Three Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiaries have been awarded "Best Banks in Central & Eastern Europe" at the World Best Banks 2022 Awards of Global Finance magazine
Despite a slight slowdown, economic growth remains sustained thanks to the increase in wages and employment. The downside risks come from the high dependence on the automotive sector and in particular on industrial exports to Germany. Other problems come from a shortage of manpower…
The growth of the two countries continues to be driven by private consumption, domestic demand and exports, but both are weighed down by the volatility of the international trade scenarios, in particular for industrial products towards EU partners and the lack of…
According to an elaboration by the European Commission on some data from the World Bank, in Slovakia and Croatia (but also in Portugal) it is easier to do business in small towns than in the capitals - The only one to save itself is Prague
In the first nine months of 2017, Slovakia's trade with the rest of the world grew by 7%, concentrated in metals, machinery and means of transport. Trade flows with Italy have more than doubled in the last ten years (at…
The judges of the EU Court of Justice reject the request for annulment of the quota system presented by the governments of Budapest and Bratislava - The mechanism "helps to help the countries, especially Italy and Greece, most crowded by the waves…
If in Croatia the weak dynamics of the GDP and the high indebtedness of the private sector are holding back banking activity, in Slovakia the economic cycle is strengthening both on the supply and on the demand side.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced the interruption of the management contract for the Gabickovo plant, placing the responsibilities on the Italian company - Enel remains in the window for the sale of Slovakian assets.
INTESA SANPAOLO REPORT - In Eastern European countries, the data from Romania stand out positively, those from Serbia have a negative impact - The Russian-Ukrainian situation weighs heavily, but the Russian economy is growing despite forecasts - In Egypt, the data on production is excellent…
The proposal came from the Hungarian Moi, flanked by the public group Mvm - It adds to Cez's offer arriving from the Czech Republic.
Enel continues the process of dismantling assets in Romania and Slovakia: confirmed by CEO Starace at the friendship meeting in Rimini. The disposal project is going ahead as established in the 2014-2018 business plan. In Slovakia, 66% of the only…
Intesa Sanpaolo signals commercial and investment opportunities in the construction sector, in the modernization and expansion of the road and railway network. Without forgetting the renewable energy sources, subject to further development.
The generation assets in Slovakia and the distribution and sales assets in Romania have been identified as possible objects of sale by the group.
According to Intesa Sanpaolo, the country's greatest element of vulnerability is represented by the low diversification of production activities, penalized by inadequate infrastructures and a bureaucratic structure that is not fully efficient.
In the delicate economic context, if the fiscal tightening inhibits the demand for public goods, it is precisely inadequate infrastructure and low diversification that slow down the process of convergence towards the more advanced economies.
A UNICREDIT study shows how Euroscepticism is growing in the East - Only Poland, the largest country in Eastern Europe, seems to be moving against the trend, supported by the excellent economic performance recorded in recent years which continues to generate…
The new social-democratic government of Robert Fico has the numbers to govern in full autonomy and approve measures to combat the slowdown due to the crisis - Bratislava remains one of the favorite places for the relocation of many European companies -…
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Bratislava said yes. And the European state-saving fund can therefore be expanded to 440 billion euros. However, Radicova's party had to guarantee that there will be early elections.
The Slovakian finance minister said the expansion of the European financial stability facility will be approved "this week". Therefore, according to Miklos, Radicova will not win the government's trust tonight.
The Swiss National Bank has decided to implement a further injection of liquidity into the markets to curb the excessive appreciation of the currency. But the markets didn't take the news as well as hoped and the franc continues to strengthen.
Josez Kollar, parliamentary group leader of one of Slovakia's governing parties, said that for Italy and Spain to learn their lessons and put their accounts in order, Europe must be tough on the Hellenic country, not allow it…
