SUMMARY - Thursday, 24 July 2025 - 1.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini received new Georgian Ambassador to Slovakia Konstantin Kvachakidze and new Spanish Ambassador Sofia Ruiz del Arbol Moro at an introductory audience at the Presidential Palace on Thursday. Presov, 24 July (TASR) – A member of the Corps of Prison and Court Guard (ZVJS) who was found on Tuesday (22 July) with a gunshot wound to the head at the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Presov has died, ZVJS spokesperson Anna Beckova Ragasova confirmed for TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22293833 Banska Bystrica, 24 July (TASR) – The Specialised Criminal Court in Banska Bystrica opened proceedings on Thursday against lawyer Frantisek P. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], who is charged with indirect corruption. https://etasr.sk/article/22293688 Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) – The Doctors Trade Union Association (LOZ) has called on President Peter Pellegrini to oversee the transparency and professionalism of the public procurement process for ambulance service licences, TASR learnt from LOZ chair Peter Visolajsky on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22293564 Nitra, 24 July (TASR) – Police in Nitra apprehended a 41-year-old lorry driver who was operating a vehicle without a driving licence and under the influence of drugs. https://etasr.sk/article/22293540 Dunajska Streda/Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) – Firefighters responded shortly after midnight to a blaze at the premises of a former agricultural cooperative in the Male Blahovo district of Dunajska Streda (Trnava region), TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22293463 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