Fuel Prices Hit Four-Month Low in Slovakia as Heatwave and Gulf Tensions Weigh on Outlook

Fuel prices in Slovakia have fallen to their lowest levels since March, offering some relief to drivers amid an ongoing extreme heatwave. Petrol averaged €1.65 per liter in mid-June, while diesel dropped to €1.53 per liter. However, renewed hostilities in the Persian Gulf — with attacks from both Iranian and American sides over the weekend — risk disrupting the fragile calm in global oil markets that has helped push prices down. Slovakia is also bracing for two more days of extreme heat, which analysts note tends to suppress worker productivity. Separately, the Slovak capital Bratislava may lose access to its Porsche Cayenne vehicles, though full details of that development were not elaborated in available reporting.