the original design. https://etasr.sk/article/22275593 Bratislava, 17 July (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok’s (Voice-SD) public finance consolidation efforts are jeopardizing regional development, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party claimed on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22275458 Prague/Bratislava, 17 July (TASR-correspondent) – The Czech Security Information Service (BIS) won't comment on criticism from Slovak politicians regarding its public disclosure of a likely Russian link in the investigation into last year's bomb threats targeting schools, BIS spokesman Ladislav Sticha stated on CT24 on Thursday, adding that what matters is that the perpetrator was successfully arrested. https://etasr.sk/article/22275305 Bratislava, 17 July (TASR) – Training in the National Defence Forces (NOS) as a reservist is physically demanding and requires strong team spirit, said President Peter Pellegrini during his participation in NOS training at the Turecky vrch military training area. https://etasr.sk/article/22275158 Bratislava, 17 July (TASR) - The Slovak police acted in line with the investigator's instructions when informing the public about the detained suspect concerning recent bomb threats, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) declared on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22275133 Bratislava, 17 July (TASR) – Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) has rejected what he called the spreading of panic and fear-mongering, accusing the opposition of politicising health-care issues. https://etasr.sk/article/22275013 Bratislava, 17 July (TASR) - The Slovak police acted in line with the investigator's instructions when informing the public about the detained suspect concerning recent bomb threats, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) declared on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22274948 Bratislava, 17 July (TASR) – Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) has rejected what he called the spreading of panic and fear-mongering, accusing the opposition of politicising health-care issues. https://etasr.sk/article/22274909 Bratislava, July 17 (TASR) - The Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry has halted a call aimed at supporting research and development in the field of Slovakia's digital transformation, the ministry announced on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22274804 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