The front page of the day today comes from DennA k N in Bratislava, Slovakia. It led with an illustration of how many people applied for asylum in the country during a three month period.
" The Slovak Parliament has amended the constitution to give authorities more powers to deal with terror suspects following the attacks in Paris. In a 95-25 vote Tuesday, the lawmakers agreed to double the time such a suspect can be detained, from 48 to 96 hours.
Even though a terrorist attack in Slovakia isn't very likely to happen, the indirect economic consequences connected to stricter conditions around the world due to terrorist threats might become a very negative factor, Sberbank Europe chief analyst Vladimir Vano said on Thursday.
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The situation at mining company OKD is serious with bankruptcy threatened, Minister of Industry and Trade Jan MlA dek warned after a meeting with unions on Thursday. The company has threatened to close the Paskov mine a year early in 2016.
Czech steelmaker Moravia Steel is investigating the possible purchase of
Slovakia’s biggest steel company, the Kosice-based unit of US Steel,
according to Slovak media reports. Moravia Steel, owned by Tomáš Chrenek.
Hodmezoevasarhely, Hungary, Dec 9 - The Czech Republic might help Macedonia manage the migrant crisis by sending a police contingent there, Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky said during his visit to a Czech unit in Hungary yesterday.
The fate of a projected new gas pipeline link last week sparked a rift
between the Czech Republic on one side and Slovakia and a series of
Prague’s Central European partners on the other. The view from Bratislava
The current low-inflation environment gives the Slovak economy a short-term boost as an outright deflationary spiral is not expected, National Bank of Slovakia Vice-Governor Jan Toth said in an interview for World Business Press Online.
