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SLOVAKIA is aiming to make the country more ‘internet-ised’ and turn paper shuffling between state offices, citizens and businesses into online efficiency. It is doing so via its Operational Programme Informatisation of Society, co-financed by EU funds. In November, the European Commission revealed its study about Smarter, Faster, Better eGovernment, the 8th benchmark measurement of eServices across Europe. 8 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Some internet providers in Slovakia Locked

GTS Slovakia – manages a network infrastructure covering all of Slovakia including fixed wireless access (FWA) networks and an optical network in Bratislava. 8 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Some online shopping sites in Slovakia Locked

www.artforum.sk – an online branch of the brick-and-mortar shop Artforum. 8 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

IT organisations in Slovakia Locked

ITAS – IT Association of Slovakia 8 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Digital literacy keeps rising Locked

DIGITAL literacy in Slovakia has climbed to what has been described as the ‘medium-level’ over the past four years but the gap between people mastering digital technologies and those lacking literacy as well as access to these services has been widening. These are the main findings from a research project called Digital Literacy in Slovakia conducted by the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO). Marián Velšic, an IVO analyst, introduced the results of the third cycle of the biennial project in mid November 2009. 8 Mar 2010 Jana Liptáková The Slovak Spectator

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Slovaks getting connected DSL, FWA, WiFi, FTTH, FTTB, LTE – these are all internet connections Locked

INTERNET and online services have been an important part of life in Slovakia for several years. Most Slovak companies are online and the number of households with internet access is also increasing. Slovakia can more than facilitate this as it has all the most highly-developed technologies for internet connections at its disposal. 8 Mar 2010 Jana Liptáková The Slovak Spectator

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More people are shopping online Crisis pushed shoppers to seek better prices on the internet THE POPULARITY of online shopping keeps increasing in Slovakia. And while the overall sales value of online purchases did not change much last year due to the economic crisis, less spending money inspired many more people to search for better prices on the internet to the detriment of brick-and-mortar shops. 8 Mar 2010 Jana Liptáková The Slovak Spectator

Slovak Telekom

Broadband internet at home and on the road ADVERTORIAL The current trend in internet use is a combination of a fixed-line connection at home and mobile internet while on the road, which enables you to work or be entertained anywhere and at any time. An excellent example of this trend is the widespread use of Magio internet from T-Com in combination with Mobile internet from T-Mobile. 5 Mar 2010

The 15th Annual National Career Days Advertorial AIESEC Slovakia Slovensko presents for 2010 the 15th Annual National Career Days. The job opportunities fair will take place on the 11th and 12th of March, 2010 in the Incheba Convention Center in Bratislava. This unique event showcases job offers from a number of leading Slovak companies in various industries which are participating. The event will run over two days. Last year, more than 4913 students came to see it. 5 Mar 2010

Efficiency and Cost Optimisation - Principles of optimisation Advertorial According to the Slovak Statistics Offi ce, the profits of Slovak businesses dropped by more than one-third in the second half of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. This means that cost optimisation and effi ciency are urgent and important parts of managers’ decisionmaking processes in most companies. 3 Mar 2010

Professionals in taxes, audit and accounting Advertisement 1 Mar 2010

Important dates on the 2010 Slovak tax calendar February 1 1 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Institutions in the tax and audit field in Slovakia Ministry of Finance, www.finance.gov.sk 1 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Benefits of the credit crunch THE ASSOCIATION of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) held its Accountants for Business conference in Bratislava on February 18. As Petra Polednová, the country representative of ACCA for Slovakia, told The Slovak Spectator, the conference was targeted at senior finance and human resources professionals and was primarily devoted to the benefits of the credit crunch. 1 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

Unifying tax collection in Slovakia Focus short IBM Slovensko has won a huge tender as part of procurement to build a system for unified collection of taxes and social and health insurance contributions. The company succeeded in the European tender for provision of technical assistance services in building an integrated information system for the Finance Ministry. The value of the three-year contract, signed on February 18, is €56 million excluding VAT and the project will be financed from the state budget as well as from EU funds, reported Slovakia’s Finance Ministry, as cited by the SITA newswire. 1 Mar 2010 Compiled by Spectator staff The Slovak Spectator

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