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Slovakia becomes magnet for IT service centres
CENTRAL and Eastern Europe is a popular location for international companies who want to establish new shared services and contact centres. Investors appreciate the low costs, skilled labour, and relatively short distances to the more developed countries of Western Europe, where their main customers reside. Slovakia, which offers all of these benefits, is one of the most preferred service centre locations in the region.
Keep up good work on corruption, cabinet told
OVER THE LAST eight years and two consecutive Mikuláš Dzurinda governments, people believe that corruption in Slovakia has receded, according to annual surveys conducted by the Transparency International Slovakia (TIS) watchdog and public opinion polls.
Slovak president wants Russia to join EU
PRESIDENT Ivan Gašparovič told Russian leader Vladimir Putin yesterday that Slovakia would like to see Russia one day become part of the European Union.
ITAPA 2006 showcases IT in public sector
BRATISLAVA was set to host the fifth annual international congress on Information Technologies and Public Administration (ITAPA) on November 14 and 15. Almost 80 lecturers and panellists from 13 European countries were due to take part in this, Slovakia's largest IT conference.
- New trends are redefining work in Slovakia
- Patients raise concerns over dental X-ray fees
- While others pull out, one energy firm is betting big on Slovakia’s sun
- Bratislava welcomes its first driverless postal vehicle Video
- “She’s the beating heart of our family”: a cycle across Europe inspired by a three-year-old girl
- Sculptor: Geoglyphs are mental, not physical
- Lunch atop a Skyscraper: How a Slovak emmigrant ended up in the iconic photo
- Slovak firm accused of breaching EU sanctions by exporting bearings to Russia
- “She’s the beating heart of our family”: a cycle across Europe inspired by a three-year-old girl
- New trends are redefining work in Slovakia
- Veľká Fatra’s trails and forest paths make it ideal for a summer ride for all ages Photo
- This summer feels different and an ecologist explains why Photo
- Lunch atop a Skyscraper: How a Slovak emmigrant ended up in the iconic photo
- The crown that made kings returns to Bratislava Video
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Bratislava welcomes its first driverless postal vehicle Video
- “She’s the beating heart of our family”: a cycle across Europe inspired by a three-year-old girl
- Anonymity in the age of celebrity Video
- New trends are redefining work in Slovakia
- Peter Thiel’s dinner with the end of the world
- Lunch atop a Skyscraper: How a Slovak emmigrant ended up in the iconic photo
- Dávid Hancko heads to Atlético Madrid after unexpected twist in transfer saga
- News digest: 150 left homeless after fire in eastern Slovakia
- Veľká Fatra’s trails and forest paths make it ideal for a summer ride for all ages Photo
- Lunch atop a Skyscraper: How a Slovak emmigrant ended up in the iconic photo
- Athletes travel all the way from Australia to Šamorín – have you been? Photo
- Peter Thiel’s dinner with the end of the world
- “She’s the beating heart of our family”: a cycle across Europe inspired by a three-year-old girl
- One Slovak petrol station is attracting customers with a cute feline mascot
- From Banská Bystrica to Charleston: a world apart but closer than you might think Video
- Ukraine under Russian attack: defending freedom, protecting children, securing Europe’s future
- Why Morské oko should be on your travel list Photo
- News digest: Foreigners in, Slovaks out? Video
- Patients raise concerns over dental X-ray fees
- Slovak firm accused of breaching EU sanctions by exporting bearings to Russia
- While others pull out, one energy firm is betting big on Slovakia’s sun
- Liptovský Hrádok: a castle with a happy ending
- Why Slovakia’s SNP Trail should be on your hiking bucket list Audio
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