Economy

Bratislava, October 2 (TASR) – The Government has approved an increase in the minimum wage from €520 to a new high of €580 per month, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini following the Cabinet session on Wednesday. However, the increase wasn’t adopted unanimously. Pellegrini noted that ministers representing the Slovak National

Bratislava, October 1 (TASR) – The group of people receiving holiday vouchers will be expanded in the future not only by employees, but also their children, parents and grandparents, Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party-SNS) told a news conference following his talks with representatives of the Slovak Self-employed Association (SZZ)

Kosice, September 24 (TASR) – Kosice-based steelworks U.S. Steel objected on Tuesday to the statement made by Kosice governor Rastislav Trnka concerning the offer of Kosice self-governing region (KSK) to buy this factory for one euro, with the company management calling Trnka’s statement in the media unprofessional and expressing

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Slovakia’s GDP growth is expected to decelerate to 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2019, according to the latest prognosis released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday. An earlier prognosis in June counted on 3.5-percent growth y-o-y in 2019, following the 4.1-percent increase seen

Cana, September 18 (TASR) – Labour unionists delivered a petition signed by employees of U.S. Steel Kosice to Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), urging the Government to take action to help save steel industry jobs in both Slovakia and Europe, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The petition was launched at U.

Bratislava, September 11 (TASR) – The increase in excise tax on tobacco and tobacco products will bring about €101 million to the state budget next year, of which about €95 million from traditional tobacco products and €6 million from smokeless tobacco products, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) told a briefing on