SUMMARY - Tuesday, 22 July 2025 - 5 p.m.

Vydrnik, 22 July (TASR) - State-run rail-infrastructure operator ZSR has launched the drilling of a key structure in the modernisation of the Poprad-Kosice railway line, the Spani Haj tunnel, near the village of Vydrnik in Presov region. https://etasr.sk/article/22286941 Vysoke Tatry, 22 July (TASR) - A new boarding area has been created at Strbske Pleso railway station in the High Tatra mountains, specifically on track No. 11, TASR was told by state-run rail-infrastructure operator ZSR's communications department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22286780 Presov/Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) – A 42-year-old member of the Prison and Court Guard Corps (ZVJS) sustained a gunshot wound on Tuesday at the premises of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Presov, ZVJS spokesperson Anna Beckova Ragasova confirmed for TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22287210 Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) - The junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS) won't back the dropping of a single (nationwide) electoral district from the Slovak Constitution, as it views it as a step towards eliminating smaller political parties. https://etasr.sk/article/22286916 Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) - The Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry will be headed on a temporary basis by its State Secretary Radomir Salitros due to the surgery that Investments Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) is set to undergo at the Eastern Slovak Institute of Heart and Vascular Diseases (VUSCH) in Kosice, TASR has learnt from Migal's post on a social network on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22287143 Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) - The Police Corps has warned of fake documents attempting to pass themselves off as official correspondence from foreign security forces, such as the Australian Federal Police, Interpol or specialised centres for combating child sexual abuse, TASR was told by spokesman for the Police Corps Presidium Roman Hajek on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22287122 Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) - It's very likely that funds amounting to approximately €50 million from the call that has been scrapped by the Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry will be lost, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party told a press conference on Tuesday, adding that tens to hundreds of millions of euros and other investments from the recovery plan are also at risk. https://etasr.sk/article/22287290 Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) – The Education, Research, Development and Youth Ministry said on Tuesday that it considers the drafting process of the new Higher Education Act to be transparent. https://etasr.sk/article/22287198 Surany/Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) – The We Protect Our Own civil initiative has once again accused GIB EnergyX Slovakia, the Economy Ministry and state-owned company MH Invest of unlawful practices and fraud related to the permit process for constructing a battery plant in Surany (Nitra region) and demanded an immediate suspension of all construction work until the completion of a comprehensive environmental impact assessment (known as a full EIA), Stanislav Gulas of the civil initiative announced on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22287314 Bratislava, 22 July (TASR) - If the EU's economic sanctions against Russia had worked, the first packages would have had a sufficient effect and there would be no need to approve the 18th sanction package in a row now, MEP and far-right Republic party leader Milan Uhrik has said in interview for TASR.TV. https://etasr.sk/article/22287057 Bratislava/Banska Bystrica, 22 July (TASR) - Samuel S. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], who has been charged in the case of the knife attack that took place at a grammar school in the town of Spisska Stara Ves (Presov region) in January, will remain in custody. https://etasr.sk/article/22286826 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