SUMMARY - Monday, 3 November 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 3 November (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini didn't sign the amendment to the Gambling Act on Monday and returned it to Parliament so that it can be debated again, recommending that MPs shouldn't adopt the bill as a whole. https://etasr.sk/article/22621596 Bratislava, 3 November (TASR) - The state budget saw a deficit of €4.67 billion at the end of October 2025, which was a deterioration of €1.27 billion, or 37.3 percent, year-on-year (y-o-y), the Finance Ministry reported on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22621395 Warsaw, 3 November (TASR-correspondent) - Polish President Karol Nawrocki is scheduled to pay an official visit to Slovakia on Wednesday (5 November), TASR's Warsaw-based correspondent has reported referring to information from the office of the Polish president. https://etasr.sk/article/22621496 Bratislava/Prague, 3 November (TASR) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini will leave for a working visit to Prague on Tuesday, where he's scheduled to meet his Czech counterpart Petr Pavel and ANO party leader Andrej Babis, the President's Office's communications department informed TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22621446 Spisska Stara Ves, November 3 (TASR) - Director of Pieniny National Park Administration (PIENAP) in eastern Slovakia Vladimir Klc has confirmed for TASR that he's leaving office, adding that he doesn't know the reasons for his dismissal and that the Environment Ministry didn't mention them in the dismissal decree. https://etasr.sk/article/22621561 Bratislava, 3 November (TASR) - The social partners have rejected the proposal for the EU emissions trading system ETS 2, which is set to apply to European households as of 2027, said Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) following the tripartite (government, trade unions and employers) meeting on Monday, adding that as it is currently projected, ETS 2 will have a negative impact on both people and firms. https://etasr.sk/article/22621347 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