SUMMARY - Thursday, 24 July 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini appointed 19 new judges of general courts on Thursday, stressing in his speech that an independent judiciary is one of the fundamental pillars on which our statehood rests. https://etasr.sk/article/22295205 Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) - The Railway Workers Union has ended the strike alert on the basis of the signed agreement on remuneration of employees of state-run rail-infrastructure operator ZSR for 2025, ZSR trade union leader Peter Hoffman stated on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22295453 Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) - The president's warning finger has come too late and will have no impact on the outcome of the tender to select an ambulance service operator, opined the opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) on Thursday, adding that they fear the outcome of the tender has already been decided "quietly and behind closed doors". https://etasr.sk/article/22295029 Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) - Slovakia will have the largest share of electricity generated from nuclear power in the world after the start-up of the fourth unit of the nuclear power plant in Mochovce (Nitra region), meaning that Slovakia should be the last country in the world to need a new nuclear power source, stated leader of the opposition 'Slovakia' party Igor Matovic at a press conference on Thursday, adding that the party is convening a round-table discussion for opposition parties to discuss the construction of a new nuclear source by Westinghouse. https://etasr.sk/article/22294945 Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has been working for a month with other opposition parties Progressive Slovakia (PS) and the Christian Democrats (KDH) to form a commission within the parliamentary committee for economic affairs to look into the planned construction of a new nuclear power plant by American company Westinghouse, MP and SaS energy expert Karol Galek stated in response to various opposition initiatives on the issue. https://etasr.sk/article/22295547 Bratislava, 24 July (TASR) – Firefighters were given a new rescue boat on Thursday at the hydroelectric power plant in the Bratislava borough of Cunovo, stated Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) and Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) head Adrian Mifkovic at a press conference on Thursday, adding that mini-submarines are also currently being distributed to all eight HaZZ regional headquarters. https://etasr.sk/article/22294875 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