Slovakia News

Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial markets on Monday.

Eight candidates for the governorship of four of Slovakia's Higher Territorial Units who didn't gain the simple majority of votes required in the first round of elections on November 14 are now free to campaign again until Thursday, November 26, when a election moratorium for the second, run-off round of the VUC elections will start.

AN IRREVOCABLE shift away from the bad habits of the past was meant to be the result of joining the European Union.

The digital literacy index in Slovakia increased and reached 0.44 points this year, up from 0.33 in 2005 and 0.37 in 2007, according to an annual survey by the Institute of Public Affairs released on November 19, the TASR newswire wrote.

As Slovaks mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism this week, former dissidents have lashed out at top political figures, including the prime minister, who they say are trying to paint the totalitarian regime of old in a positive light.

This exquisite deco style 59ft narrowbeam yacht shell is now ready for interior fit-out. Built by Zilina Marine, to an elegant design by Roel Degroot, the shell has been constructed from 10-6-5-4mm steel with integral stainless roof and gunwhale profiles.

Ethnic-Hungarian SMK party chairman Pal Csaky said after a meeting with European Parliament Chairman Jerzy Buzek in Bratislava on Wednesday that he believes the "stupid passages of the State Language Act, such as those on imposing fines" won't be applied at least before the general elections next June, the TASR newswire reported.

Domagoj Vida's late strike took Croatia to the top of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying Group 7 as they triumphed 2-1 in Slovakia to leapfrog their opponents.

The Slovak government proposed its incumbent European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic for a post in the next European Commission, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

Slovakia's prime minister said Tuesday that his country would double the number of troops it has serving with NATO in Afghanistan to about 500.

There was a real treat in store for the Dome faithful when top clarinettist Emma Johnson was the star soloist for a wonderful concert of contrasts.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia and Slovakia had agreed to renovate the structure of trade and economic cooperation and expand it through investments.

One Romani candidate elected to a regional parliament in Slovakia Bratislava, 16.11.2009, 07:07, Saturday's regional elections in Slovakia resulted in victories for the left-wing government coalition led by the SmA>r-SD party of Slovak PM Robert Fico.

BRATISLAVA: Slovakia's left-leaning ruling coalition won majority in five regional Parliaments at weekend polls seen as a litmus test before general elections next June, official results showed yesterday.

Bratislava- Election returns showing overwhelming wins for Slovakia's social democratic Smer party in Saturday's regional elections were called into question Sunday by opposition politicians.

Bratislava: Slovaks started casting ballots yesterday for their regional representatives in a vote seen as a litmus test ahead of general elections next June, amid a deep economic crisis.

Regional elections are likely to be the last big issue on this year's political agenda in Slovakia, coming just after one of the annual milestones - " the passing of the state budget.

Despite the deteriorating epidemiological situation and the high incidence of flu in Ukraine, people are still crossing the Slovak-Ukrainian border, the spokesperson for the Border Police Directorate in Sobrance, Agnesa Kopernicka, told TASR on November 8. Interior Minister Robert Kalinak announced on Saturday, November 7 that Slovakia would close ...

Communist police commanders admit to the student commission that they "made some mistakes" in their Nov.

IBM announced that it has been selected by Slovak Telekom to build a new data centre in Bratislava, Slovakia.