Ministries of Labor and Economy Release a Joint Call for EU Funds The Ministries of Labor, Social Affairs and Family and the Ministry of Economy released a joint call on Thursday to submit applications ... News
New Industrial Park May be Built in Presov District The local council of the village of Jarovnice in the Presov district plans to build an industrial park. Construction of the industrial ... News in English
New Members Appointed to SPP Board of Directors and Supervisory Board Member of the gas distributor Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel (SPP) board of directors Philippe Boucly will quit his post. He will be ... News
Health Ministry to Announce Further Calls to Draw EU Assistance The Health Ministry will announce another two calls to draw finances within the Health operational program in the first half of September. ... News in English
Opposition Wants to Oust Justice Minister for his Criminal Contacts Justice Minister Stefan Harabin will face a no-confidence vote in the parliament. Two opposition parties, the Slovak Democratic and ... News in English
Casinos Slovakia Achieved Record Results Last Year The company Casinos Slovakia, a.s. Bratislava, which operates a casino network, reported sales of its products and services at SKK 1.439 ... News
HZDS Wants Child Support Defaulters to be Stripped of Driving License Junior partner in the governing coalition, the People's Party-Movement for Democratic Slovakia (LS-HZDS) suggests that divorced parents ... News in English
Prices in Industry Grew 0.5 Percent over July rices of industrial producers for domestic consumption rose 0.5 percent in July compared to June as a result of price rises in ... News
Industrial Confidence down also in August After several months, the economic sentiment indicator improved in August when its value rose 0.6 percentage points to 97.1 points ... News in English
EMO Completion is a Year and a Half Behind Plan, Says Jahnatek The third and fourth units of the Mochovce nuclear power plant (EMO) will be completed a year or even a year and a half later than the ... News in English
National Strategy for Information Security is Approved Slovakia wants to create a unified platform in the area of information security to build information society based on legal foundations ... News
Bratislava Mayor Asks for State Funding for the Capital Mayor of Bratislava Andrej Durkovsky insists that the Bill on Bratislava, which the Cabinet will be approving over the coming weeks, also ... News in English
PM Fico Speaks at SNP Square Marking Anti-Fascist Uprising Prime Minister Robert Fico laid a wreath at Bratislava's SNP Square Wednesday on the eve of the 64th anniversary of the Slovak National ... News in English
Slovakia Offers Humanitarian Aid to People of South Ossetia Slovakia will send humanitarian aid to people in South Ossetia affected by the armed conflict in the Caucasus. Foreign Affairs Minister ... News in English
Cabinet Supports Justice Ministry's Plan to Dissolve Military Courts At its session on Wednesday, the Cabinet supported the intention of the Justice Ministry to wind down military courts. A draft bill on ... News
Housing Real Estate Prices in Slovakia Up 31.2 Pct. on Average in Q2 In the second quarter of this year, the growth rate of housing real estate prices in Slovakia moderately decelerated. The average price ... News in English
Slovakia's Current Account Deficit in June was SKK 14.7 Bln. The current account of Slovakia's balance of payments ended in a SKK 14.7 billion (EUR 488 million) deficit in June. According to ... News in English
Slovak Crown Depreciated 0.26 Pct. against Euro in July In July of this year, the exchange rate between the Slovak crown and the euro weakened by 0.26 percent from 30.312 SKK/EUR to 30.390 ... News
This Year's Grain Harvest Expected 35 Pct Higher than last Year This year's grain harvest (wheat, rye, oats, barley, and triticale) should be 35.1 percent higher than last year. According to an estimate ... News
Slovakia Rejects Independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Slovakia rejects Russia's recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Foreign Ministry wrote in a statement provided to ... News in English
Working Parents to Get Benefit for Each Child up to 3 Years A state childcare benefit for working parents of children of up to three years of age will be paid out per child, informed Labor Minister ... News
Economy and Inflation are in Line with Slovak Central Bank Estimates Latest development of inflation as well as of Slovakia's economy is in line with expectations of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS). ... News
Ikea Bratislava Reports SKK 1.9 Bln. Turnover Last Business Year In the business year 2008 ending on August 31, furniture retailer Ikea Bratislava s.r.o., a member of the Swedish Ikea group reported ... News in English
U.S. Investor is Planning Beverage Can Plant in Kechnec The company Crown Bevcan Slovakia, s.r.o., a member of the U.S. multinational group Crown Holdings, Inc., the leader in metal packaging ... News in English
Developers Plan More Projects for the Town of Presov Several developers have come up with their projects for the town of Presov in eastern Slovakia. A shopping mall and a leisure center ... News in English
