Economy

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The draft of the state budget for 2017 that was negotiated by the Slovak Economic and Social Council at an extraordinary session in Bratislava on Tuesday was criticised by the social partners on the same day. Social partners said they had too little time to properly

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The situation concerning construction and investment in nuclear facilities has extremely changed, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a news conference in Bratislava on Tuesday within the 11th session of the European Nuclear Energy Forum. Fico was answering the question concerning the development of the so-called

Bratislava, September 30 (TASR) – According to the Financial Policy Institute (IFP), which comes under the remit of the Finance Ministry, the state coffers should be infilled with more money this year, TASR learnt on Friday. This is due to a change in estimates of revenues stemming from the collection of

Bratislava, September 27 (TASR) – Food safety in the EU and Slovakia is at a very high level, said European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) general director Bernard Url in Bratislava on Tuesday. Url is on a working trip to Bratislava to attend a session of the EFSA Advisory Forum on September

Bratislava, September 26 (TASR) – Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund (EIF) Pier Luigi Gilibert and Ceskoslovenska Obchodna Banka (CSOB) general director Daniel Kollar signed the first two agreements on provision of guarantees for small and medium-sized companies in Slovakia in Bratislava on Monday, TASR learnt.  These agreements are part

Bratislava, September 23 (TASR) – It’s unrealistic to expect that negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and USA will be completed by the end of 2016, said Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga at a press conference following an informal meeting of EU economy and