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NBS to lower basic interest rate to 3.75 percent in line with ECB
The National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) has lowered its key interest rate from the current 4.25 percent to 3.75 percent as of October 29, NBS spokesperson Jana Kováčová told the TASR newswire on October 28.
Poll: Most Slovaks suffer from at least one 'civilization iIlness'
As many as 89.8 percent of Slovaks suffer from at least one so-called 'civilization illness' or are in bad health, according to a poll carried out by the Dicio agency that was published on October 27.
Parliament kills bill revoking Mečiar amnesties
Parliament refused on October 28 to move to a second reading a bill by the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia that would revoke the amnesties former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar granted in 1998.
NBS chief suggests cooperation with DSS in time of financial crisis
Ivan Šramko, governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), is convinced that the money in private pension fund management companies (DSS) is not endangered by the global financial crisis.
Price of agricultural products down 0.6 percent in September
The price of agricultural products fell in September for the first time this year, recording a drop of 0.6 percent year-to-year, the Statistics Office announced on October 27.
Petrol prices to drop by 80 hellers, diesel by 50 hellers
As of October 27, petrol prices at Slovak filling stations will drop by another 80 hellers (€0.026) per litre, the Tankovanie.sk Web site wrote. The price of diesel will drop by 50 hellers (€0.016) per litre.
Slovak and Czech presidents mark founding of Czechoslovakia
President Ivan Gašparovič travelled to the Czech Republic on October 27 to meet his Czech counterpart Václav Klaus for a commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the first Czechoslovak Republic, the president's press department told the TASR newswire.
Poll: Most Slovaks unaware of when Czechoslovakia was founded
More than half of Slovaks don't know that the first Czechoslovak Republic was founded on October 28, 1918, according to a new poll.
NARKS: Real estate market stagnating
The real-estate market in Slovakia has been stagnating for a considerable time, as people have become more cautious due to the financial crisis, Martin Lazík, director of the National Association of Real Estate Agencies of Slovakia (NARKS), told the TASR newswire on October 27.
Tomanová: State to make up losses in second pillar
Labour and Social Affairs Minister Viera Tomanová restated on October 28 a warning that deposits in private second pillar accounts managed by private pension funds (DSS) are depreciating as a result of the current global financial crisis.
Slota won't head SNS candidate list in 2009 EP elections
Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Ján Slota won't head the party’s list of candidates for next year's European Parliament elections, but will be atop for local parliamentary elections in 2010, the party agreed at its meeting in Černová (Žilina region) on October 25.
Čaplovič to lay wreaths at Masaryk and Štefánik statues in Prague
Dušan Čaplovič, Slovakia's Deputy PM for a Knowledge-Based Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities, is to visit Prague on October 27-28 to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the first Czechoslovak Republic, it was announced on October 26.
Slovakia and Hungary to sign new deal on mutual borders
Slovakia is to sign a new agreement with Hungary on the common state border, Alena Koišová from the Interior Ministry press department told the TASR newswire.
Foreigners can get certified in Slovak
FOREIGNERS who want to have their knowledge of Slovak certified can register to take an exam at the E-KU Institute of Language and Intercultural Communication in Nitra.
Financial crisis results in job cuts
SOME Slovak producers are starting to feel the impact of the global financial crisis. Compressor producer Embraco Slovakia recently chose not to extend 142 temporary employment contracts, the SITA newswire wrote on October 16.
Banking rumbles grow louder
ON OCTOBER 17, international rating agency Standard & Poor's revised its outlook on Austria-based Erste Group Bank AG - which owns Slovakia’s largest bank, Slovenská Sporiteľňa - from stable to negative, citing the “impact of increased contagion risk from global macroeconomic pressures building in Central and Eastern Europe and Austria”.
Footprints in the forest
NOT ALL teenagers, it turns out, spend their leisure time in front of their TVs and computers eating crisps.
Physically disabled work for the police
SIX physically handicapped people in Žilina now have jobs thanks to the city police department, which has hired them to operate surveillance cameras from a control room, the Pravda daily wrote.
New LCD lines launched in Voderady
SOUTH KOREAN company Samsung Electronics officially opened its second production site in Slovakia on October 17. Based in the western town of Voderady, the site will bring Samsung’s number of LCD production lines to six by the end of the year. Over time, the plant will have 11 lines with a total annual production capacity of 10 million LCD modules. The company wants to reach full production capacity by 2011.
SkyEurope partners with Italian airline
THE FINANCIAL crisis and the increasing costs of running an airline have caused Slovak low-cost carrier SkyEurope to enter into an alliance and business partnership with Italian low-cost airline Myair.com, the Hospodárske Noviny financial daily wrote on October 20.
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