PISA 2025 Shock for Education: The OECD reports a broad slide in 15-year-olds’ reading, maths and science, with reading falling steeply and “hasty readers” rising—sparking fresh debate across Europe about learning in the AI era. Slovakia’s Take on Results: In Bratislava, OECD Deputy Secretary-General František Ruzicka said Slovakia is not “ashamed”: Slovak students are above the OECD average in maths and improved in science, but reading needs more work, with calls for stronger parental involvement from early childhood. Local Policy Focus: Slovakia’s education ministry also highlighted gaps between student groups, noting many vocational-track pupils fall into low-performing bands in reading and maths. Energy Infrastructure Upgrade (Slovakia): ANDRITZ and Slovak partner VUJE won a contract to modernise the Gabcíkovo hydroelectric plant, aiming to renew turbine-generator units, boost efficiency and extend service life by at least 30 years. Space Debris Research: ESA scientists tracked the atmospheric burn-up of two reentering satellites (Tango and Samba) from a private jet to better understand what happens when spacecraft disintegrate and what compounds form. AI Governance Gap in Healthcare: A new Healthcare AI Readiness Index finds many organisations are using AI, but fewer are prepared for AI-assisted cyberattacks—highlighting a governance and security mismatch. V4 AI and Industry Push: Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak lawmakers backed closer integration of industry, energy and AI to raise productivity, stressing safe, transparent, human-centred deployment.