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Who are the most important business players in Slovakia?
The Slovak Spectator
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September 11, 2025
11. September 2025 at 10:28 It is particularly energy and automotive sectors that drive Slovakia’s economy, the Forbes’ exclusive ranking shows. Font size: A - | A + Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video...
Hungary and Slovakia under pressure as US and EU target Russia with energy sanctions
Euronews
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September 11, 2025
Hungary and Slovakia will be increasingly pressured to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports as the EU and US begin to collaborate to target Russia's war economy, an analyst has told Euronews. The two central European nations are the last...
News digest: Poland triggers NATO talks — Slovakia calibrates
The Slovak Spectator
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September 10, 2025
Hello from Bratislava, where the story of the day has been a swarm of Russian drones that strayed into Poland — and a clumsy response from Prime Minister Robert Fico’s pike. Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video...
Skyeton Prevail Solutions plans Plymouth production line for Raybird UAS as potential Watchkeeper successor
FlightGlobal
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A new Anglo-Ukrainian contender, Skyeton Prevail Solutions, has thrown its hat into the ring for the British Army’s emerging contest for a persistent surveillance platform to replace the outgoing Watchkeeper Mk1 through Project Corvus. Formed...
world Trump presses Nato nations to halt Russian oil purchases
Asiaone
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September 14, 2025
BEDMINSTER, N.J. - President Donald Trump said on Saturday (Sept 13) that the US is prepared to impose fresh energy sanctions on Russia, but only if all Nato nations cease purchasing Russian oil and implement similar measures. "I am ready to do...
Slovakia’s growth numbers are in. They are pretty grim
The Slovak Spectator
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September 9, 2025
9. September 2025 at 18:15 Sluggish consumption, temporary investment gains and fiscal tightening weigh on outlook as the country struggles to stabilise public finances. Font size: A - | A + Slovakia’s economy has endured a disappointing first...
Czech solar power nearly doubles in five years, outpacing EU growth
Radio Prague International
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September 14, 2025
The Czech Republic has nearly doubled its solar power generation over the past five years, rising from 2.3 terawatt-hours in 2019 to 4 terawatt-hours in 2024. According to a new analysis by the think tank Ember, solar energy covered 14.7 percent...
Europe’s next big challenge is closing its energy security divide: Vladimirov
Hellenic Shipping News
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September 10, 2025
Nearly four years after Europe’s energy crisis erupted in late 2021, the continent has moved from emergency response to system redesign. But the European Union is not out of the woods. Deep vulnerabilities persist, and progress toward clean,...
Slovakia and Portugal Deepen Cooperation on EU and NATO Issues
Radio Slovakia International
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Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs Ines Domingos visited Bratislava on Monday, where she met with Slovak State Secretary of Foreign and European Affairs Marek Eštok. Both sides expressed interest in deepening political dialogue...
DSEI 2025 – BAE Systems Hägglunds, increasing production capabilities with an eye to the future
EDR Magazine
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September 9, 2025
At DSEI 2023 EDR On-Line interviewed Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, the BAE Systems Hägglunds President, the production increase issue being the core of the talk. Two years later the subject is still hot, production capacity increase being a tough issue,...
JLR cyberattack disrupts production, compromises data
CBT News - Georgia
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September 10, 2025
On the Dash: Jaguar Land Rover confirmed a cyberattack has compromised some data and disrupted production across multiple facilities. Factory closures affect plants in the UK, Slovakia, China, and India, halting vehicle assembly and delaying new...
Almost 100 Companies Meet at Slovakia-Poland Cooperation Forum in Poland
Radio Slovakia International
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Almost a hundred Slovak and Polish companies gathered at the Slovakia-Poland Economic Cooperation Forum on Tuesday, in the Polish city of Rzeszow. The event was organised by the Slovak Embassy in Warsaw and the Slovak Investment and Trade...
EU to Support Defence Industry with €150 bn; Slovakia to Receive €2.3 bn
Radio Slovakia International
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The European Commission on Tuesday approved the provisional allocation of €150 billion in financial assistance to strengthen the level of defence preparedness across the EU, with Slovakia set to receive €2.3 billion. The measure, adopted under the...
Unmanned threat: Czech and Slovak solutions against drones
CZDEFENCE
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The news coming in every day from the Ukrainian battlefield clearly demonstrates the enormous and ever-growing importance of unmanned aerial vehicles, especially the smallest ones. Until relatively recently, they were considered more of an...
Solar output up sixfold in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
pv-magazine
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September 10, 2025
Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia’s cumulative solar generation increased sixfold between 2019 and 2024, while each country made efforts to reduce its coal dependency. However, energy think tank Ember says a lack of battery storage uptake and...
Once coal-dependent, Central Europe now reshapes Europe’s energy landscape
CEENERGYNEWS
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September 10, 2025
Central European countries – Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – have shattered expectations by doubling the EU’s solar growth rate since 2019, transforming from coal-dependent laggards into the continent’s solar powerhouse and emerging...
Slovak Leaders Highlight Diplomacy After Fico-Zelenskyy Meeting
Radio Slovakia International
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President Peter Pellegrini described Friday’s meeting in Uzhhorod between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico as highly significant, calling it a discussion between the top executive leaders of two...
The European Green Deal and the car industry - a fight to the death?
Euronews
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September 10, 2025
Since its inception the EU Green Deal has had a mixed reception from Europe's car industry, which faces mandatory shifts to slash CO2 emissions, phasing out internal combustion engine (ICE) cars by 2035, investing in electrification and taking up...
France, Germany push EU to finally sanction Russian oil majors, energy allies
EurActiv
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September 9, 2025
France and Germany want the EU to widen sanctions on Russia to include major oil producers in addition to targeting third countries that keep Moscow's oil flowing around the world, according to a position paper seen by Euractiv. The European...
Police: WWII Bomb Found in Centre of Bratislava Deactivated
NewsNow
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September 9, 2025
Crime & Justice A WWII bomb that was found during excavation work in the centre of Bratislava on Monday (8 September) was safely deactivated at 10.45 a.m. on Tuesday and will be subsequently transported to a designated location, the police have...