SUMMARY - Wednesday, 6 August 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – The Let's Stop Corruption Foundation voiced its concerns about the negative consequences of the amended Criminal Code, describing it as the state's resignation from the fight against corruption, TASR learnt from the foundation's press conference held on Wednesday. Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – Opposition party Progressive Slovakia (PS) called on Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) on Wednesday to cancel the current ambulance service tender and launch a new one. https://etasr.sk/article/22334027 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - The implementation contract for a crisis management analysis is based on a framework agreement signed by the Interior Ministry in 2020, during the term of the then government, the ministry's communication department told TASR on Wednesday in response to opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Juraj Krupa's criticism about the ministry paying €1.2 million to a private consulting company for a crisis management concept. https://etasr.sk/article/22334024 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - The Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA) is launching the eFarmer mobile application, which in its initial version will facilitate communication between direct support applicants and the agency. https://etasr.sk/article/22333980 Kosice, 6 August (TASR) - Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) was discharged to home care from the Eastern Slovak Institute of Heart and Vascular Diseases (VUSCH) in Kosice on Wednesday, journalists were told by Migal at a briefing held on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22333939 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - The junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) is again calling on President Peter Pellegrini to do his utmost to ensure that Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) scraps the ambulance service tender, pointing to inefficient spending, SNS spokesperson Zuzana Skopcova informed TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22333876 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - Opposition representatives held a news conference on Wednesday to criticise the fact that the parliamentary agriculture and environmental committee again didn't hold a regular session earlier in the day because it wasn't quorate due to absence of its coalition members. https://etasr.sk/article/22333855 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – The Interior Ministry is shelling out tens of millions of euros on consultancy services, with one of the latest contracts, for a crisis management concept, being worth €1.2 million, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Juraj Krupa told a press conference on Wednesday, asking why such materials are not being prepared by the ministry's internal staff. https://etasr.sk/article/22333813 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - A 74-year-old woman fell from the 11th floor of a building in the Bratislava borough of Petrzalka on Wednesday and succumbed to her injuries on the spot, TASR was told by Bratislava Regional Police spokesperson Michal Szeiff on the same day, adding that the police were sent to the scene shortly before 9.30 a.m. https://etasr.sk/article/22333755 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