Around half of employees in Slovakia have very little information about their salary, with just a quarter being aware of the salary ranges between positions at the company they work for, while nearly no one has access to information about gaps in pay between men and women. This stems from a survey carried out by…
Ride-hailing platform Bolt has introduced a new airport transfer service at Kosice Airport, including Slovakia’s first self-service booking kiosk at an airport. The kiosk, located in the arrivals hall, allows passengers to book and pay for a ride without using a mobile app, internet connection or a charged phone. Users can enter their destination, select…
Wizz Air is adding three new routes from Bratislava, further expanding its network in Slovakia. From late October, the airline will begin flights to Agadir, Morocco; Hurghada, Egypt; and Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The additions will bring Wizz Air’s network from Slovakia to 35 destinations across 15 countries. The first flights will launch from…
Slovakia has entered the final stage of expanding the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant after operators began loading nuclear fuel into the facility’s fourth reactor, a milestone that will further increase the country’s reliance on nuclear energy. The state-owned nuclear regulator, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, approved the reactor’s commissioning last week, clearing the way for Slovenske…
Porsche is considering relocating Cayenne SUV production from Slovakia to its Leipzig plant in Germany. The potential move, first reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), would increase utilisation at the Leipzig factory as Volkswagen Group pursues a broader restructuring programme. According to the newspaper, the transfer would depend on workers in Leipzig accepting lower…
The Slovak gambling industry is booming. Tax receipts are climbing, online betting continues to expand, and some operators are reporting record results. Yet one of the country’s oldest casino brands is disappearing from the market. Olympic Casino Slovakia, once a fixture of city centres from Bratislava to Kosice, has all but shut down after a…
The National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), the country’s central bank, has long been warning about the worsening affordability of housing in Slovakia. This is the result of continuously rising property prices, which real wages have failed to keep pace with. Housing loans and building loans to Slovak households reached EUR 49.4 billion at the end…