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Unemployment rate up for second consecutive month
From July employers have been able to use a new system to employ foreigners based on a list of scarce positions.
The registered unemployment rate calculated from the number of job-seekers immediately able to... |
| Bratislava, 21.08.2018 |
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Slovaks receive the European “science Oscar”
Ján Tkáč from the Slovak Academy of Sciences has received financing for a project to diagnose prostate cancer more accurately.
Slovakia has acquired the European version of a “scientific Oscar”, when the... |
| Bratislava, 20.08.2018 |
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Iconic company Palma will again produce table oils in Slovakia
The firm is owned by financiers of the Slavia Capital group.
After five years, the once iconic company Palma is re-launching its production of oils in Slovakia.
It wants to start off with specific types... |
| Bratislava, 16.08.2018 |
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Slovakia’s GDP grew by 4.1 percent y/y in Q2 2018
Analysts see this increase as positive and exceeding expectations but expect growth to slow down. |
| Bratislava, 15.08.2018 |
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Bread in Slovakia will be more expensive due to drought and summer heat
The milling industry has no internal reserves to absorb the expected rise in food grain prices.
Drought and summer heat this year will not only cause a lower yield for the cereal harvest and the subsequent... |
| Bratislava, 14.08.2018 |
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The US Embassy will hit the road
In which towns will the embassy caravan stop?
Barbecuing, playing classic movies and talking to the people. This is how the US Embassy in Slovakia plans to spend slightly more than two weeks in August to... |
| Bratislava, 13.08.2018 |
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Brewing company considers closing Brazilian factories
This is as an extreme measure after a court ordered the company to sell beer and soft drinks in the region at a money-losing price.
“This is as an extreme measure after a court ordered the company to sell... |
| Sao Paulo, 11.08.2018 |
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Current stalemate paralyses the Slovak Academy of Sciences
The transformation of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) was expected to make the lives of scientists easier. Instead, the institution is now struggling in a legal vacuum. To complete the transformation, it... |
| Bratislava, 10.08.2018 |
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Winemakers can sell Burčiak earlier this year
Hot weather is speeding up the ripening of grapes, producing the popular, fermented grape juice earlier than previous years.
The Agriculture Ministry has granted winemakers an exemption to start selling... |
| Bratislava, 08.08.2018 |
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Slovakia welcomes the halt in the escalation of US-EU trade war
The July meeting of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and US President Donald Trump resulted in an agreement to work to eliminate tariffs on all non-auto industrial goods, increase cooperation... |
| Bratislava, 07.08.2018 |
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