SUMMARY - Tuesday, 19 August 2025 - 1 p.m.

Surany/Nitra, 19 August (TASR) - A battery plant in the planned Surany industrial park in the district of Nove Zamky (Nitra region) has received a construction permit from the Nitra Regional Office for Spatial Planning and Construction, thereby allowing GIB EnergyX Slovakia to build production facilities intended for prototype production of up to 1 gigawatt hour. https://etasr.sk/article/22364983 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) - The Slovak Self-governing Regions Association (SK8) has stated that Slovakia's issue isn't with the number of self-governing regions but with the unfinished decentralisation of public administration, TASR reported on Monday (18 August) in connection with SK8's negative response to a proposal by the junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) to reduce the number of self-governing regions. https://etasr.sk/article/22364977 Vysoke Tatry, 19 August (TASR) - A mountain rescue team came to the aid of a pair of tourists from Kyrgyzstan who were stranded in the High Tatras on Monday night, the Mountain Rescue Service (HZS) has reported on its webiste. https://etasr.sk/article/22364906 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) received representatives of a company called Gotion InoBat Batteries (GIB) at the Government Office on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22364823 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) - Reduction in the number of self-governing regions isn't a consolidation measure. If the government coalition wants to consolidate, it should start in the state administration, the Slovak Towns Union (UMS) reacted in this way to a respective proposal tabled by the junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS) last week. https://etasr.sk/article/22364699 jrg