SUMMARY - Monday, 1 September 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - The state budget saw a deficit of €4.304 billion at the end of August 2025, which was an improvement of €345.7 million, or 7.4 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), the Finance Ministry announced on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22403281 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Protests were held on Monday in nearly 150 private schools in Slovakia to express their dissatisfaction with the draft school laws that are to be submitted to Parliament, head of the Association of Private Schools and School Facilities Eva Ohradanova, and representatives of an initiative called Not Like This! told a press conference on Monday, adding that a petition in this regard has been launched as of Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22403266 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party is proposing measures to increase transparency in the financing of election campaigns, with its MPs Zuzana Mesterova and Martin Dubeci submitting amendments to the Political Parties Act in the parliament, TASR reported on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22403126 Bratislava, September 1 (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini appointed three rectors of universities at the Presidential Palace on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22403077 Poprad, 1 September (TASR) - An initiative called 'Work Instead of Benefits' is being put into practice as of Monday, Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) told a press conference in Poprad (Presov region) on the same day, adding that those who refuse a suitable job offer from the labour office despite being able to work will lose their subsistence benefit or have it reduced. https://etasr.sk/article/22403027 Kosice, 1 September (TASR) – The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Kosice has dropped a sabotage charge against police officer M. V. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], defence attorney Peter Kubina confirmed on social media on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22402942 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/22402781 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - The main objective of fiscal responsibility, namely achieving sustainable public finances, was not met in 2024, the Council for Budget Responsibility (RRZ) stated in its Report on Compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility and Fiscal Transparency Rules for 2024. https://etasr.sk/article/22402769 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