Slovakia

  • Dec 4, 2006
  • 7 min read

EASTERN EUROPE: Enduring obstacles limit PE presence

PE funds have the potential to increase growth and restructuring in former communist Eastern...

Eastern Europe
  • Nov 28, 2006
  • 1 min read

INTERNATIONAL/CEE: Slovakia drives regional growth

Slovakia is the engine of growth in Central-Eastern Europe (CEE), with the automobile sector...

Slovakia
  • Nov 23, 2006
  • 7 min read

SLOVAKIA: Maintaining current growth will test Fico

Unemployment is falling and there is a labour shortage in Bratislava, Trnava and Trencin,...

Slovakia
  • Nov 15, 2006
  • 2 min read

SLOVAKIA: GDP grows at record rate in July-September

The economy grew by 9.8% year-on-year in the third quarter, according to preliminary figures from...

Slovakia
  • Oct 30, 2006
  • 6 min read

SLOVAKIA: Fico backs early euro entry -- so far

Adopting the euro in 2009 will make Slovakia a leader in Central Europe, Finance Minister Jan...

Slovakia
  • Oct 25, 2006
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL EUROPE: Far-right should fade in longer term

On October 23, the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising, clashes between police and...

  • Oct 11, 2006
  • 2 min read

SLOVAKIA: 2007 budget deficit stays below euro limit

The government today approved the draft 2007 budget with a 2.9% of GDP deficit.

Slovakia
  • Oct 6, 2006
  • 6 min read

CEE: Banks are finding it harder to generate growth

While the growth of banking assets in most advanced CEE markets is stabilising at about twice the...