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Growing popularity of domestic food increases food fraud

The popularity of Slovak food has been growing, resulting in various speculators trying to take advantage of the situation. Food inspectors found cases in which the origin of the goods was concealed or... |
Bratislava, 23.08.2018 |
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Slovak Republic to dispatch convoy with humanitarian aid for Iraq’s Mosul

Lukáš Parízek, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, handed over a symbolic certificate of humanitarian aid to Nicolas Isla, World Health Organization... |
Bratislava, 22.08.2018 |
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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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