SUMMARY - Wednesday, 20 August 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - The Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) is dealing with the tender for operating ambulances of the emergency medical service (EMS), Peter Habara from the Police Corps Presidium has confirmed for TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22367661 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) will do its best to ensure that the coalition council considers reducing the number of self-governing regions to half the current number, TASR learnt on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22367774 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) – The upcoming fiscal consolidation package will bring more significant savings across government ministries than in the past, declared Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) following a session of the government on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22367769 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - The Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) and the National Union of Employers (RUZ) have agreed on their own proposed consolidation measures with the potential to contribute as much as €2 billion to the state budget annually, TASR reported on Wednesday based on a joint stance released by KOZ and RUZ on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22367705 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) – This year's Rule of Law Report by the European Commission (EC) was compiled using inappropriate methodology and contains factual inaccuracies in the section on Slovakia, the Slovak government has stated in its official response to the 2025 Rule of Law Report, which it approved at its session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22367559 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - The opposition's Christian Democrats (KDH) are demanding that a legal analysis concerning the cancellation of the ambulance tender should be published, while also calling on Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to dismiss Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) immediately in order to "resolve the whole scandal," TASR reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22367526 Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) – The opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) welcomes the fact that the government did not discuss a proposed bill aimed at introducing changes to school funding at its session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22367444 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