One of the biggest net exporters from Slovakia, car plant Volkswagen in Bratislava, could find itself unable to complete its cars because of a lack of car seats. This is because its biggest supplier of car seats, Johnson Controls based on Lozorno, could find its workforce on strike over a demand for higher pay. This [...]
In addition to the signing of an agreement on the construction of a cross-border gas connection, the visit of Hungarian PM Viktor Orban to Slovakia on Friday also raised the thorny issue again of dual citizenship. Prime Minister Iveta Radicova made it clear to Orban that the only responsible and sensitive way of dealing with [...]
Slovak tennis player Andrej Martin (21) caused an upset on Saturday as he put top seed and Asian Games gold-medalist Somdev Dewarman out of the Singapore ATP Challenger in straight sets. Martin, who was ranked 177th at the start of the tournament, smashed Dewarman’s hopes in the quarter finals, beating him 6-3/ 6-4 in less [...]
Things are getting better in Slovakia! Buoyed by the economic recovery, average housing prices fell only 1.36% (-2.41% in real terms) y-o-y to Q3 2010. House prices are 15.8% down from the peak, the national average price being €1,304 per square meter. In Bratislava region, prices rose 1.16% (0.09% in real terms) y-o-y to Q3 [...]
The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit lodged by Greenpeace over a conflict of interests regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Mochovce nuclear power plant. On Thursday 27 January the Supreme Court stood on the side of the Ministry of Environment in the lawsuit, according to which Greenpeace claimed that the company chosen by [...]
On Wednesday 26 January The Daily went to review the English language comedy evening organised by the Baby Blue Banana (English Ents) in Bratislava, with acclaimed Ireland-based Australian comedian Damian Clark topping the bill. We were in for a good evening of entertainment, as I am sure everyone at the sold out venue of Kafe [...]
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