Pandemic has made Slovakia more attractive for investors, a survey shows

Investors perceive the government’s reform policy as a positive signal for the country.

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European investors in Slovakia expect economic recovery this year. At the same time, their satisfaction with local conditions has increased and a vast majority of them would invest in Slovakia again, results of a regular survey shows.

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“The economic recovery is starting,” said Christian Kügerl, commercial counsellor at the Austrian Embassy, as cited in the press release. “However, investors are watching closely the political development.”

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The German-Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Slowakei), the Slovak-Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Advantage Austria Bratislava, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia, the French-Slovak Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia and the Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia conducted the regular business survey at the end of March and beginning of April. The survey polled 116 companies operating in Slovakia.

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