SUMMARY - Tuesday, 12 August 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) – The initiative We Are the Forest, in cooperation with Aevis and the civic association Via Iuris, has filed 29 lawsuits over bear hunting permits against the Environment Ministry, headed by Tomas Taraba (an SNS nominee), TASR learnt on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22347482 Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) – Chair of the junior coalition party Voice-SD and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok dismissed claims suggesting his party is leaning towards the opposition as fabricated and, in his video statement posted on social media on Tuesday, questioned why coalition partners would accuse Voice-SD of such a move, arguing they would not be in power without his party’s decision to join the coalition in the first place. https://etasr.sk/article/22347321 Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) - Jozef Hricka has become the new director of the Emergency Medical Service Operational Centre (OS ZSS), appointed to the position by Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) on Tuesday, OS ZSS spokesperson Veronika Danicova confirmed to TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22347245 Bratislava, 12 August (TASR) – The Ministry of Justice has assured the Slovak Bar Association (SAK) on Tuesday that it is in the ministry's interest to ensure the right to defence is fully guaranteed. https://etasr.sk/article/22347089 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