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CNB: Financial sector resistant to shocks but mortgages represent risk

The Czech financial sector remains highly resistant to shocks, the Czech National Bank says in its 2015/2016 Report on Financial Stability published on Tuesday. Stress tests on Czech banks confirmed their... |
| Prag, 14.06.2017 |
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What connects Americans and Slovaks

The USA and Slovakia face similar challenges, and when they tackle them together they can be more effective.
On my recent trip to the United States I met with people across the country, from New York to... |
| Bratislava, 13.06.2017 |
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A tailor made Prague beer institution

Beer is an important part of Czech culture. Czechs love to drink beer and the country’s numerous pubs are veritable hubs of social activity, where Czechs grumble about politics, talk about the weather and... |
| Prag, 12.06.2017 |
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Company Response to the European Commission Initiative for Negotiations Between the EU and Russia on an Intergovernmental Agreement

The European Commission “has today adopted a request to the Council of the European Union for a mandate to negotiate with the Russian Federation the key principles for the operation of the Nord Stream 2 gas... |
| Nord Streem 2 , 10.06.2017 |
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Slovaks mostly work in the service sector in Britain

Slovak ambassador to UK sees Brexit as an impetus for Slovaks living there to reconsider whether to stay or return to Slovakia.
Brexit is definitely an opportunity for Slovaks, who came to live in Britain in... |
| Bratislava, 09.06.2017 |
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Three cases that could be reopened after the "Slovak Watergate"

Mečiar’s amnesties are void. Who might end up in jail?
The Constitutional Court ruled on May 31 that the blanket amnesties issued by former prime minister Vladimír Mečiar as acting president in 1997, covering... |
| Bratislava, 08.06.2017 |
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WannaCry had little impact in Slovakia

Three good tips for online security.
In mid May computers of national railways in Germany, mobile operators in Spain and Hungary and hospitals in the United Kingdom were infected by the WannaCryptor... |
| Bratislava, 07.06.2017 |
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Czech Republic to take no more refugees under EU share out

Czech Republic to take no more refugees under EU share out
The Czech Republic will take no more immigrants from Italy and Greece shared out under the EU’s quota system, interior minister Milan Chovanec... |
| Prag, 06.06.2017 |
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Lajčák elected as UN General Assembly President

Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák has become the president of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Lajčák will take up the post on September 12 and will hold it for a period... |
| Bratislava, 05.06.2017 |
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Prices of flats are increasing but Slovaks still want their own roof

Rules for mortgage applicants have changed but demand remains the same so far.
SLOVAKS believe that owning the roof over one’s head is one of the greatest certainties in life, says Maroš Ďurik, CEO of Across... |
| Bratislava, 04.06.2017 |
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