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Industrial Production Up 1.6 percent Y-o-Y in January 2016

Industrial Production Up 1.6 percent Y-o-Y in January 2016

Bratislava, March 11 (TASR) – Industrial production increased by 1.6 percent year-on-year in January 2016, the Slovak Statistics Office announced on Friday. This development was influenced by growth in manufacturing of 2.7 percent; by a drop in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supplies of 3.5 percent; and by

Almost Third of Slovaks Consider Slovakia's Economy to Be Good

Almost Third of Slovaks Consider Slovakia's Economy to Be Good

Bratislava, March 10 (TASR) – According to a Eurobarometer survey, Slovaks perceive the economic situation in Slovakia and the EU more positively than in the past, and most people still support the common euro currency and the Energy Union, TASR learnt on Thursday. Almost a third (30 percent) of the respondents

Hudak: I Gravitate Towards Any Solution to Breathe Life into Vojany Plant

Hudak: I Gravitate Towards Any Solution to Breathe Life into Vojany Plant

Bratislava, March 9 (TASR) – I’m inclined towards any solution that will breathe life into and ensure the future for the Vojany thermal power plant (EVO), Economy Minister Vazil Hudak said after the Government session on Wednesday. Hudak spoke in response to the intentions of US investor Theta Energy Group

SOI Received Thousands of Complaints in 2015

SOI Received Thousands of Complaints in 2015

Bratislava, March 4 (TASR) – The Slovak Trade Inspectorate (SOI) received tens of thousands of motions, notices and applications for advice in the last year, Danusa Krkosova from SOI told TASR on Friday. People are having troubles with returns and refunds, insufficient information as well as with advertisements. People may turn

Food Prices in Slovak Outlets were Dropping in 2015, Only 10 Items Up

Food Prices in Slovak Outlets were Dropping in 2015, Only 10 Items Up

Bratislava, March 4 (TASR) – Milk chocolate, chuck beef and sour milk were the foodstuff items that posted the most significant price growth in Slovakia last year, according to the latest price chart listed by Postova Banka analysts based on Slovak Statistics Office data. Only 10 items from the basket of

Savings via Electronic Marketplace at €54 mn in First Year

Savings via Electronic Marketplace at €54 mn in First Year

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – The Electronic Marketplace, which forms part of the Electronic Contracting System (EKS), is a successful project that has surpassed all initial expectations, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak told a news conference on Tuesday dedicated to an evaluation of the new system’s first year. “We estimated that

Stats Office: Index of Economic Sentiment Up by 2.4 points in February

Stats Office: Index of Economic Sentiment Up by 2.4 points in February

Bratislava, February 29 (TASR) – The three-month Index of Economic Sentiment (IES) rose by 2.4 points month-on-month to 100.7 in February, with confidence surging mainly in services and to a certain extent also in trade, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Monday. Other contributors, still from January, were positive