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State health insurer terminates contracts with specialists to cut costs

VšZP faces estimated loss of €200-210 million
The state-owned health insurer Všeobecná Zdravotná Poisťovňa (VšZP) is about to terminate contracts with around 120 doctor’s surgeries and several treatment... |
| Bratislava, 31.01.2017 |
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Czech dairy farmers seek to take greater control over their fates

Czech dairy farmers have little reason to be cheerful. Latest European Union figures show they are being paid the lowest prices for their raw product across the 28 EU member countries. The average Czech price... |
| Prag, 30.01.2017 |
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Slovakia needs to prepare for Brexit homecomers

With approximately 75,000 Slovaks living and working in the UK the question arises: will the "hard Brexit" send some of them home?
"Brexit must mean control over the number of people who come to Britain from... |
| Bratislava, 27.01.2017 |
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Money for Piešťany airport runs out in February

The plague of the small airport in western Slovakia continues, it needs a private investor or an intervention by its current shareholders.
The extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Letisko... |
| Bratisava, 26.01.2017 |
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SARIO Business Summary for January 2017

TAXES
The number of Slovak companies seated in tax havens keeps growing. According to the consulting company Bisnode Slovensko, it has more than tripled since 2005. Ten years ago, over 1,500 Slovak companies... |
| Bratisava, 25.01.2017 |
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Donald Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from Trans-Pacific Partnership

US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders withdrawing America from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and stopping the federal government from hiring any more workers. |
| Sydney, 24.01.2017 |
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Interior Minister: Czech Republic should negotiate over Brexit on its own

The Czech Republic should start negotiating with Great Britain over Brexit on its own, without waiting for the European Union, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said on Sunday in a political debate programme on... |
| Prag, 23.01.2017 |
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Legal battle threatens Plzeňský Prazdroj sale

The Pilsen-based association Právovarečné měšťanstvo is questioning the sale of the Czech brewery Plzeňský Prazdroj to the Japanese company Asahi Group Holdings, the news site iDnes.cz has reported.
The group... |
| Praha, 21.01.2017 |
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Highest growth for Real estate taxes in Slovakia since 2013

Towns and villages increase real estate taxes by 2.33 percent on average in 2017.
The year 2017 has brought higher real estate taxes to Slovakia, compared with previous years. They increased by 2.33 percent... |
| Bratislava, 20.01.2017 |
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Italy and Slovakia have a tradition of excellent bilateral relations

Reiterating the excellent bilateral relations between the Slovak Republic and the Italian Republic marked the start of the talks between State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the... |
| Bratislava, 19.01.2017 |
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