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Some companies are using advisors in the march toward the euro.

Euro opportunity for consultancy firms

SLOVAKIA's almost certain eurozone entry has launched the busiest phase that some sectors will ever face, posing new challenges to both small and larger firms, as well as the consultants these firms might hire to assist the process. While some say that the euro-switch should bring some good business to the consultants, the consultancy firms say that it also increases pressure and requires responsibility.

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Viewers face having to shell out on new sets to watch digital TV.

Analogue is dead, long live digital

DIGITAL broadcasting is coming, and promises to revolutionise the world of television in Slovakia as frequencies now used for analogue broadcasting are freed up for new national television stations. That’s according to the Telecommunications Office, which says the change-over should bring more programmes for viewers, greater competition in the television market and new opportunities for advertising.

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Mobile internet connections are often the only choice in the countryside.

Far from saturated

IN MANY parts of the Slovak countryside, a mobile connection is the only option for receiving internet service. This, as well as the growth potential among customers who are still connected through cables, makes the mobile internet market far from saturated, say market watchers.

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Slovaks often work as waiters and cooks abroad.

Grass no longer greener

WHAT for many seemed a pretty improbable development a decade ago is now becoming a labour market trend: Slovaks are losing interest in taking low-qualified jobs abroad and those who have been working in such jobs for years might now be returning home.

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Euro-enthusiasm sweeps markets

THE EUROPEAN Commission's approval of the country's euro-membership has left financial markets enthusiastic and predicting no serious complications in the months before Slovaks actually start using the single European currency.

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Trips to a wellness facility can be a non-financial benefit.

One size doesn't fit all

UNTIL recently, salary was the sole criterion used in Slovakia to determine whether a job was good.But now that the country is experiencing a measurable growth in salaries, Slovaks have started inquiring into the non-financial benefits an employer provides.

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Searching for the best at the top

THE DEMAND for executive search services is increasing globally, said the Association of Executive Search Consultants, and Slovak firms active in the field have noticed the growth as well.

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Slovakia will join euro

A DECADE after European Union leaders made their historic decision to launch the single European currency, Slovakia has been given the green light to become the 16th EU member of the eurozone. After joining the European Union in 2004 and entering the Schengen passport-free travel zone in 2007, Slovakia is now the first of the Visegrad Four countries to pass the last significant milestone on the way to fully membership of the European family.

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Less risk in Ukraine, say investors

INVESTMENT in research and specialised medical facilities has been experiencing a worldwide boom given its potential in the knowledge-based economy. Investment attracted from pharmaceutical firms has helped Ireland, which was among the poorest members of the European Union, transform itself from a low-wage economy into a modern and fast-developing country.

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Banská Štiavnica has a rich mining history.

From lynx to capercaillies

CENTRAL Slovakia is most well-known for its mountains. Five out of the nine Slovak national parks are in central Slovakia, some of them bordering eastern Slovakia: the Low Tatras, High Tatras, Muránska Planina, Malá Fatra, and Veľká Fatra national parks.

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Transport links seen as key to success

THANKS to large investments in the Žilina Region by foreign companies such as the Korean carmaker, KIA, unemployment in the region is gradually falling. However, mountainous Banská Bystrica Region, which is the biggest in Slovakia and suffers from an underdeveloped road network, still has a long way to go to tackle one of the highest unemployment rates in Slovakia.

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Getrag Ford should soon get a new logistics centre.

Eastern opportunities

KEY foreign investments in western Slovakia have attracted logistics firms to the region. But good news is expected in the rest of the country with logistics firms announcing plans to operate further east. Further developments in the automotive and high-tech industries are being planned which should lead to further growth in the logistics businesses serving them.

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CS Cargo Slovakia completes acquisition

LOGISTICS company CS Cargo Slovakia completed the acquisition of the transportation company mGal spedition Bratislava this February.

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Come to Leipzig: Bratislava now has a regular DHL air cargo link with this airport in eastern Germany.

Bratislava airport gets cargo boost

BY THE END of this year the volume of cargo shipped through Bratislava's M. R. Štefánik airport could grow four-fold. The airport hopes that the plans of just one company will give a major boost to the air cargo business at what is Slovakia's main airport.

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