SUMMARY - Tuesday, 19 August 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) - Paramedics were unable to resuscitate two minors following a fire in a flat in Bratislava's borough of Ruzinov on Tuesday, TASR reported on the same day based on information published by the Emergency Medical Services Operations Centre (OS ZZS) on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/22365329 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) – Ukraine and the whole of Europe currently have the greatest opportunity for peace since the beginning of the war, according to Interior Minister and leader of the coalition Voice–Social Democracy party Matus Sutaj Estok. https://etasr.sk/article/22365306 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar has welcomed the continuation of peace negotiations on the war in Ukraine, which took place in the United States on Monday with the participation of US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders, the Foreign Ministry's press department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22365301 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) - The construction permit for a battery plant in Surany (Nitra region) should be invalid, as the plant fails to meet the limits set by law and the project lacks a description of the technologies by which these limits should be met, representatives of the opposition 'Slovakia' party told a news conference on Tuesday, adding that the party is filing a criminal complaint in this connection. https://etasr.sk/article/22365250 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) - Even though the ambulance service tender was scrapped two weeks ago, the public still doesn't know any of the details, while the future of health-care provision in the coming months remains unknown, House health committee vice-chair and MP for the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party Oskar Dvorak told a press briefing on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22365234 Bratislava, 19 August (TASR) - By filing a motion with the Constitutional Court regarding an amendment to the NGO Act, ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky has sided with the political opposition and uncritically adopted its "misleading" criticism, which has been disproven multiple times, the Government Office's press and information department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22365165 Surany/Nitra, 19 August (TASR) - A battery plant in the planned Surany industrial park in the district of Nove Zamky (Nitra region) on Monday (18 August) 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, the company itself reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22365086 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. jrg