Slovakia
CEE: Slovakia's euro adoption has knock-on effect
The final approval this month for Slovakia to adopt the single currency has put euro adoption...
SlovakiaCEE: Currency appreciation erodes competitiveness
Over the first five months, Slovak exports rose by 14.1% year-on-year to 647 billion koruny (34...
EASTERN EUROPE: Smoking remains socially acceptable
While levels of tobacco addiction have declined in Western Europe in recent years, the problem...
Eastern EuropeCEE: Development differential with EU-15 is eroding
Slovakia's real GDP grew in the first quarter by 8.7% year-on-year, the Statistics Office...
CEE: Labour market faces complex pressures
A shortage of qualified workers is threatening to restrain Slovakia's future GDP growth, Central...
SLOVAKIA/EU: 2009 euro entry gets cautious support
The European Commission said today that Slovakia was ready to adopt the euro on January 1, 2009.
SlovakiaCEE: Skill shortages threaten growth and FDI inflow
Just as economic growth in CEE is driving down unemployment, rapidly rising wage costs in many of...
SLOVAKIA: Euro entry next January looks likely
Slovakia has easily met the nominal inflation criterion for adopting the euro from January 2009,...
Slovakia
