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Slovak Foreign Trade Posted Surplus of €3.5 bn in January-October

Slovak Foreign Trade Posted Surplus of €3.5 bn in January-October

Bratislava, January 9 (TASR) – Slovakia’s foreign trade produced a surplus of €3.503 billion for January to October 2016, which was €463.5 million higher than the surplus recorded over the same period of 2015, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Monday. The highest surplus between January-October was recorded

Trencin and Ruzomberok Mayors Ask Minister for IC Train Stops

Trencin and Ruzomberok Mayors Ask Minister for IC Train Stops

Trencin, January 5 (TASR) – Trencin mayor Richard Rybnicek is sending an open letter to Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) requesting that he should reconsider the decision to stop providing Trencin and the towns of Ruzomberok and Liptovsky Mikulas (Zilina region) with the state-run InterCity (IC) train

Glvac: Slovakia Has No Better Alternative to Current Cabinet

Glvac: Slovakia Has No Better Alternative to Current Cabinet

Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) – There is no, let alone a better, alternative to the current Government, which is partly borne out by the statements of Parliamentary Vice-chair Lucia Duris-Nicholsonova (Opposition Freedom and Solidarity/SaS party), said fellow Parliamentary Vice-chair Martin Glvac (Smer-SD) on Wednesday. “According to her [Duris-Nicholsonova’s] statement,

Solymos Happy with Outcome of Slovak EU Presidency

Solymos Happy with Outcome of Slovak EU Presidency

Bratislava, January 3 (TASR) – Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) has expressed his satisfaction with the results of the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU. “With the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement, we pulled off a tour de force. The EU got this mechanism off the ground,” said

Kazimir Heralds Further Changes to Tax Laws in 2017

Kazimir Heralds Further Changes to Tax Laws in 2017

Bratislava, January 3 (TASR) – A number of changes in taxes that the coalition okayed last year were based on the Government Manifesto and coalition agreements, and more of the kind will follow this year, Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD) has said in an interview for TASR. As of January 1,

Fico and Archbishop of Bratislava Discuss Economy, Social Policy

Fico and Archbishop of Bratislava Discuss Economy, Social Policy

Bratislava, January 2 (TASR) – The Slovak economy fared extraordinarily well in 2016, we achieved record employment and a significant fall in the unemployment rate, while the issue of how to translate this even more into people’s living standards is what lies ahead for us, Prime Minister Robert Fico told

Ziga: 29 Investment Projects Worth €930 mn Brought to Slovakia in 2016

Ziga: 29 Investment Projects Worth €930 mn Brought to Slovakia in 2016

Bratislava, January 2 (TASR) – Last year saw Slovakia recording its best results in five years in terms of the number of new jobs and their composition, and it appears that its stable and predictable business environment and legislation make Slovakia an attractive country for foreign investors, Economy Minister Peter Ziga