Economic News from Slovakia

(Thu 06 Oct 05) On Wednesday evening ruling coalition representatives finally reached an agreement on the final shape of next year's state budget draft. However, the public will learn...

(Wed 05 Oct 05) According to a recent report by the UN Commission for Trade and Development foreign investors invested 982 million euro in Slovakia last year, up by...

(Wed 28 Sep 05) The Index of Economic Sentiment continued to fall in September, dropping 1.5 percentage points month-on-month to 110. This fall was influenced by a significantly worse...

(Wed 28 Sep 05) Slovak refinery Slovnaft will appeal before the Supreme Court against the fine of 34.4 million euro for violating the pricing discipline, which was confirmed by...

(Tue 27 Sep 05) French supermarket chain Carrefour is likely to leave Slovakia, SME daily reports. This is due to an official company strategy, which obliges Carrefour to pull...

(Tue 27 Sep 05) Slovakia welcomes the positive result of the referendum held in Switzerland on Sunday on extending an agreement on the free movement of EU workers to...

(Tue 27 Sep 05) The European Parliament's committee for industry and energy have agreed to raise financial aid from the EU for the closure of the nuclear plant in...

(Tue 27 Sep 05) A combination of healthy macroeconomic policy, comprehensive tax and social reform and new legislative changes impacting on the market place in labour and capital are...

(Wed 21 Sep 05) The volume of foreign direct investment in Slovakia grew by 167 million euro over the first half of this year. The aggregate volume of foreign...

(Wed 21 Sep 05) The level of registered jobless dropped below 11 percent to 10.88 percent, the Minister of Labor Ludovit Kanik said. Compared to July this year, the...