SUMMARY - Monday, 4 August 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 August (TASR) - The money that Slovaks save in the second (capitalisation) pension pillar is at risk again, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party told a news conference based on information available to it on Monday, adding that contributions to the second pillar will most likely be cut further from 4 percent to 2 percent, or the second pillar will be opened again. https://etasr.sk/article/22329738 Bratislava, 4 August (TASR) - The government is set to waste additional hundreds of millions via non-targeted energy subsidies in 2026, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party MPs Karol Galek and Marian Viskupic said at a briefing on Monday, responding to Prime Minister Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) statement that energy prices in 2026 are expected to remain unchanged for about 90 percent of households. https://etasr.sk/article/22329793 Crikvenica, 4 August (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) will meet his Croatian counterpart Davor Bozinovic in the Croatian city of Crikvenica on Monday to discuss cooperation between the two countries' rescue services, according to a press release provided to TASR by the Interior Ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/22329811 Sered, 4 August (TASR) - The Holocaust Museum in Sered (Trnava region) will pay honour to the victims of the Roma genocide on Monday evening with a commemorative concert performed by pianist Milos Bihary and an exhibition called 'The Persecution of Roma during the Holocaust', museum head Martin Korcok has told TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22329845 Bratislava, 4 August (TASR) - Former health minister and MP Marek Krajci ('Slovakia', For the People, Christian Union/KU) has been repeatedly criticising the terms of the ambulance service tender as non-transparent, saying that newly established companies having no technical background or personnel were also allowed to join, he told a press conference on Monday, adding that the 'Slovakia' party has a list of bidders at its disposal. https://etasr.sk/article/22329871 Gelnica, 4 August (TASR) - The Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry has so far approved and disbursed humanitarian financial aid totalling more than €400,000 for 315 households in eastern Slovakia that were affected by a windstorm in early July, Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) told a news conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22329893 Bratislava, 4 August (TASR) - Slovakia harvests only 63 percent of its annual timber growth, which is less than in Scandinavia or the Czech Republic, stated Slovak Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Monday, arguing that this shouldn't be considered deforestation but rather a neglect of basic forest maintenance. https://etasr.sk/article/22329965 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. lin