SUMMARY - Monday, 25 August 2025 - 9.05 p.m.

Bratislava, 25 August (TASR) - The Health Ministry will provide the operators of four emergency medical stations, whose licences are expiring at the end of August, with commissioning to operate them on a temporary basis, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) stated on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22381804 Bratislava, 25 August (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) and 'Slovakia' party criticise the attitude of Government Proxy for Investigating the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic Peter Kotlar to the results of the analysis of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which was carried out by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV). https://etasr.sk/article/22382049 Bratislava, 25 August (TASR) - Government Proxy for Investigating the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic Peter Kotlar should devote his vigour mainly to what his post was established to, Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok stated on Monday, adding that on that point, unfortunately, he hasn't seen a single line from Mr Kotlar yet. https://etasr.sk/article/22382142 Bratislava, 25 August (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party continues to reject changes to 13th pensions for next year or the reduction of contributions to the second pension pillar, party chair and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok told a press conference on Monday, adding that ha can't imagine cuts in social, health and education spending as part of further consolidation. https://etasr.sk/article/22381987 Bratislava, 25 August (TASR) - The coalition is trying to find a consensus on the last consolidation measures for next year, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) said on Monday following a meeting of the coalition council, adding that the measures are divided into spending and revenue parts, with the third area being austerity on the side of the state. https://etasr.sk/article/22382124 Bratislava, 25 August (TASR) - The Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on Monday opened a public exhibition of photographs on the occasion of the upcoming 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN), TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22382113 Bratislava, 25 August (TASR) - The 90-percent energy aid announced by the government isn't targeted, but rather across the board and the addressability needs to be better and more carefully thought out, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party told a press conference on Monday, calling for investment in insulation and modernisation of heating to help address the problem of energy poverty. https://etasr.sk/article/22381918 Lucenec, 25 August (TASR) - A new outbreak of hepatitis A has been detected in the village of Dobroc in Lucenec district (Banska Bystrica region), the Regional Public Health Authority (RUVZ) in Lucenec reported on its website on Monday, adding that it wasn't epidemiologically linked to previous cases in the same district. https://etasr.sk/article/22381777 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