ONLY two things in Slovakia matter to outsiders, cynics argue. One is that the country joins the euro smoothly next January—becoming the first country from the former Warsaw Pact to get in. The other ...

Bratislava: Slovakia is going to introduce free train travel for students and pensioners from Nov 17, said Jan Pociatek, transportation construction and regional development minister,on ...

Pociatek said the central state budget, which showed a gap of 1.2 billion euros from January to August and exceeded the original full-year ceiling [ID:nL2663421], would be the key contributor with a 1 ...

Pociatek said the government would seek budget savings to counterbalance slowing revenues. Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose anti-crisis measures have focused mainly on preserving jobs, has said his ...

Euro-area countries that fail to cut fiscal deficits must face the possibility of being expelled from the currency union to prevent another Greek-style debt crisis, Slovak Finance Minister Jan ...