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Inflation in February Mainly Driven Up by Prices of Foodstuffs

Inflation in February Mainly Driven Up by Prices of Foodstuffs

Bratislava, March 14 (TASR) – The rise in consumer prices in February was mainly propelled by an increase in the prices of foodstuffs, with an increase in the prices of used vehicles also at play, said analysts on Tuesday in response to the pick-up in inflation in February. Consumer prices increased

Stats Office: Inflation in Slovakia at 1.2 percent in February

Stats Office: Inflation in Slovakia at 1.2 percent in February

Bratislava, March 14 (TASR) – Year-on-year inflation amounted to 1.2 percent in February, with core inflation standing at 1.9 percent and net inflation at 1.6 percent, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. In February 2017, month-on-month cumulative inflation was influenced by core inflation by 0.46 percentage

Kiska Visits Mondi SCP, Discusses Papermill's and Liptov's Prospects

Kiska Visits Mondi SCP, Discusses Papermill's and Liptov's Prospects

Ruzomberok, March 13 (TASR) – The papermill Mondi SCP in Ruzomberok (Zilina region) regards resolving the region’s difficult situation in transportation as key to improving the investment environment in the surrounding Lower Liptov area, Mondi SCP board chairman Miloslav Curilla said after meeting President Andrej Kiska at the plant on

Slovakia to Intensify Cooperation with Serbia to Combat Illegal Labour

Slovakia to Intensify Cooperation with Serbia to Combat Illegal Labour

Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) – Slovakia and Serbia should engage in a more intense exchange of information on labour, as it has emerged that a number of Serbians were brought to work in Slovakia by certain staff leasing agencies that eventually deceived them, Slovak Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister

Report: New Districts to Be Added in Scheme for Underdeveloped Areas

Report: New Districts to Be Added in Scheme for Underdeveloped Areas

Bratislava, March 12 (TASR) – The number of districts included in the Government’s scheme of support for underdeveloped areas could be expanded, according to a report due to be discussed by the Cabinet soon, TASR learnt on Sunday. A modification of the unemployment coefficient should allow the current number of

SNS Wants to Introduce Compulsory 13th Salary in Firms in Slovakia

SNS Wants to Introduce Compulsory 13th Salary in Firms in Slovakia

Bratislava, March 10 (TASR) – The governing Slovak National Party (SNS) wants to ensure that people who work for a firm at least for one year will get a 13th salary, TASR learnt on Friday. The proposal should be a part of a new social programme through which the party will

Pellegrini: Car Industry and Mining among Spheres to Cooparate with Iran

Pellegrini: Car Industry and Mining among Spheres to Cooparate with Iran

Bratislava/Tehran, March 9 (TASR) – Engineering, mining, the automotive industry and research and development seem to be promising spheres for possible business on the Iranian market for Slovak companies, Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini said Thursday after returning from a multi-day trip to Tehran. For example,