SLOVAKIA is low down on the list of EU states in the area of innovations, European Commission (EC) statistics suggest.

Of the European Union states Slovakia ranks 22nd, the Hospodárske noviny business daily wrote. Along with Estonia, Spain, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Poland, and Turkey, Slovakia ranked well down.

Switzerland, Finland, Sweden Denmark, and Germany scored the best in terms of innovations, according to EC data.

Compiled by Martina Jurinová from press reports

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