SUMMARY - Monday, 1 September 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) – The Doctors’ Trade Union (LOZ) believes that a reform of Slovakia’s emergency medical services system could save the country approximately €40 million per year, as the current ambulance system is unnecessarily costly, LOZ chair Peter Visolajsky told TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22402678 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - The intention to establish state-run casinos, thus allowing the expansion of gambling within municipalities despite their disapproval, undermines the democratic principles of local self-government and the efforts to protect children and young people from behavioural addictions which are on the rise, including gambling, Children's Commissioner Jozef Miklosko said in response to the plan proposed by Tourism and Sport Minister Rudolf Huliak (independent). https://etasr.sk/article/22402587 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) – A favourable outlook for the production of key food commodities suggests that wholesale food inflation in Slovakia could slow down in autumn and early 2026, which, however, may not fully translate into lower prices for consumers, according to 365.bank analyst Tomas Bohacek. https://etasr.sk/article/22402563 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) – Slovakia’s total harvest of cereal crops in 2025 is expected to reach 3.1 million tonnes, marking a year-on-year increase of more than 20 percent, according to the second yield estimate by the Slovak Statistics Office as of 15 August. https://etasr.sk/article/22402502 Slovensky Grob/Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) – Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) on Monday rejected claims that recent legislative changes will dismantle private education or discriminate against private and church schools. https://etasr.sk/article/22402447 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) – The Slovak Constitution is not just paper in a drawer, it is a fundamental foundation of democracy on which a modern and just Slovakia must stand, the opposition's Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) declared on the occasion of Constitution Day on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22402442 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) – The Slovak Constitution cannot remain merely a text on paper, it must live in the everyday reality of the people in the form of a just state, equality before the law, respect for citizens, and social security, President Peter Pellegrini stated on social media on Constitution Day. https://etasr.sk/article/22402381 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