Finance minister discusses Slovak economy with the Financial Times

Even though Slovakia is currently receiving a high volume of foreign investment from big international companies, the wealth gap within the country remains problematic, admits the Slovak Finance Minister Peter Kažimír in an interview for the British daily the Financial Times. In the interview published on May 8, Kažimír states that it is important to improve the mobility of the potential workforce, because while unemployment is low around the capital, it rises to as high as 20 per cent in some eastern regions. The government wants to encourage people to rent properties, which is a very rare practice in Slovakia, where 85% of real estate is in the hands of individual owners. Minister Kažimír told the Financial Times also about ambitious plans for bringing in new investments from China.