Poll: Ordinary People party would win again
If a general election had been held in Slovakia in May, the largest governing Ordinary People party would win again with 22.9%, indicates a poll conducted by the Focus agency.
25. 5. 2020 | 15:05
Články / Economics and politics
Almost 61,000 people received social benefits in April
The number of people receiving social benefits in Slovakia fell by almost 4,400 year-on-year in April to fewer than 61,000, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (ÚPSVaR) reported on Monday. ...
25. 5. 2020 | 15:00
Unemployment in April rises sharply
The impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak was reflected in the Slovak labour market in April this year when the registered unemployment rate reached 6.57 percent.
21. 5. 2020 | 15:31
Slovakia's GDP down
Slovakia's economy fell in the first quarter of 2020, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in fixed prices going down by 3.9% in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Friday. ...
15. 5. 2020 | 14:30
Volkswagen Slovakia to extend its production
The carmaker and biggest private employer in the country, Volkswagen Slovakia will extend its production as of next week, resuming a two-shift operation in part of its plant, company spokesperson Lucia ...
15. 5. 2020 | 14:01
Thousands of businesses apply for 'Anti-corona' temporary credit
The process of low-interest loan provision to businesses should be simplified and speeded up. Thousands of businesses have applied for state-supported 'Anti-corona' temporary credit, yet banks have provided ...
14. 5. 2020 | 14:10
Private pension companies to invest in rental flats
Pension-fund management companies might invest savers' money in construction of rental flats or infrastructure projects that are priorities of the We Are Family party, Labour Minister Milan Krajniak (We ...
12. 5. 2020 | 14:44
The steepest rise in unemployment to occur in May
Slovakia must brace itself for a spike in unemployment in the near future, with the labour minister Milan Krajniak (We Are Family) expecting the steepest rise in the number of jobless to occur in May. ...
11. 5. 2020 | 15:04
Focus poll: Gov't will not last the full term, think almost half of respondents
Almost half of the respondents addressed in a poll conducted by the Focus agency for TV Markiza think that the government led by Igor Matovic will not last the full term, e.g. four years. As many as 38.1 ...
11. 5. 2020 | 15:01
Top officials declare willigness to cooperate in foreign policy
President Zuzana Čaputová, Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollár and Prime Minister Igor Matovič signed a joint declaration to express their willingness and joint commitment to cooperate in the pursuing of ...
11. 5. 2020 | 14:53
