Marta Ďurianová

Marta Ďurianová


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A FAILURE of corporate governance in banks has played a role in the current financial crisis, according to the president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Richard Aitken-Davies, speaking… 3. Nov 2008, at 0:00
IT SEEMS that barely a leaf can fall on world markets, without an army of Slovak market watchers, central bank analysts and media commentators pondering the slightest impact it might have on Slovakia. 27. Oct 2008, at 0:00
A POSSIBLE tightening of banks’ lending policies as a result of the financial crisis could lessen the investment activity of private equity investors; at the same time, the crisis is opening up new investment… 27. Oct 2008, at 0:00
GERMANY is Slovakia’s strategic investor. It is also Slovakia’s strategic business partner as the EU country to which it exports and from which it imports the largest volume of goods. 27. Oct 2008, at 0:00
Banks, large, and medium-sized companies are well prepared for the euro switchover, said Igor Barát.
BANKS have been preparing for Slovakia’s adoption of the euro for more than two years. Now they, as well as the National Bank of Slovakia and the government proxy for euro adoption, say that the conversion process… 20. Oct 2008, at 0:00
The real estate boom in Slovakia has been fuelled by genuine customer demand, according to analysts.
ALTHOUGH the current mortgage crisis might tighten the conditions under which mortgages are provided in Slovakia, no dramatic changes or steep growth in prices are expected. As mortgage products are still… 20. Oct 2008, at 0:00
Landlines remain attractive for companies.
HOUSEHOLDS worldwide have been abandoning landlines, causing fixed-line operators to focus on business clients, who continue to use the service. Compiled by Spectator staff from press reports13. Oct 2008, at 0:00
Going digital will require new kit.
MANY European countries are aiming to achieve full digital television coverage by 2010. In Slovakia, digital video broadcasting should fully replace the existing analogue television system no later than 2012,… Compiled by Spectator staff from press reports13. Oct 2008, at 0:00
Mobiles are used for more than just making calls.
MOBILE data services are experiencing a golden age in the European Union, at least according to recent surveys. 13. Oct 2008, at 0:00
Slovaks, when they move, normally plan to stay for a long time.
AMERICANS often follow lucrative job offers by relocating their whole family from one place to another, depending on how local labour markets develop and how their career paths change. Slovaks, like many of their… 6. Oct 2008, at 0:00
Office work can be ideal for part-timers.
SLOVAKIA is behind the curve in Europe when it comes to part-time employment: only Bulgaria has fewer people using this form of employment.According to Eurostat data, only 2.6 percent of all employees in Slovakia… 6. Oct 2008, at 0:00
SLOVAK firms are warming up to teambuilding, which uses activities indirectly related to their employees’ work to improve quality and lift morale. 6. Oct 2008, at 0:00
People are becoming more interested in the quality of their property insurance.
LAST year, the ratio between life insurance and non-life insurance policies in Slovakia reached 50:50 for the first time. This means the Slovak market now more closely resembles that in western countries, where… 29. Sep 2008, at 0:00
Locations around Bratislava, such as this one near Senec, are still the most attractive.
SLOVAKIA’S logistics centres are still concentrated mainly in the western part of the country, near Bratislava. However, investors are starting to focus more and more on eastern Slovakia, which neighbours Ukraine. 22. Sep 2008, at 0:00
IInvestors prefer to use the previous standards when constructing freeways.
FREEWAYS and motorways can be built narrower and steeper under new standards that took effect on July 1. The Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing has stated that the revised standards will make highway… 22. Sep 2008, at 0:00
DURING the recent years of record growth in the transportation market, many carriers invested in expanding their vehicle fleet in order to satisfy the customers’ demands. However, although the transportation market… 22. Sep 2008, at 0:00
New apartments in Slovakia are the third most expensive or second cheapest in the V4.
LAST year the prices of new apartments in Slovakia grew faster than in any of the other Visegrad Four (V4) countries. But despite the fast growth, new apartment prices in Slovakia have yet to reach the highest… 15. Sep 2008, at 0:00
Slovakia has little concept of retail parks – for now.
SLOVAKIA has little concept of retail parks, which are widely known in the rest of the Europe and the United States. But that might change soon. A retail park is a unit of three or more outlets with a total area of… 15. Sep 2008, at 0:00
Easy does it: golfing is still a minority sport in Slovakia
GOLF in Slovakia has a very weak tradition. Slovakia has several quality golf courses and several projects to develop new golf resorts are currently in the pipeline. However, it could be a very long time yet before… 15. Sep 2008, at 0:00
The Houses of Parliament in London.
BRITISH capital flowed into Central Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain, but it only trickled into Slovakia until the country joined the European Union in 2004. However, Britain’s volume of investment in… 8. Sep 2008, at 0:00
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