The Slovak Republic has set guidance of 60bp area over mid-swaps on a new 12-year euro-denominated benchmark bond, according to a lead. The issuer, rated A2/A/A+ by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch, has now opened books on the Reg S only transaction.
THE DEFENCE Ministry is planning to have its defence strategy updated due to the current security situation and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Slovak Defence Minister Martin Glváč told the TASR newswire on January 12.
THE INDUSTRIAL Production Index (IPP) in Slovakia went down by 3.3 percent year-on-year in November. The figures are disappointing, according to UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia analyst Ľubomír Koršňák, the TASR newswire reported.
ENERGY, the fight against tax evasion and water issues may well be among the priorities of Slovakia’s 2016 EU presidency, according to Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, the TASR newswire reported on January 12.
“I am Charlie and we are all France,” wrote Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, today (12 January 2015) in the book of condolences in the premises of the Embassy of the French Republic in Bratislava.
The Industrial Production Index (IPI) declined 3.3 percent in November 2014 compared with November 2013, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) wrote on January 12. The development was affected mainly by a decline in manufacturing – by 4.2 percent, mining and quarrying – by 2.9 percent.
This year’s ball season in Slovakia has been kicked off with the 15th Opera Ball at the Slovak National Theatre’s (SND) historical Opera House in the Hviezdoslavovo Square in Bratislava on January 10. The ball itself was opened by British singer and composer Rick Astley in what was actually the f
Aiming to secure a smooth transition of students from vocational secondary schools to the labour market without the necessity of undergoing further complex training provided by their employers, the Slovak government on January 9 approved a legislative proposal on vocational education. The theoret
Independent MPs Juraj Droba and Eugen Jurzyca have joined the parliamentary caucus of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), SaS leader Richard Sulík announced at a press conference on January 9 – adding that for now they are not becoming party members. However, the SaS caucus has now been resuscitated as
