SUMMARY - Wednesday, 20 August 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava/Surany, 20 August (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' party has lodged a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor-General's Office concerning the building permit for a battery plant in Surany (Nitra region), the party's MPs Rastislav Kratky a Julius Jakab told a press conference on Wednesday, adding that the battery plant shouldn't have received a permit without an environmental impact assessment (EIA). https://etasr.sk/article/22367379 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) – Reducing the number of self-governing regions (VUCs) in Slovakia could lead to the loss of EU funds, warned House Chair Richard Rasi and Deputy Interior Minister Michal Kalinak (both from Voice-Social Democracy) in their joint statement released on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22367354 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - Year-on-year (y-o-y) inflation measured by the EU's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) stood at 4.6 percent in July, the same level as that seen in the previous month, and at 0.4 percent in a monthly comparison, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday, adding that y-o-y HICP inflation in Slovakia was higher than the figure measured by national methodology, as published on 15 August. https://etasr.sk/article/22367278 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - Oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline resumed on Tuesday (19 August) evening, with state-run oil carrier Transpetrol confirming standard flow of oil, TASR was told by Economy Ministry's press department the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22367166 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - At its session on Wednesday, the government will discuss, inter alia, the reimbursement of costs incurred by municipalities in connection with the states of emergency. https://etasr.sk/article/22367093 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