SUMMARY - Monday, 21 July 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 21 July (TASR) – Milan Rastislav Stefanik remains a lasting role model and inspiration, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has stated on the occasion of the 145th anniversary of Stefanik's birth. https://etasr.sk/article/22284803 Bratislava, 21 July (TASR) - The upcoming Interior Ministry Day is simply a party event for the governing Voice-SD party, former interior minister and MP Roman Mikulec ('Slovakia', 'For the People', KU) told a press conference on Monday, adding that the ministry is set to pay almost €700,000 to organise the event and that the price may go up even further. https://etasr.sk/article/22284943 Bratislava, 21 July (TASR) - The opposition criticism of the way in which the Interior Ministry Day event has been organised has been rejected by the ministry under the leadership of Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD), ministry spokesman Matej Neumann told TASR on Monday in response to statements made by former interior minister Roman Mikulec earlier in the day. https://etasr.sk/article/22285065 Tvrdosin/Bratislava, 21 July (TASR) – A new section of the R3 expressway between Tvrdosin and Nizna in the Orava area was officially opened on Monday, with Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) and the general director of the National Highway Company (NDS) Filip Machacek in attendance. https://etasr.sk/article/22284685 Bratislava, 21 July (TASR) – In recent weeks, videos misusing the identity of Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) via artificial intelligence (AI) tools have increasingly appeared online. https://etasr.sk/article/22284843 Vojcice/Bratislava, 21 July (TASR) – Firefighters are currently responding to a large fire in a grain field near the village of Vojcice (Kosice region), the Kosice Regional Directorate of the Firefighter and Emergency Corps reported on social media on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22284654 Bratislava, 21 July (TASR) – The non-parliamentary Hungarian Alliance has criticised the proposed amendment to the Political Parties Act, claiming that it would undermine fair political competition. https://etasr.sk/article/22284737 Radzovce, 21 July (TASR) - Hygienists have detected a new active outbreak of viral hepatitis A in Lucenec district (Banska Bystrica region), with the disease occurring in the village of Radzovce and related to previous cases in Lucenec district, the Regional Public Health Office in Lucenec posted on its website on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22284991 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