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NBS Keeps Latest Outlook for 2017 Growth Unchanged at 3.1 percent

NBS Keeps Latest Outlook for 2017 Growth Unchanged at 3.1 percent

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – The Slovak economy is expected to grow by 3.1 percent this year before picking up momentum and posting growth of 4.2 percent next year and 4.6 percent in 2019, TASR learnt from the updated mid-term forecast that Slovakia’s central bank (NBS) released

Pellegrini: 2021 Might Be Year of Self-driving Cars

Pellegrini: 2021 Might Be Year of Self-driving Cars

Tel Aviv, January 31 (TASR-correspondent) – The year 2021 could be the year of fully autonomous cars operated by artificial intelligence, stated Slovak Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) in his speech at the global CyberTech 2017 conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. “Small countries have to be open

Presov Region Had Highest Share of People on Sick Leave in 2016

Presov Region Had Highest Share of People on Sick Leave in 2016

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – Slovakia’s richest region Bratislava had the lowest share of people taking sick leave on an average day last year (1.99 percent), while the country’s poorest region Presov was at the opposite end of the scale on 4.07 percent, TASR learnt from data

VsZP to Terminate Contracts with 120 Doctor's Surgeries

VsZP to Terminate Contracts with 120 Doctor's Surgeries

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – The state-owned health insurer VsZP is about to terminate contracts with around 120 doctor’s surgeries and several treatment facilities, TASR learnt from VsZP director Miroslav Kocan on Monday. The measures are part of the insurer’s shake-up programme in response to its estimated loss of

Survey: Novy Cas, Pravda and SME Most Popular Dailies in 2H16

Survey: Novy Cas, Pravda and SME Most Popular Dailies in 2H16

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – The most often read daily newspapers in Slovakia in the second half of 2016 were Novy Cas tabloid, SME and Pravda, according to the latest MML-TGI survey of 3Q16 and 4Q16 carried out by Median SK agency. In the monitored period, Novy Cas recorded 677,000

Analysts: State Needs to Step Up Help for Long-term Unemployed

Analysts: State Needs to Step Up Help for Long-term Unemployed

Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – The lack of a qualified workforce plays an increasingly central role vis-a-vis reducing unemployment and creating new jobs, analysts have told TASR. Employment Institute director Michal Palenik faulted the state for underfunding employment policies. He said that 98.5 percent of jobless people fail to be

URSO: We're Removing Discrimination in Electricity and Gas Consumption

URSO: We're Removing Discrimination in Electricity and Gas Consumption

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) – The Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) on Wednesday concluded price proceedings resulting in the removal of discrimination against certain consumers of electricity and natural gas, URSO spokesman Radoslav Igaz announced on Thursday. By introducing a standard ratio of the fixed and variable components