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Analysts: Slovakia and Eurozone Shouldn't Suffer from Turkish Crisis Yet

Analysts: Slovakia and Eurozone Shouldn't Suffer from Turkish Crisis Yet

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – Slovakia and the eurozone as a whole shouldn’t be directly affected by the Turkish economic crisis at the moment, but Europe’s economy can feel certain effects via banks, especially Spanish, Italian and French ones, which have significant claims in the country, analysts told TASR

Klub 500: Cabinet Should Cut Tax-levy Burden of Low-income Employees

Klub 500: Cabinet Should Cut Tax-levy Burden of Low-income Employees

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – The Government should focus on reducing the tax-levy burden imposed on employees with low incomes, Klub 500, an association of companies employing at least 500 people, stated on Tuesday. The association added that it welcomed the coalition’s efforts to communicate with employers about the issue

Food Inspectors Found Flaws in 9.4% of Cases in First Half of 2018

Food Inspectors Found Flaws in 9.4% of Cases in First Half of 2018

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – Food inspectors conducted 25,000 food checks over the first six months of 2018 and found shortcomings in 2,363 cases, representing 9.4 percent, stated Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (SNS) at a press conference on Tuesday with Slovak Veterinary and Food Administration

Analyst: Slovakia Lacking in Food Self-sufficiency

Analyst: Slovakia Lacking in Food Self-sufficiency

Bratislava, August 13 (TASR) – Slovakia is far from being a self-sufficient country in terms of food, as the volume of food exports is one third lower than that of imports, said Slovak Farming Cooperative analyst Eva Sadovska on Monday. According to Sadovska, relative self-sufficiency doesn’t mean that all food

Analysts: Slovakia's Foreign Trade Remains Strong in June

Analysts: Slovakia's Foreign Trade Remains Strong in June

Bratislava, August 9 (TASR) – Slovakia’s foreign trade remained strong in June 2018, UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia analyst Lubomir Korsnak stated when commenting on the figures released by the Statistics Office earlier on Monday. The trade-balance surplus was comparable to last June. “Not only was the trade-balance surplus

AgriMin: SaS Wants to Destroy Slovak Agriculture Again

AgriMin: SaS Wants to Destroy Slovak Agriculture Again

Bratislava, August 6 (TASR) – The Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has once again confirmed that it’s in the party’s interest to destroy Slovak agriculture and replace domestic food with foreign products, stated Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry spokesman Vladimir Machalik on Monday in response to SaS claims

Labour Ministry Proposes Minimum Wage Be Increased to €520 in 2019

Labour Ministry Proposes Minimum Wage Be Increased to €520 in 2019

Bratislava, August 6 (TASR) – The Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry suggests that the minimum wage should grow from the current €480 to €520 next year, and although the social partners (the Government, trade unions and employers) are still analysing the proposal, the Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) has already