For Slovak companies and exporters, this is an extraordinary business opportunity.

The Slovak Republic succeeded in the international competition of the European Commission’s call under the “Investment Framework for Ukraine” and received more than €100 million to support Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure.

The Indian market is full of challenges that an exporter has to take into account – they need to have a good business plan, the ability to scale production and a strong local partner.

We perceive a growing interest especially in higher value-added exports from the electronics industry.

Slovak exports are traditionally associated with automobiles, electronic equipment or engineering products, but there are also areas that hide great export potential.

Betamont was founded in 1992. In 1996 we took over the executive unit of the Košice Signalling and Signalling Workshop from the Slovak Railways as part of the privatisation process.

At its January meeting, the OECD Consensus member countries decided on a new classification of two countries. Bulgaria and Albania moved up one level in the country risk ranking. Bulgaria has been helped by its imminent entry into the euro area and economic growth, Albania by reform efforts related to the country’s potential EU accession. For export credit agencies, these countries thus represent a lower level of risk as of 31 January 2025.

Trade in services continues to face significant regulatory barriers that hamper economic growth and competitiveness. This is according to the OECD’s latest Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Policy Developments to 2025*, a tool that tracks developments in 51 economies around the world and in 22 key services sectors.

As socialist children, we were brought up to work. We were called cubes, programmers, computer centre.