SUMMARY - Wednesday, 6 August 2025 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – The state at present has 24 contracts with local sawmills located within 50 kilometres of national parks, compared to just five during the government of the current opposition (2020-23), Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (nominated by SNS) posted on social media on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22334613 Gelnica, 6 August (TASR) – A special emergency, away-from-home session of the House Council's Committee for Public Administration and Regional Development in Gelnica (Kosice region), convened in response to the aftermath of a severe windstorm in early July, was not quorate on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22334603 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – The Agel company rejects any suspicions regarding the recent ambulance service tender and claims that it purchased ambulances from its own funds before terms of the tender were announced and without knowing the outcome, PR and public relations director Nancy Zavodska told TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22334605 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/22334573 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – The European Commission has raised no objections to the agreement between Slovakia and the United States on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, Slovak Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice–SD) announced on social media on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22334443 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – Opposition MP Martina Bajo Holeckova (Freedom and Solidarity) raised concerns on Wednesday about the collapsing state of social services in Slovakia, underlining that the funding reform should have been implemented as of January this year, not postponed until September. https://etasr.sk/article/22334318 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) – The Justice Ministry has rejected statements by the Let's Stop Corruption Foundation regarding the alleged negative impact of the amendment to the Criminal Code. https://etasr.sk/article/22334223 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