SUMMARY - Wednesday, 27 August 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 27 August (TASR) – People are paying increasingly higher taxes and fees, life is becoming more difficult, the government is spending more than ever, and the Slovak economy is sinking into stagnation, the opposition's Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party stated on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22387837 Bratislava, 27 August (TASR) – The State Electoral Commission has initiated proceedings to impose a fine on the Voice–Social Democracy party over its delayed disclosure of a loan used to fund the presidential campaign of current head of state and former Voice-SD leader Peter Pellegrini, the Interior Ministry's press department confirmed for TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22387720 Bratislava, 27 August (TASR) – The ongoing consolidation will not affect the second pension pillar in any way, shape or form, and contributions to it won't be reduced, Labour, Social Affairs and Family Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) declared at a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22387705 Senica, 27 August (TASR) – The Senica bypass project is moving closer to the launch of a public procurement process to select a contractor for the environmental impact assessment (EIA), Transport Minister Jozef Raz Jr. (nominated by Smer-SD) said during a government away-from-home session in Senica (Trnava region) on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22387649 Bratislava, 27 August (TASR) - Opposition MP Oskar Dvorak (Progressive Slovakia/PS) has voiced harsh criticism of Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) over Fico's declaration of continued support for Government Proxy for Investigation into the COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar despite the results of an analysis into mRNA vaccine safety by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) that has refuted Kotlar's claims, TASR learnt on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22387387 Bratislava, 27 August (TASR) – The State Electoral Commission has initiated proceedings to impose a fine on the Voice–Social Democracy party over its delayed disclosure of a loan used to fund the presidential campaign of current head of state and former Voice-SD leader Peter Pellegrini, the Interior Ministry's press department confirmed for TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22387241 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. mf