Slovakia

  • Jul 20, 2017
  • 7 min read

Doubts rise over future EU funding for Central Europe

State capital spending and infrastructure-led investment will be key growth drivers -- if EU-funded projects materialise

EU
  • Jul 19, 2017
  • 2 min read

Netanyahu will find an ally in Hungarian counterpart

Opposition to Soros and human rights activists underlies ideological closeness of Hungarian and Israeli leaders

Hungary
  • May 5, 2017
  • 7 min read

Central-East European business model will slow growth

Oligarchic businessmen are less entrenched than in CIS, but are expanding hand in glove with authoritarian politics

Eastern Europe
  • Apr 11, 2017
  • 2 min read

Slovaks do not trust their country's courts

The Fico administration has presided over strong economic performance but governance shortcomings could cost it dear

Slovakia
  • Mar 14, 2017
  • 2 min read

Car-driven Central-East European economies risk smash

Record Czech car output could go unsold if another slump in Western Europe prompts buyers to delay new car purchases

Eastern Europe
  • Feb 2, 2017
  • 2 min read

New Slovak anti-extremism police unit will struggle

Slovakia is awakening late to the far-right threat, with a pro-Nazi party in parliament and active locally

Slovakia
  • Nov 24, 2016
  • 2 min read

Budapest will set lowest corporate tax rate in EU

Hungary races past Visegrad neighbours to set lowest corporate tax rate in EU at 9%

Hungary
  • Oct 3, 2016
  • 7 min read

Weak consumption may thwart Slovak growth plans

The government's taxation agenda supports new GDP growth projections

Slovakia