SUMMARY - Monday, 13 October 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – The Economy Ministry plans to limit the rights of citizens and local governments through an amendment to the Mining Act, and the proposed changes would also legally entrench the principle of “about you without you”, the opposition's Progressive Slovakia (PS) party warned on Sunday. https://etasr.sk/article/22553422 Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – Accommodation facilities in Slovakia welcomed 808,000 guests for overnight stays in August this year, marking a year-on-year increase of nearly 9 percent and setting an all-time monthly record for tourism, the Statistics Office reported on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22553193 Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini will depart on Tuesday (14 October) for an official visit to North Macedonia, with the visit to be a continuation of his recent tour of Western Balkan countries, aimed at supporting EU candidate states in their integration efforts, the President's Office press department told TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22553143 Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – Minister of Tourism and Sport Rudolf Huliak (independent) rejected criticism from the opposition's 'Slovakia' party, which claimed that the government's decision not to tax gambling more steeply cost the state north of €50 million in gambling tax revenue, TASR learnt on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22553088 Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – Peter Kazimir remains the nominee of the coalition Voice–SD party for the position of Slovak Central Bank (NBS) Governor, confirmed Education Minister and Voice-SD vice-chair Tomas Drucker during a session of the House Committee for Education, Science, Youth, Sports and Tourism on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22552976 Sliac/Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – The Sliac military airport is currently undergoing the largest reconstruction in its history, with the renovation — aimed to transform the airport into a base for Slovakia's F-16 fighter jets — expected to be completed in 2027, President Peter Pellegrini announced during a press briefing at the military base in Sliac on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22552919 Kosice/Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – Among the patients treated at Louis Pasteur University Hospital (UNLP) in Kosice following the collision of two express trains near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou (Kosice region) on Monday were a woman from Vietnam and a pregnant woman, head doctor Rastislav Burda announced at a press conference held at UNLP. https://etasr.sk/article/22552726 Bratislava, 13 October (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini has extended his wishes for a swift recovery to all those injured in the collision between two express trains near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou (Kosice region) on Monday, expressing hope that the cause of the accident will be investigated as soon as possible. https://etasr.sk/article/22552645 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