The Slovak Spectator presents the 13th edition of its annual English-language publication Investment Advisory Guide 2012/2013, which provides readers with comprehensive insight into the current business environment in Slovakia. This year’s edition also contains a special real estate section.

Last year’s economic predictions for 2012 proved to be somewhat pessimistic. After the parliamentary elections in early 2012, a single political party gained a significant majority, bringing a new approach to taxes, pensions and labour laws. Numerous challenges still exist in the investment environment and investors are calling for a more effective legislative framework and an education system better suited to the demands of the labour market. Slovakia reached its worst ranking since 1997 in a report prepared by the World Economic Forum, which is also a worrying fact.

The 72-page publication Investment Advisory Guide 2012/2013 also addresses real estate, which is affected by the unfavourable economic situation both in Slovakia and abroad. Furthermore, readers can find the most important investment and real estate highlights from the last year.

Investment Advisory Guide 2012/2013 presents many tables with statistics, including regional comparisons of wages, unemployment rates and economic activity. The publication also contains a review of the largest companies in Slovakia within each of the country’s eight regions. Readers are provided with up-to-date contact information for consulting companies, developers, real estate agencies, architectural services, construction firms as well as a special table describing law firms in Slovakia and the major cases they have handled.

Table of Contents: Investment Guide 2012/2013

Investment Advisory Guide 2012/2013 is available directly in the reception of Petit Press at Lazaretská 12 in Bratislava, at our online shop, and at selected shop locations of Interpress, Panta Rhei, and Eurobooks.

For information about advertising opportunities in the Investment Advisory Guide 2013/14 (to be published in November 2013), please contact our Sales Department at +421 2 5923 3311 or at spectator@spectator.sk.

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