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NBS Expects GDP Growth at 3.2 percent This Year, Faster Rates Ahead

NBS Expects GDP Growth at 3.2 percent This Year, Faster Rates Ahead

Bratislava, March 28 (TASR) – According to the latest medium-term forecast that the central bank (NBS) released on Tuesday, Slovakia’s economy should grow by 3.2 percent this year before gathering momentum and growing by 4.2 percent next year and by 4.6 percent in 2019 on the back

Slovakia and Czech Rep. Ink Memorandum on Cross-border Cooperation

Slovakia and Czech Rep. Ink Memorandum on Cross-border Cooperation

Modra, March 28 (TASR) – Slovak Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna and Czech Regional Development Minister Karla Slechtova signed a Memorandum on Cross-border Cooperation in Modra (Bratislava region) on Tuesday, TASR learnt on the same day. At the same time, the two ministers evaluated the achievements of the 2007-13

Parliament Extends List of Holidays with Sales Ban to 15.5 Days

Parliament Extends List of Holidays with Sales Ban to 15.5 Days

Bratislava, March 28 (TASR) – Shops in Slovakia are set to be closed on several public holidays in addition to the current three-and-a-half days, as Parliament on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Labour Code due to enter into force as of May Day. At the moment there are three full

Wizz Air Launches Regular Bratislava-Tuzla Flights

Wizz Air Launches Regular Bratislava-Tuzla Flights

Bratislava, March 27 (TASR) – The low-cost carrier Wizz Air has introduced as of Monday a regular flight connection from Bratislava to Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will be operated three times a week, TASR learnt on the same day. “In cooperation with carriers, we’re pleased to offer to

NGO: Slovak Assistance to Cuba Potentially Harmful to Locals' Health

NGO: Slovak Assistance to Cuba Potentially Harmful to Locals' Health

Bratislava, March 26 (TASR) – Slovakia’s assistance to Cuba in reconstructing its Felton thermal power plant, which suffered a breakdown last year, could actually contribute to endangering the local environment and harming people’s health, Dana Marekova from NGO People in Need told TASR on Sunday. The move was agreed

Klaus: EU and Euro Bringing Different Effects from Ones Envisaged

Klaus: EU and Euro Bringing Different Effects from Ones Envisaged

Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) – The economy of the European Union is stagnating long term, with both the Union as such and the common currency the euro bringing quite different effects than originally envisaged, said former Czech president Vaclav Klaus in a lecture at Comenius University in Bratislava on Thursday. “For

People Can Use 44 Flights from Bratislava to 41 destinations as of Sunday

People Can Use 44 Flights from Bratislava to 41 destinations as of Sunday

Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) – M.R. Stefanik Airport in Bratislava will provide 44 regular routes to 41 destinations in 22 countries as of Sunday, March 26, with the new summer flight schedule becoming effective on that day. Among other things, the summer schedule will introduce new regular connections to Bosnia