Slovakia
Slovakia´s inflation a surprise 2.7% in March
Slovakia’s inflation came at a higher than expected 2.7% year-on-year in March, up from 2.3% in February, affected by regulated prices by 0.01 percentage point (pp) and indirect taxes by 0.06pp, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on April 15.
China pledges to boost trade and infrastructure ties with CEE countries
At the latest 16+1 summit Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed the importance of reciprocal opening-up of the market, and says China will make further efforts to facilitate trade.
Former soldier confesses to murdering Slovakian journalist Jan Kuciak
Kuciak's murder last year sparked protests and a political crisis leading to the resignation of long-time prime minister Robert Fico and interior minister Robert Kalinak.
Slovakia's industrial and construction production up in February
After a slight decrease in January, construction output in Slovakia amounted to €320.4mn in February 2019, up by 1.7% year-on-year and by 0.3% month-on-month.
Anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova becomes Slovakia’s first female president
Caputova, a lawyer and an environmental activist who has been nicknamed “Slovakia’s Erin Brockovich”, beat European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic as Slovaks seek political change.
COMMENT: No-deal Brexit could affect value chains in the EBRD regions
Newly published EBRD research finds that a significant proportion of value chains within the 12 EU countries where the Bank operates, and also in Turkey as a member of the EU Customs Union, could be affected in an event of Brexit