SUMMARY - Tuesday, 12 August 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) - Parliament should look into the suspicions that the United Kingdom meddled in the Slovak parliamentary election in 2023, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated in a video posted on a social network on Tuesday, adding that he wants to find out to what extent the British campaign helped the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party and whether the campaign spending limit was exceeded in this case. https://etasr.sk/article/22346473 Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) said on Monday evening (11 August) that Slovak diplomacy and the Slovak Embassy in Belgrade won't comment on the incidents at the Slovak National Festivities in Serbia at the weekend, TASR has been told by the ministry's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22346290 Prievidza/Navelgas, 12 August (TASR) - Slovak gold-panners brought nine medals and two championship titles back from the World Gold Panning Championship held in Navelgas, Spain in August, TASR was told by head of the Slovak Gold-panning Association (SAZ) Frantisek Kuffer. https://etasr.sk/article/22346340 Bratislava/Tirana, 12 August (TASR) - Tackling fires in Albania, Slovak firefighters dropped 30 Bambi buckets amidst difficult conditions on Monday (11 August), the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) posted on a social network on Tuesday, adding that operations are being hampered by high temperatures, strong and shifting winds, and the accessibility of bodies of water and helicopter fuel. https://etasr.sk/article/22346492 Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) - The average nominal monthly salary increased year-on-year (y-o-y) in June in all sectors monitored on a monthly basis, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22346358 Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) - Sales in June were up year-on-year (y-o-y) across all five sectors monitored on a monthly basis, with the rate of growth actually accelerating in four of them, and especially in the construction sector, which posted double-digit growth, and industry with transport and warehousing coming in at more than 6 percent, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22346429 Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) - Employment rose year-on-year (y-o-y) in five of the ten monitored sectors of Slovakia's economy in June 2025, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22346418 Podrecany, 12 August (TASR) - Another outbreak of hepatitis A was detected in Lucenec district (Banska Bystrica region) last week, this time in the village of Podrecany, the Regional Public Health Authority (RUVZ) reported on its website on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22346374 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