SUMMARY - Thursday, 30 July 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - The sentiment among Slovak entrepreneurs slightly improved again in July, with the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rising by 1.6 points to 99.4, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23555914 Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - Twenty Slovak firefighters are leaving for France on Thursday to help tackle wildfires in the Gironde department near Bordeaux, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) told a news conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23556066 Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - An investigator of the Illegal Migration Unit of the Police Presidium's Office for Combating Organised Crime on Wednesday (29 July) charged a 24-year-old woman with human-trafficking as part of a police operation codenamed 'Net', Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Lea Vilhanova has told TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23556227 Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - The Danube recorded its lowest ever recorded flow rate on Monday (27 July), spokesperson for the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) Jozef Bednar told TASR on Thursday, adding that preliminary data from the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute show that the flow rate was around 725 cubic metres per second, while the Austrian station at Thebnerstraßl recorded a flow rate of 678 cubic metres per second. https://etasr.sk/article/23556267 Bratislava, 30 July (TASR) - State-run health-insurer Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP) is in an optimal condition, operates in a transparent manner and returns 97 percent of its revenues to the health-care system, VsZP general director Matus Jurovych told a news conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23556293 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. ko