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When does Tax Freedom Day take place in 2019?
People will spend more time at work to pay taxes this year.
Taxpayers will have to work 153 days to be able to pay all taxes to the state, the Deloitte company informed.
Tax Freedom Day takes place on June... |
| Bratislava, 21.02.2019 |
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Economic growth was disappointing at the end of the year
Statistics Office estimates that Slovakia’s GDP grew by 3.6 percent in the final quarter of 2018.
Slovakia’s economy at the end of 2018 significantly lagged behind both expectations and the previous quarter... |
| Bratislava, 20.02.2019 |
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Dutch Embassy in Slovakia is the greenest of all
The embassy has gone zero-waste. Its employees use no plastic bags and use reusable lunch boxes.
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bratislava has beaten more than 100 other Dutch embassies in the... |
| Bratislava, 19.02.2019 |
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Economic growth was disappointing at the end of the year
Statistics Office estimates that Slovakia’s GDP grew by 3.6 percent in the final quarter of 2018.
Slovakia’s economy at the end of 2018 significantly lagged behind both expectations and the previous quarter... |
| Bratislava, 18.02.2019 |
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ECB Coeure opens door to new cash boost for banks
European Central Bank board member Benoit Coeure said the ECB was discussing the idea of issuing new multi-year cheap loans to banks, which in some countries face a funding cliff-edge next year when previous... |
| New York, 16.02.2019 |
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New vouchers re-spark red tape controversy
The cost of recreational vouchers and other new duties may emerge as a problem in times of recession.
Red tape remains an unresolved phenomenon in Slovakia. Filling out redundant forms and providing excessive... |
| Bratislava, 15.02.2019 |
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Linden tree from Kopčany
The tree and church have protected each other for more than two hundred years.
The large-leaf linden from Kopčany near Skalica will represent Slovakia in the European tree of 2019 competition. It is 235 years... |
| Bratislava, 14.02.2019 |
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Tesco halts its non-stop operation
The chain is responding to the work surcharges that employers have to pay employees for night and holiday shifts. |
| Bratislava, 13.02.2019 |
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Government tried to lure Slovaks back from the UK. But the promotion was weak
The Slovak Spectator talked to the participants of the event focused on IT and shared service sector workers and motivating them to come back.
More than 100 Slovaks living and working in the UK gathered on... |
| Bratislava, 12.02.2019 |
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Slovakia needs to increase labour productivity to match wages in western Europe
Average wage exceeds €1,000, but Slovak wages are still among the lowest in the EU.
Wages in Slovakia keep going up, driven by the thriving economy, lack of a qualified labour force and measures such as night... |
| Bratislava, 11.02.2019 |
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