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Slovak auto sector expects moderate growth this year [Apr 17, 2013] (BRATISLAVA ) - Slovakian auto companies, the country's economic engine, expect moderate growth this year despite gloom elsewhere across the European Union, their industry association ZAP said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

France's euro partners fear deficit delay will hurt credibility [Feb 23, 2013] By Martin Santa and Eva Kuehnen BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - France's European partners raised alarm on Wednesday about the possibility of giving Paris more time to meet the European Union's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

France's euro partners fear deficit delay will hurt credibility [Feb 21, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - France's European partners raised alarm on Wednesday about the possibility of giving Paris more time to meet the European Union's public deficit target. Officials from Slovakia, Austria, and Finland said such a step could harm credibility at home and with international investors. France has acknowledged that it will miss its 2013 growth target as well the European Union's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

France's euro partners fear deficit delay will hurt credibility [Feb 20, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - France's European partners raised alarm on Wednesday about the possibility of giving Paris more time to meet the European Union's public deficit target. Officials from Slovakia, Austria, and Finland said such a step could harm credibility at home and with international investors. France has acknowledged that it will miss its 2013 growth target as well the European Union's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Austerity must not hurt growth: Slovakia echoes France [Feb 05, 2013] (BRATISLAVA ) - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico echoed on Tuesday a line taken by France, insisting that austerity measures must not undermine economic growth within the debt-burdened European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Scottish independence: Slovak premier says ?no clear answer? over Scotland in EU [Jan 18, 2013] THE future of an independent Scotland within the European Union is uncertain, ?Slovakia?s deputy prime minister has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Future position in EU 'unclear' [Jan 17, 2013] It is unclear whether an independent Scotland would remain in the European Union, Slovakia's deputy prime minister has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Scottish News: Future position in EU 'unclear' [Jan 17, 2013] It is unclear whether an independent Scotland would remain in the European Union, Slovakia's deputy prime minister has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Future position in EU 'unclear' [Jan 17, 2013] It is unclear whether an independent Scotland would remain in the European Union, Slovakia's deputy prime minister has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

S. Korean Kia posts record 2012 production in Slovakia [Jan 12, 2013] South Korean car maker Kia Motors said on Thursday that it had raised output by 15 percent at its Slovak plant last year, assembling 292,000 cars despite a gloomy outlook for the European Union -- its key export market. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak auto sector posts record output in 2012 [Jan 11, 2013] (BRATISLAVA ) - Slovakia's auto sector posted record output of 900,000 vehicles in 2012, despite gloom in the European Union -- its key export market, the Slovak automotive industry association said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Budapest, Warsaw and Bratislava to cooperate in gaining access to EU funding [Jan 11, 2013] Tarl?s said that the three cities would cooperate in gaining access to European Union funding connected to transportation and energy and in promoting central European interests within the EU and developing partnerships with countries that are not members of the organization. [via YahooNews] More >>

S. Korean Kia posts record 2012 production in Slovakia [Jan 10, 2013] South Korean car maker Kia Motors said on Thursday that it had raised output by 15 percent at its Slovak plant last year, assembling 292,000 cars despite a gloomy outlook for the European Union -- its key export market. [via YahooNews] More >>

S. Korean Kia posts record 2012 production in Slovakia [Jan 10, 2013] (BRATISLAVA ) - South Korean car maker Kia Motors said on Thursday that it had raised output by 15 percent at its Slovak plant last year, assembling 292,000 cars despite a gloomy outlook for the European Union -- its key export market. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU offers more funds to dismantle aging n?plants [Nov 24, 2012] Moscow, Nov 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The European Union (EU) has offered Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania additional funding to dismantle their nuclear power facilities, reported the Sofia News Agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU offers more funds to dismantle aging n?plants [Nov 24, 2012] Moscow, Nov 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The European Union (EU) has offered Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania additional funding to dismantle their nuclear power facilities, reported the Sofia News Agency. [via YahooNews] More >>

Corruption hurting Slovak economy, secret service says [Oct 25, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Corruption in public tenders and diversion of European Union funds damaged Slovakia's economy last year, the Slovak counter-intelligence service (SIS) said on Thursday. Many of the euro zone member's 5.4 million people view corruption as a necessary evil. Its efforts to root out crooked political and business practices since the end of communist rule over what was then ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Europe needs targeted cohesion funding [Oct 18, 2012] On the eve of last Friday's ?Friends of Cohesion Policy' meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico, set out in your newspaper (?The Cohesion policy is good for all?, 4-10 October) why the European Union's net beneficiary states want no cuts to the future multi-annual financial framework (MFF) 2014-20. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU court backs Slovakia in diplomatic spat with Hungary [Oct 16, 2012] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Slovakia did not break European Union laws guaranteeing the free movement of people when it blocked Hungary's former president from visiting Slovakia three years ago, the EU's hig... [via YahooNews] More >>

EU court backs Slovakia in diplomatic spat with Hungary [Oct 16, 2012] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Slovakia did not break European Union laws guaranteeing the free movement of people when it blocked Hungary's former president from visiting Slovakia three years ago, the EU's highest court ruled on Tuesday. Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom, who ended his five-year term in 2010, had wanted to visit the southern Slovak town of Komarno on August 21, 2009, to inaugurate a ... [via YahooNews] More >>