SUMMARY - Wednesday, 20 August 2025 - 9 p.m.
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Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - If parliamentary election had been held in August, Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won on 22.1 percent of votes, followed by Smer-SD on 18.2 percent and Voice-SD on 11.3 percent, according to a poll conducted by AKO agency on behalf of TV JOJ 24.
https://etasr.sk/article/22368015
Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - Unemployment measured by the proportion of jobseekers available to start work increased by 0.08 percentage points (p.p.) month-on-month to 3.86 percent in July, but despite the increase in unemployment, the number of long-term unemployed people registered at labour offices for more than 12 months fell, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) reported on Wednesday.
https://etasr.sk/article/22367869
Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - Current statistics show that Slovakia has the second highest inflation in the euro area, representatives of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) stated at a press conference on Wednesday, adding that this is also the result of the "messed up" consolidation of public finances by the current government and that the same will happen with the currently prepared package of consolidation measures for next year, which, moreover, is being negotiated in secret and late by the governing coalition.
https://etasr.sk/article/22368112
Liptovsky Jan, 20 August (TASR) - A bear attacked a man not far from Stanisovska Cave near the village of Liptovsky Jan in Zilina region on Wednesday, TASR was told by Milan Kozelnicky, the head of a brown bear strike team, which is on the spot investigating whether the bear is in the vicinity.
https://etasr.sk/article/22367963
Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - The coalition is continuing negotiations on the next package of consolidation measures and it is currently in about the third quarter of the talks, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) said on Wednesday following a meeting of the coalition council.
https://etasr.sk/article/22368319
Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) – Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice–SD) is currently reviewing the analysis of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 conducted by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV), and he intends to present a report on the analysis at the next government session, TASR learnt on Wednesday.
https://etasr.sk/article/22367883
Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) – The opposition 'Slovakia' party on Wednesday voiced its disagreement with the proposal to reduce the number of self-governing regions (VUCs), calling it a "populist outcry" lacking data and analysis.
https://etasr.sk/article/22367861
Bratislava, 20 August (TASR) - The Government Office is due to welcome on Thursday (21 August) representatives of the Venice Commission in connection with the amendment to the law on non-profit organisations and the forthcoming value changes to the Slovak Constitution, TASR was told by the Government Office's press department on Wednesday.
https://etasr.sk/article/22368234
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