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The Best of Around Slovakia in 2006

Survey shows households see financial situation improving

THE FINANCIAL situation of Slovak households is gradually improving, according to a survey by the Focus agency of 1,400 respondents in early November.

Cabinet hustles to clear end-year FDI backlog

THE CABINET put dozens of foreign investment projects on a fast-track approval process in December, giving the green light to billions of crowns in state aid for investors it feared would be disqualified under stricter EU incentives rules due to take effect in 2007.

Marta Ďurianová

PRESS digest: PRAVDA DAILY

Political warming

LOOKING back on 2006, one can't help but remark on how many fears accompanied the Fico government's accession to power in July, and how few of them have materialized since then.

Christmas surveys

HZDS wants new ministry, "or something else"

THE MOVEMENT for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), a junior partner in the ruling coalition, continued its struggle for greater influence in government with a suggestion that a new ministry be set up next year that might be led by a HZDS nominee.

Martina Jurinová

Real wages up, unemployment down

Compiled by Spectator staff

Hanukkah, a festival of celebration and thanks

LAST WEEKEND, just days before thousands of households across Slovakia are to start cooking carp and sour cabbage soup for Christmas dinner, the country's Jewish community began frying latkes, a kind of potato pancake, and lighting menorahs for Hanukkah, the festival of rededication.

Stefan M Hogan

KDH asks Gabura to dump Tóth

Compiled by Spectator staff

Slovakia making believers of euro target sceptics

SLOVAK analysts and economists are starting to believe the country has a chance of adopting the euro by 2009, in line with the Robert Fico government's plan.

Marta Ďurianová