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EC: Slovakia's projected deficit a concern for 2014
THE EUROPEAN Commission has expressed concern with the Slovak Finance Ministry’s budget for 2014, essentially disagreeing with a ministry forecast that it will keep the deficit below the 3 percent cap for eurozone members and thus far preventing the country from tapping the so-called investment exemption to improve infrastructure and prime the economy.
Concern over unstable Czech election result
PRAGUE – Seven parties passed the threshold for entering the Czech Parliament during the October 25-26 elections, and the instability likely to result is giving pause in Slovakia.
UN condemns Moldava raid
MOLDAVA NAD BODVOU – The United Nations is the latest organisation to officially condemn a violent police raid on a Roma settlement outside the eastern city of Moldava nad Bodvou in June, but the biggest criticisms remain with the continued failure of state authorities to fully investigate allegations of police brutality, illegal detention and excessive use of force.
Baťa heirs seek compensation
HEIRS of Czech businessman Jan Antonín Baťa, who once oversaw the Baťa shoe company’s global empire, will seek compensation from the Slovak government for property confiscated in the wake of the Second World War as part of the infamous Beneš Decrees – assets some have valued at €1 billion.
Slovalco seals discount electricity deal
THE FINAL hurdle in a series of state-backed incentives meant to keep one of Slovakia’s biggest factories operating – that of aluminium-maker Slovalco – was cleared September 26 as shareholders from power-producer Slovenské Elektrárne agreed to an eight-year contract for providing electricity at discount rates.
Report: Slovakia must do more to identify trafficking victims
SLOVAK law enforcement made “very weak efforts” to combat human trafficking as the country now finds itself a source, transit and destination country for sex workers and forced labour, according to a report released by the US State Department.
Ministry is betting on VAT lottery
IN A MOVE that deploys social psychology as part of efforts to boost VAT revenues, the Finance Ministry is launching a new scheme to convert retail receipts into lottery tickets in the hope that it will encourage customers to actively request those receipts.
“Voter revolution” in Czech politics
THE OVERWHELMING trend in Czech politics in 2010 is what political analyst Jiří Pehe calls a “voters’ revolution,” even if that revolution remained stillborn at the ballot box.
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