Slovakia

  • Jun 5, 2009
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL EUROPE: Fringes will gain but not lead in EP

Czechs vote in European Parliament (EP) elections today and tomorrow, Latvians and Slovaks...

  • Apr 20, 2009
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SLOVAKIA: More than one in ten are unemployed

The unemployment rate rose to 10.3% in March, its highest point since June 2006, the labour...

Slovakia
  • Apr 2, 2009
  • 13 min read

CEE: Pre-accession gloss fades for EU-10

The fifth anniversary of the EU 'big bang' accession falls in May, and European Parliament...

  • Apr 1, 2009
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CEE: Global crisis hits open economies

Slovenia's economy will contract by 2% this year, the central bank said today, with exports...

  • Mar 24, 2009
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SLOVAKIA: Radicova does well in first-round vote

The government is lending its full support to incumbent Ivan Gasparovic for the second-round...

Slovakia
  • Mar 6, 2009
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CEE: Rise in mutual trade may deepen regional slump

Hungarian exports rose in volume terms to the EU-15 in 2008 by just 1.0% year-on-year, whereas...

  • Feb 25, 2009
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POLAND/HUNGARY: Warsaw still hopes for 2009 growth

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) cut interest rates by 25 basis points (bp) today, in line with...

Poland
  • Feb 16, 2009
  • 7 min read

SLOVAKIA: Growth in 'Slavic Tiger' slows to crawl

GDP growth slowed in the fourth quarter of 2008 to a preliminary 2.7% year-on-year, the...

Slovakia