Slovakia
CEE: Hungary is exception to regional growth pattern
The Czech economy grew by an unexpectedly high 6.9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2007,...
HungaryEUROPEAN UNION: Parliamentary ratifications continue
Slovenia yesterday became the second EU state to ratify the Lisbon Treaty on institutional...
SLOVAKIA: Defence minister leaves over pricy tenders
Defence Minister Frantisek Kasicky resigned today, after the media last week revealed the award...
SlovakiaSLOVAKIA: Fico orders probe into gas privatisation
Prosecutor-General Dobroslav Trnka is to examine whether there are grounds for opening a criminal...
SlovakiaCEE: Slovakia remains confident about 2009 euro entry
Czech National Bank Governor Zdenek Tuma said today that the Czech Republic might adopt the euro...
SlovakiaCEE: 'Hidden' economy poses risks to growth
The hidden economy has grown from perhaps 10% of measured GDP at the end of communism to about...
EU/SERBIA: Kosovo continues to divide
EU member states in principle agreed to a 1,800-strong police and civilian mission to be deployed...
EuPROSPECTS 2008: Weaknesses may cut CEE growth
Nationalism and populism continue to dominate politics, and unstable coalitions are common. ...