SUMMARY - Tuesday, 5 August 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 August (TASR) – The opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) once again criticised the situation in the Slovak forests on Tuesday, pointing to serious suspicions of non-transparent management and deliberate environmental destruction. https://etasr.sk/article/22331774 Bratislava, 5 August (TASR) - Economy Ministry has prepared several scenarios for targeted energy subsidies for 2026, with the final shape to be decided by the Slovak government, the ministry announced on Tuesday, adding that assistance should be automatic, fast, and effective, without residents having to visit the authorities in person. https://etasr.sk/article/22331704 Bratislava, 5 August (TASR) - Representatives of all the opposition parties held a joint news conference on Tuesday to call on Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) to scrap the ongoing ambulance service tender, then launch a new one and ensure that it is held transparently. https://etasr.sk/article/22331655 Velka Maca, 5 August (TASR) – The Trnava Region began construction on the Freedom of Speech Memorial on Tuesday in Velka Maca in commemoration of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova, TASR learnt on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22331630 Bratislava, 5 August (TASR) - The Labour Ministry is submitting a law aimed at eliminating discrimination against parents, especially mothers who cared for a child on maternity leave and therefore have lower pensions, for inter-departmental review, Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) told a news conference on Tuesday, adding that the law might take effect as of January 2026. https://etasr.sk/article/22331605 Presov, 5 August (TASR) - The investigation into the police raid in a Roma settlement in Moldava nad Bodvou (Kosice region) in 2013 has been reopened due to the need to properly investigate suspicions of racial motives in line with the conclusions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and in order to "correct procedural errors", Michal Sovic, a spokesperson with the Regional Prosecutor's Office, which is overseeing the case, told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22331579 Bratislava, 5 August (TASR) - Extra-parliamentary 'Democrats' party leader and former defence minister Jaroslav Nad told reporters on Tuesday that he's testified again at the Police Corps Presidium in connection with the donation of military equipment to Ukraine. https://etasr.sk/article/22331516 Tatranska Lomnica, 5 August (TASR) - My role at the Tatra National Park (TANAP) is to complete the zoning procedures, which is the most important thing in any national park so that clear rules and zones are set, TANAP administration acting director Michal Babnic told a news conference in Tatranska Lomnica on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22331496 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