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Stats Office: EU-harmonised Inflation at 0.8 Percent in April

Stats Office: EU-harmonised Inflation at 0.8 Percent in April

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – EU-harmonised inflation in Slovakia stood at 0.8 percent year-on-year in April, the Slovak Statistics Office announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the average harmonised inflation rate for the 12-month period ending in April 2017 amounted to zero. As for monthly developments in April, the index of consumer

Analysts: GDP Growth Early This Year Matched Expectations

Analysts: GDP Growth Early This Year Matched Expectations

Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) – Slovakia’s economy kept up a pace of growth in the region of 3 percent early into this year, having benefited from the continued pick-up in foreign and domestic consumer demand, said UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia analyst Lubomir Korsnak on Tuesday. Korsnak was speaking

Analysts: Inflation Should Accelerate Again after Slowdown in April

Analysts: Inflation Should Accelerate Again after Slowdown in April

Bratislava, May 15 (TASR) – While inflation slowed down in April, it should resume a mild acceleration in May, TASR learnt from UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia analyst Lubomir Korsnak on Monday. The stats office announced earlier on Monday that consumer prices in Slovakia increased by 0.8 percent year-on-year

HB Reavis Launches Construction of New Bus Station in Bratislava

HB Reavis Launches Construction of New Bus Station in Bratislava

Bratislava, May 15 (TASR) – Real estate developer HB Reavis on Monday announced the launch of construction work on a project called Stanica Nivy that is aimed at replacing Bratislava’s existing main bus station in the area known as Mlynske Nivy. Beginning with the construction of a 125-metre office building

Ziga Attends Major Meeting on 'New Silk Road' in Beijing

Ziga Attends Major Meeting on 'New Silk Road' in Beijing

Beijing, May 15 (TASR) – Ambitious investments in transport and trade projects and modern maritime and land infrastructure to connect Asia, Europe and Africa in order to imitate the ancient Silk Road have been discussed in Beijing at a meeting of senior officials from more than 100 countries, with 30 presidents

Danko Expects Thirteenth Salary to Be Introduced as Early as This Year

Danko Expects Thirteenth Salary to Be Introduced as Early as This Year

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) – Leader of the governing coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko expects mandatory thirteenth and fourteenth salaries to be introduced in mid-June or at the end of December, TASR learnt from head of the SNS chairman’s office Zuzana Skopcova on Sunday. According to Danko, the

Ersek: Motorway from Bratislava to Kosice Might Be Completed by 2025

Ersek: Motorway from Bratislava to Kosice Might Be Completed by 2025

Motorway from Bratislava to Kosice might be completed by 2025, or by 2026, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) said on RTVS’s politics programme ‘Sobotne dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues). Opposition MP Eduard Heger (OLaNO-NOVA), who also appeared on the show, reminded Ersek of the fact although the 2020 deadline