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Czech average mortgage rate at lowest level since 2017

The average mortgage rate in the Czech Republic fell to its lowest rate in two and a half years in July. According to a regular index published by financial advisors Fincentrum, the average interest rate last... |
Prag, 19.08.2020 |
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Planned changes to controversial citizenship law

Proposed changes to a controversial law which has seen thousands of Slovaks stripped of their citizenship over the last decade have been dismissed by critics who say they do not go far enough.After the... |
Bratislava, 18.08.2020 |
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Pellegrini’s Voice-SD: It’s Perverse to Rejoice at Worst GDP Slump Ever

It’s perverse to rejoice at the worst-ever quarterly slump of Slovakia’s economy as Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) is doing, stated former prime minister Peter Pellegrini’s emerging party Voice-Social... |
Bratislava, 17.08.2020 |
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Pompeo warns of Russian and Chinese threat in meetings with Czech leaders

The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, held talks with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and spoke to the Senate on Wednesday as part of his visit to the Czech Republic. After his meeting with the prime minister,... |
Prag, 13.08.2020 |
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Slovakia’s export has recovered from the corona crisis’ decline

Slovakia’s foreign trade reached a record surplus in June as well as a significant recovery in exports. The increase in car exports pushed the trade-balance surplus to a record-high €710 million, beating the... |
Bratislava, 12.08.2020 |
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Sulik Should Stop Sale of VSE Shares and Explain His Moves

Peter Ziga, a former economy minister and MP working for emerging party Voice-Social Democracy, has called on current head of the ministry Richard Sulik (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) to stop the sale of shares... |
Bratislava, 11.08.2020 |
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Slovak mountains are overcrowded.

Let’s spend our holidays in Slovakia, called epidemiologists as measures against the spread of novel coronavirus were lifting. They reminded us that the infection was brought to Slovakia from abroad and people... |
Bratislava, 10.08.2020 |
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U.S. Poised to Slap 10% Tariff Again on Aluminum From Canada

The Trump administration is considering re-imposing tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada and an announcement could come by the end of the week, according to people familiar with the matter.
If Canada... |
Ottawa, 08.08.2020 |
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Czech beer industry posts losses of nearly five billion crowns due to Covid-19

The Czech beer industry recorded losses amounting to nearly five billion crowns during the period from March until the end of June as a result of the restrictive measures related to the coronavirus outbreak,... |
Prag, 06.08.2020 |
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President Caputova Signs Changes in State Budget for This Year

The state budget for this year is to be adjusted as President Zuzana Caputova signed on Monday an amendment to the law with changes adopted by Parliament at the beginning of July.
MPs discussed the draft... |
Bratislava, 05.08.2020 |
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