SUMMARY - Monday, 11 August 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 11 August (TASR) - Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) has asked the Prosecutor-General's Office (PG) to look into the lawfulness of the procedures in connection with the tender procedure for the issuance of a permit to operate ambulances of the emergency medical service (EMS), ministry spokeswoman Veronika Danicova told TASR on Monday, adding he also asked the Zilina District Court to check the suspicions concerning the connection of the bidders or their control by the same ultimate beneficiary. https://etasr.sk/article/22344854 Bratislava, 11 August (TASR) - Chairman of the Chamber of Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) Marcel Zajac hopes that the changes to the NGO register as announced by the Interior Ministry on Monday will not have a similar impact as the amendment to the Act on NGOs, noting that the ministry didn't communicate with the chamber about the changes, Zajac told a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22344773 Vysoke Tatry, 11 August (TASR) - Two Polish climbers fell in the High Tatra mountains, with the 41-year-old of them not surviving, the Air-Transport Europe helicopter emergency rescue service posted on a social network on Monday, adding that they airlifted the other to hospital. https://etasr.sk/article/22344737 Bratislava, 11 August (TASR) - Health-insurance companies operating in Slovakia posted an aggregate profit of €31.2 million in the first half of this year, the Health-care Supervisory Office (UDZS) reported on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22344646 Bratislava, 11 August (TASR) – Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) has no business remaining in his post, said opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and 'Slovakia' during press conferences held on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22344608 Bratislava, 11 August (TASR) - Marian Povolny has resigned from the post of director of the Emergency Medical Service Operations Centre (OS ZZS), the centre's deputy spokesman Richard Boljesik confirmed for TASR on Monday, adding that he did so of his own volition. https://etasr.sk/article/22344541 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