SUMMARY - Thursday, 6 August 2026 - 9.20 p.m.

Diakovce/Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - Police, together with other emergency services, are responding to an incident at the thermal swimming pool in Diakovce (Nitra region) after several bathers were exposed to an unidentified substance that caused health problems, TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23587369 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) and general director of railway-infrastructure operator ZSR Miroslav Garaj signed an agreement on Thursday for a non-refundable financial contribution from the Slovakia Programme to draw up project documentation for reconstructing Bratislava's Main Station, allowing ZSR to use its own resources for the project, TASR has learnt from a video posted on social media by the transport minister, who is also running as a candidate for Bratislava mayor. https://etasr.sk/article/23587357 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - A lack of funding is threatening outpatient social care services and could lead to their collapse, opposition MP Martina Bajo Holeckova of the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party warned on Thursday, urging the labour minister to amend the reform before the start of next year. https://etasr.sk/article/23587105 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - The Interior Ministry rejects claims that it has acted secretly or without transparency in modernising the country's traffic enforcement system, and it will provide regular updates on all cameras and speed radars linked to the system, ministry spokesperson Matej Neumann told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23587071 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - Slovakia drew €2.614 billion in European Union funds by the end of July this year, representing 20.43 percent of the resources available under the current 2021-2027 programming period and amounting to a month-on-month increase in the absorption rate by 1.29 percentage points, the Finance Ministry reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23586746 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - The European Commission (EC) is monitoring the situation and assessing all concerns raised regarding the government's resolutions on zoning plans for national parks, evaluating at the same time the eighth payment request under the recovery plan, TASR was told by head of the EC Representation in Slovakia Peter Stano. https://etasr.sk/article/23586682 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - Thursday's new all-time Slovak temperature record from the village of Dolne Plachtince in the district of Velky Krtis (Banska Bystrica region) is now believed to be 42.2 degrees Celsius, spokesperson for the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) Ivan Garcar told TASR on Thursday, adding that the data is provisional and is still subject to verification. https://etasr.sk/article/23586628 Bratislava, 6 August (TASR) - Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) and general director of railway-infrastructure operator ZSR Miroslav Garaj signed an agreement on Thursday for a non-refundable financial contribution from the Slovakia Programme to draw up project documentation for reconstructing Bratislava's Main Station, allowing ZSR to use its own resources for the project, TASR has learnt from a video posted on social media by the transport minister, who is also running as a candidate for Bratislava mayor. https://etasr.sk/article/23586617 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