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SOPK: Business Owners Expect No Discernible Improvement in 2017

SOPK: Business Owners Expect No Discernible Improvement in 2017

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – Slovakia’s economic performance this year will largely remain unchanged from 2016, and the current entrepreneurial environment in the country is unfavourable, according to a survey carried out among business owners in Slovakia by the Slovak Trade and Industry Chamber (SOPK) towards the end of 2016.

SOPK: Economy to Keep Up Growth Pace in 2017

SOPK: Economy to Keep Up Growth Pace in 2017

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – The state will collect more income from self-employed individuals and businesses this year than in 2016, Slovak Trade and Industry Chamber (SOPK) chairman Peter Mihok said at a conference in Bratislava on Tuesday. Mihok was speaking at the 20th edition of the ‘Expected Developments in the

Construction of D3-motorway Stretch in Kysuce Launched in Cadca

Construction of D3-motorway Stretch in Kysuce Launched in Cadca

Cadca, January 24 (TASR) – The construction of a D3 motorway section in the Kysuce area was launched on Tuesday by tapping the foundation stone in the centre of the town of Cadca (Zilina region). The 5.6-kilometre Cadca-Bukov-Svrcinovec (Zilina region) stretch will be built by a consortium of Strabag, PORR

Fico: Energy Prices to Return to Levels Seen Last Year

Fico: Energy Prices to Return to Levels Seen Last Year

Zlate Moravce, January 23 (TASR) – New decisions concerning energy prices are set to be adopted on Wednesday (January 25), and prices should be restored to the levels that they were at in 2016, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico during his working trip to Zlate Moravce (Nitra region) on Monday. The

Vano: Debt Brake in Place to Avoid Draconian Cuts in Hard Times

Vano: Debt Brake in Place to Avoid Draconian Cuts in Hard Times

Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – The debt brake currently in place will enable Slovakia to be spared painful cuts during a future crisis, said Sberbank Europe chief economist Vladimir Vano on a discussion programme on TABLET.TV on Thursday. “We need more investments, but the question to consider is whether they

KDH and Simon Call on Holjencik to Resign from URSO Chairman Post

KDH and Simon Call on Holjencik to Resign from URSO Chairman Post

Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Christian Democrats (KDH) along with MP Zsolt Simon (Independent) on Thursday called on Jozef Holjencik to resign from his Office for Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) chairman post, TASR learnt on the same day. KDH cites the URSO-issued price decisions for 2017 as the

URSO Instructed to Do U-Turn on 2017 Energy Fiats

URSO Instructed to Do U-Turn on 2017 Energy Fiats

Bratislava, January 18 (TASR) – The Slovak Government expressed a ‘fundamental political disapproval’ of the regulatory energy framework for 2017, Prime Minister Robert Fico said after a Government session on Wednesday. As a result, the energy regulator URSO will need to ‘box the compass’ and restore the prices for electricity and