Slovakia , whose economy relies heavily on production automobile and electronics, has been hit hard by the crisis. It is not yet in recession, defined by two consecutive quarters of declining GDP. Publié par moulay à l’adresse 12:14 PM …

And perhaps that is the difference between kiasu Singapore and laidback Slovakia : Though Slovakia is nominally the younger of the two nations, it has the confidence of a country that has dealt with its history and therefore knows how it …

Slovakia . www.PocketInfo.Net Capital - Bratislava Population - 5.8 m (2009 est) Area - 49035 sq km

Malta’s U/17 team have been drawn in the same group as England, Slovakia and Sweden in the next round of UEFA’s European U/17 Championship which will be played in England next year.

Saturday At Hochfilzen, Austria Men 12.5k Pursuit 1. Emil Hegle Svendsen, Norway , 34 minutes, 36.7 seconds (1 missed target).

HOCHFILZEN, Austria (AP) — Results Saturday from a World Cup biathlon meet on the Pillerseetal course (missed targets in parentheses): Men 12.5-kilometer Pursuit 1.

In light of the speed with which economic activity in Slovakia continues to unwind, we have revised down our 2009 real GDP growth forecast to -2.5%, from our previous projection of -0.9%. Given the ongoing economic slowdown in the eurozone, the outlook for the export-oriented manufacturing industry is particularly bleak.

According to the flash estimate of the Statistical Office, real GDP increased by seasonally adjusted 1.6% q/q in 3Q09 , following a downwardly revised increase by 1% in 2Q09 (previously reported at +2.2%). An annual decline in GDP …

(RTTNews) - Friday, the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic announced that the gross domestic product or GDP at constant prices dropped 4.9% year-on-year in the third quarter, compared to the 5.3% fall in the previous quarter.

BRATISLAVA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The Slovak parliament approved on Wednesday the 2010 state budget, based on economic growth forecast of 1.9 percent, designed to cut the public finance deficit to 5.5 percent of GDP, from 6.3 percent gap in 2009.