Slovakia
Capital: Bratislava . GDP growth (annual %) 2016 : 3.3%
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Higher earning Why a university degree is worth more in some countries than others
A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree.
The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
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Slovakia opens Holocaust museum in former Nazi camp
Slovakia's president and prime minister have opened the country's initial Holocaust museum at a site of a former Nazi labor and concentration camp.
Andrej Kiska and Robert Fico inaugurated the museum at a ceremony Tuesday in the western town of Sered.
Fico said: "We are obliged to document the tragedy of the Slovak Jews."
Slovakia was a Nazi puppet national during World War II. It sent over 70,000 of its Jews to Nazi concentration camps, where most of them perished and only has a tiny Jewish community today.
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Europe in 2016: Terror fears, migration, politics. But economy may turn a corner
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Full name: Slovak Republic
Population: 5.5 million (UN, 2011)
Area: 49,033 sq km (18,932 sq miles)
Major language: Slovak
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 72 years (men), 80 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
Main exports: Manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment
GNI per capita: US $16,070 (World Bank, 2011)
Internet domain: .sk
International dialling code: +421
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Climate change laws around the world
2017/05/14There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.
The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Brexit negotiations should treat energy as ‘special case’
2017/05/14There are strong practical reasons why the UK and EU should treat energy as a appropriate case during Brexit negotiations, argues a new statement.
The statement, jointly authored by Chatham Home, the University of Exeter and the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), says finding common ground on energy during the Brexit negotiations would benefit both the UK and remaining EU27, while compromise may be relatively easier to achieve than for other areas.
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- EDUCATION: Higher earning Why a university degree is worth more in some countries than others
- SOCIAL / CSR: Slovakia opens Holocaust museum in former Nazi camp
- ECONOMY: Europe in 2016: Terror fears, migration, politics. But economy may turn a corner
- ECONOMY: Global growth will be disappointing in 2016: IMF's Lagarde
- INDUSTRY: Slovakia Industrial Production Growth Slows In October
- ECONOMY: Slovakia Q1 Economic Growth Unrevised At 3-Year High
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