SUMMARY - Thursday, 31 July 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 31 July (TASR) - The state will provide €55 million from the modernisation fund for investments in the modernisation of heating management in some towns, especially in heat distribution systems, Vice-premier and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) stated at a briefing on Thursday, with Environmental Fund director general Marek Giba in attendance. https://etasr.sk/article/22318614 Bratislava, 31 July (TASR) – The Culture Ministry issued a decision on 26 June to designate the Kyjev Hotel and Prior department store in Bratislava as national cultural monuments, with the decision becoming legally binding as of 8 July, TASR learnt from head of the ministry's press department Petra Bacinska on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22318170 Bratislava, 31 July (TASR) - A Slovak rescue team led by the Interior Ministry has successfully evacuated more child patients and their family members from Gaza to safety, TASR was told by spokesman for the ministry Matej Neumann on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22318074 Bratislava, 31 July (TASR) – The Smer-SD party used public funding for political parties to pay companies linked to its own lawmakers, with a total of €4.5 million transferred to three such firms, leader of opposition's 'Slovakia' party Igor Matovic claimed on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22318169 Bratislava, 31 July (TASR) - The extremely difficult evacuation operation from the conflict-torn Middle East, during which 266 people from Slovakia and 27 other countries reached safety in the second half of June, confirmed the preparedness and professionalism of the Slovak crisis management and consular services and the solid position of Slovakia in the network of global relations, the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry stated on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22318254 Bratislava, 31 July (TASR) - The parliamentary committee for public administration and regional development is expected to deal with the situation in Gelnica district (Kosice region) next Wednesday (6 August) at 1 p.m. at an away-from-home session, according to the information published on the parliament's website. https://etasr.sk/article/22318330 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