SUMMARY - Friday, 22 August 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava/Budapest, 22 August (TASR) - The Ukrainian army has attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline infrastructure on the Russian territory three times in nine days and supplies via this pipeline, which also transports oil to Slovakia and Hungary, have thus been suspended, and the Slovak and Hungarian Foreign Affairs Ministers, Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) and Peter Szijjarto, respectively, have sent a joint open letter to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and EU Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen on Friday concerning this. https://etasr.sk/article/22372725 Brussels, 22 August (TASR) - Major General Slavomir Vercimak has been formally installed as a representative of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) during a session of the NATO Military Committee, thereby becoming the highest-ranking Slovak officer in NATO military structures, TASR reported on Thursday (21 August) based on a statement from the Slovak Armed Forces. https://etasr.sk/article/22372690 Spisske Vlachy, 22 August (TASR) - One person was killed in a collision between a bus and a car between the villages of Spisske Vlachy and Spissky Hrusov (Kosice region) at around 9 a.m. on Friday morning, spokesperson for the regional Kosice Firefighter and Emergency Corps Directorate Jozef Balint has told TASR, adding that four other people were seriously injured. https://etasr.sk/article/22372609 Bratislava, 22 August (TASR) - A new air route between Bratislava and Kosice will be served by Wizz Air, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) revealed at a news conference on Friday, adding that the first flight should take place as early as this November. https://etasr.sk/article/22372602 Bratislava, 22 August (TASR) - Responding to the statement by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) concerning its analysis of the composition of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday (21 August), Government Proxy for Investigating the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic Peter Kotlar told TASR that he wants this matter to be decided by the judiciary. https://etasr.sk/article/22372598 Bratislava, 22 August (TASR) - The government will meet for the second time this week on Friday to deal with several school bills that were shifted from Wednesday's (20 August) session. https://etasr.sk/article/22372457 Bratislava, 22 August (TASR) - The Druzhba oil pipeline was attacked again on Thursday, this time near the Belarusian border, TASR reported on Thursday (21 August) evening based on Economy Minister Denisa Sakova's post on social media earlier that day. https://etasr.sk/article/22372444 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/ko