SUMMARY - Wednesday, 30 July 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - The economic mood in Slovakia in July slightly improved when compared to the previous month, with the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) growing by 0.8 points to 96.8, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22313776 Geneva, 30 July (TASR) – Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Hlas-SD) met Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday (29 July) on the sidelines of the 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Switzerland, TASR has reported based on a press release of the Georgian parliament. https://etasr.sk/article/22313818 Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - Public-service broadcaster Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) general director Martina Flasikova will temporarily assume the management of Slovak Radio (SRo) as of August 1, STVR has announced, adding that current acting SRo director Vincent Stofanik will leave the post on July 31. https://etasr.sk/article/22313941 Bratislava 30 July (TASR) – The Defence Ministry had confirmed 1,065 applications for training in the National Defence Forces (NOS) by 29 July, with new reserves thus totalling 5,260 registered applicants, TASR has learnt from data published by the Defence Ministry on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22313969 Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party views statements that the Russian economy is now considered to be stronger than German, made by Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at the weekend, as spreading disinformation. https://etasr.sk/article/22314057 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. ko