Traffic Police Out in Force This Week

April 13, 2015

Traffic police will be out in force this week as part of the campaign to crack down on speeding all week until Sunday evening.

UPDATE 1-Slovakia considers buying Enel's stake in local utility

April 13, 2015

Slovakia's economy and finance ministries will soon recommend whether the government should try to buy back a stake in electricity producer Slovenske Elektrarne from Italy's Enel, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday.

Czech and Slovak leaders divided over Russia's 9 May parade

April 13, 2015

Controversy around Russia's 9 May WWII memorial has shown the extent to which Russia relations are shaping public debate in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Expats Bulletin 10.4.2015

April 10, 2015

Did you ever wonder, what is Kickstarter and how you can get on some of the action? Well do not ponder this question anymore, because this week we’ll be interviewing Aleš Burger, the founder of the most successful crowdfunding website in the Czech republic and Slovakia called HitHit.com .

Havel’s Letter to Husák: still an inspiration 40 years on

April 11, 2015

Forty years ago this week, on 8 April 1975, Václav Havel sent an open
letter to Czechoslovakia’s President Gustav Husák. The letter was to
become one of the key documents of dissent during the period of
“normalization”. It outlined the creeping fear, apathy and humiliation

Bentley Bentayga Bodies To Be Built In Bratislava, Final Assembly In Crewe

April 10, 2015

The Volkswagen Group will spend close to 500 million euros on upgrading its plant in Bratislava, Slovakia to handle production of Bentley's upcoming Bentayga SUV .

Report Published: "Slovakia Industrial Construction: Market Update"

April 11, 2015

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the industrial construction market in Slovakia. It contains detailed data on market dynamics along with latest industry happenings, industry players and happening projects in Slovakia.

Tracing Jewish heritage on a Danube river cruise

April 11, 2015

AmaPrima cruise passengers attend the bar mitzvah of Nathan Baranow at the Stadttempel synagogue in Vienna, one of the ship's stops on the Jewish heritage tour along the Danube River.

Trolling for Putin: Russia's Information War Explained

April 7, 2015

Protesters build a barricade early in the morning of Feb. 21, 2014 on Kiev's main square, Independence Square. Efforts to gain a ceasefire between the protesters and Ukrainian government forces had not yet borne fruit, and violence was raging.

Slovak Telekom Plans IPO of 49% Stake

April 8, 2015

Bratislava-based Slovak Telekom, 51%-owned by Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG, on Wednesday said it plans to float the remaining 49% stake held by the Slovak state in the form of shares and global depositary receipts in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and London.

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