SITA

This news service uses the production of other news services of SITA. Its output however is not only mere translation into English, but rewriting of stories into a form of proper context for a client who may not be fully oriented in Slovak everyday life.

The news service is produced from 9:00 do 24:00 and longer when necessary. On working days it releases 40-50 news items and on weekends 10 news items on average.

Archive since 1997 is available.

Structure of the service:
Topical orientation of stories »

foreign trade of the Slovak Republic
economic statistics
monetary policy and monetary development
most important political and economic events
integration of Slovakia to the EU and NATO
legislative work
company information and financial results
social and insurance system
key sports events
stock exchange and currency analyses
analyses of most important political events
documents
news summaries of items published during the day and for the week
weekly summary of economic events
weekly summary of general political events

Economic and Financial Data »

basic macroeconomic data of the Slovak Republic
exchange rates of the National Bank of Slovakia
BRIBOR and fixing of interest rates on the interbank deposits market
forward rates of the Slovak crown in selected banks in Slovakia
summary of trading on the Bratislava Stock Exchange
closing exchange rates on the foreign exchange market
premiums of selected European options in Slovenskaj sporiteľna

Overview of scheduled events »

an overview of anticipated events in Slovakia for the current day
a weekly overview of anticipated events in Slovakia for the following day or the weekend
a weekly overview of anticipated events

Monitoring »

regular monitoring of the local press Slovak Press Today
selective monitoring of materials from the media