Deputy Prime Minister for Economy Ivan Mikloš has estimated that a quarter of Slovakia’s 520,000 registered unemployed could be working under the table, and that the state has been lax in finding and punishing illegal work.
Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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30. Oct 2001 at 8:43
Slovakia's armed forces need to modernise their military technology, but also improve infrastructure and make soldiers' salaries more competitive.
There is a question whether the scrutiny may impact the carmaker’s plans to invest in Slovakia.
He turned down their suggestions for a public debate but invites them to talk about corruption at the Police Corps Presidium.
Slovak literature makes it to the big bookstores of London, but it is unlikely to become a bestseller yet.
