The unemployment rate for the entirety of 2024 set a new record, falling below 5.5 percent for the first time to reach 5.3 percent, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday.
The average nominal monthly salary in Slovakia amounted to €1,643 in the final quarter of 2024, marking a 4.7 percent (€74) year-on-year (y-o-y) increase, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday.
The sale of government bonds has begun in Slovakia. The interested party needs to come to one of the branches of banks that offer bonds, although some will also have this option online.
The government will sell bonds to the public only through the branches of five banks (CSOB, Slovenska sporitelna, Tatra banka, UniCredit Bank and Vseobecna uverova banka) as of March 3, with no sales ...
In 2023, Slovakia's spending on social unemployment benefits amounted to 0.63 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), which was the highest among the V4 countries. In 2020, it was 0.84 percent of GDP, ...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced that it is providing Slovakia with a €240 million loan to co-finance environmental and digital projects supported by the European Union (EU) across the country. ...
The Finance Ministry is discussing the implementation of the tax on financial transactions with a number of affected parties, the ministry stated in response to the reservations of the Slovak Chamber ...
The main reason for the slower growth of the Slovak economy this year and next year compared to previous expectations are external influences, especially the problems of the German economy, according to ...
If a parliamentary election had been held in February, Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won 24.1 percent of votes, followed by Smer-SD with 22.1 percent and Hlas-SD with 12.5 percent, according to ...
The shortfall in state revenues will reach approximately €370 million in 2025 and €87 million in 2026, the Finance Ministry stated in its latest forecast of state revenues and expenditures expected in ...
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