SUMMARY - Friday, 14 August 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 14 August (TASR) - Opposition parties have again called for Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) to resign, this time follow a warning from the National Security Authority (NBU) regarding the use of traffic radar cameras, which, according to the authority, pose a significant cyber-security risk. Bratislava, 14 August (TASR) - Slovakia's economic growth, which slowed to 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2026, fell short of expectations, nor did it manage to replicate the slight recovery in the EU's economy, stated analysts in response to the most recent data published by the Statistics Office on Friday, adding that they expect a similarly muted economic performance for the rest of the year, with GDP growth staying below 1 percent. https://etasr.sk/article/23611863 Bratislava, 14 August (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico has spoken to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Slovakia's ambassador to Croatia, Hana Kovacova, in connection with the wildfire near the Croatian town of Omis, stating that Slovakia is monitoring the situation, TASR learnt on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23611851 Bratislava, 14 August (TASR) - The Interior Ministry has addressed all the findings of the National Security Bureau (NBU) concerning dangerous traffic radar cameras and, based on them, taken measures of which the public has been informed by Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD), ministry spokesman Matej Neumann has told TASR in response to questions regarding NBU's warning that the cameras posed a significant security risk. https://etasr.sk/article/23611749 Zagreb, 14 August (TASR) - Neither the Slovak Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia nor the Foreign Affairs Ministry's International Operational Crisis Centre have received any information that Slovak citizens are among the victims or injured in the extensive wildfire in Lokva Rogoznica near the town of Omis, the ministry's communications department told TASR on Friday, adding that Slovaks who were near the fire have contacted the ministry by phone. https://etasr.sk/article/23611711 Bratislava, 14 August (TASR) - The opposition progressive Slovakia (PS) party has stated that in the case of the traffic radar cameras the National Security Bureau (NBU) has caught Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) in a lie and confirmed PS's claims at the same time, PS security adviser Peter Bator and MP Jaroslav Spisiak told a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23611692 Bratislava, 14 August (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has called on Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) to publish a complete financial plan for completing the work on hospitals that are currently under construction, while also urging a change in the public procurement conditions for purchases of hospital equipment, SaS MP Tomas Szalay told a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23611585 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