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Analysts: Oil Spurred February Inflation, Further Acceleration in View

Analysts: Oil Spurred February Inflation, Further Acceleration in View

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – More expensive oil spurred inflation in Slovakia in February, with analysts expecting that this pace could even be accelerated in the next few months, TASR learnt on Monday. According to the Statistics Office, consumer prices in Slovakia were up by 0.3 percent month-on-month and 0.

Retail Chains to Be Open No Later Than 8 p.m. Due to Night-time Curfew

Retail Chains to Be Open No Later Than 8 p.m. Due to Night-time Curfew

Bratislava, March 3 (TASR) – Retail chains operating in Slovakia will close at 8 p.m. and some of them even before that due to new rules applying to the night-time curfew as of Wednesday, retail chain representatives confirmed for TASR in connection with the stricter measures approved by the Government

Financial Administration Finds Largest Illegal Cigarette Production Ever

Financial Administration Finds Largest Illegal Cigarette Production Ever

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Financial Administration (FS) detected the largest ever illegal cigarette production plant in Slovakia as part of an operation codenamed Black Panther last week, FS president Jiri Zezulka told a news conference on Tuesday. During the raids in Lucenec and Tomasovce (both Banska Bystrica region), the FS

EC: Slovakia to Regain Pre-pandemic GDP Growth by End of 2021

EC: Slovakia to Regain Pre-pandemic GDP Growth by End of 2021

Brussels, February 11 (TASR) – The rollout of vaccination against COVID-19 and the gradual easing of pandemic-related restrictions should enable Slovakia’s economic growth to rebound quickly in the second half of this year, bringing annual GDP growth to 4 percent, according to the winter 2021 economic forecast published by the

Stats Office: Industry Up in December, But Slumped in Whole of 2020

Stats Office: Industry Up in December, But Slumped in Whole of 2020

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – Industrial production in Slovakia in December 2020 rose faster than in any other month of the year, but for the whole of 2020 the sector slumped by 9.1 percent when compared to 2019, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday.Industrial output in Slovakia recovered in

Matovic Attends Online Summit with Xi, Protocol on Lamb Meat Export Signed

Matovic Attends Online Summit with Xi, Protocol on Lamb Meat Export Signed

Bratislava, February 9 (TASR) – This year will be one of co-operation in agricultural diversity between China and countries of Central and Eastern Europe, with Slovakia having signed a protocol on exports of lamb meat to China, Slovakia’s Government Office told TASR on Tuesday. The protocol was signed during an

Linhart: Whole World Could Envy Slovakia Its 'Food Traffic Light'

Linhart: Whole World Could Envy Slovakia Its 'Food Traffic Light'

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – A project called ‘food traffic light’, making part of an amendment to the Food Act, was passed earlier this week in Parliament by the votes of all 123 MPs present, with its author MP Patrick Linhart (We Are Family) claiming that “not only the entire Europe,