SUMMARY - Thursday, 13 November 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 13 November (TASR) - Local authorities will lose €591 million next year due to consolidation and tax bonuses, with €291 million caused by the second and third consolidations and €300 million by tax bonuses, Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) chairman Jozef Bozik announced at a briefing on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22655075 Bratislava, 13 November (TASR) – The coalition Voice-SD party stands firmly behind its leader, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok, said party vice-chair and House Chair Richard Rasi on Thursday regarding a default verdict in the lawsuit between Sutaj Estok and a group of police officers centered around Jan Curilla. https://etasr.sk/article/22655035 Bratislava, 13 November (TASR) - Voice-SD party leader and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok has instructed Vice-premier for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based Economy Peter Kmec (Voice-SD) to suspend controversial innovation calls that have raised doubts as to whether the allocation of money has been transparent, Sutaj Estok himself has posted on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22655051 Bratislava, 13 November (TASR) - Vice-premier for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based Economy Peter Kmec (Voice-SD) is distributing subsidies for science and research in an even more brazen and non-transparent manner than former education minister Peter Plavcan did in the past during the EU fund scandal, which ultimately led to his resignation, opposition MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-'For the People' caucus) announced at a press conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22655211 Kosice, 13 November (TASR) - The Kosice city council approved on Thursday partial restrictions on gambling within the city boundaries, meaning that gaming rooms will only be allowed in buildings offering services and commerce, and casinos only in hotels, motels, and guesthouses. https://etasr.sk/article/22655523 Kosice, 13 November (TASR) - The city of Kosice should manage a budget of €437.45 million next year, which is over €113 million more than this year, according to the city budget approved by the city council on Thursday, with the councillors also approving new loans. https://etasr.sk/article/22655423 Bratislava, 13 November (TASR) – The government, and in particular the Voice-SD party, its Health Minister Kamil Sasko and Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), are playing a "dirty game" with the public over the ambulance service tender, opposition MP and former health minister (2020-21) Marek Krajci ('Slovakia') declared on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22654956 Pecovska Nova Ves, 13 November (TASR) - A collision between a train and a van in the village of Pecovska Nova Ves in Sabinov district (Presov region) has left one person dead and another injured, TASR was told by the operations officer of the Regional Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Corps in Presov. https://etasr.sk/article/22655557 Bratislava, 13 November (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Ministry State Secretary Rastislav Chovanec travelled to Poland on Thursday to open a newly established honorary consulate in Krakow on Friday (14 November), TASR was told by the ministry's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22655304 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