Hyundai Mobis opened a new €174m electric drivetrain plant in Nováky with 310 jobs, its first European plant of this kind. Once fully ramped up, it will produce 280,000 drivetrain systems annually for Kia Žilina, Hyundai's plant in Czechia, and Stellantis. The government supported the project with a €26.3m tax break and a €15m subsidy from the Just Transition Fund. (teraz.sk) The company plans to invest a further €66m in Nováky and create nearly 300 jobs producing brake syste

The government approved an additional €165m for farmers, including €30m as drought compensation. A further €19.7m will cover rising fertilizer and energy costs, direct payments for 2027 will increase by €77.7m, and farmers will receive €37.5m as an advance on operating costs. The increased 2027 direct payments will be deducted from the 2028-34 budget. Dairy farmers estimate drought damage at €100m, and the pig sector at €20m. (sme.sk, aktuality.sk, teraz.sk) The SPPK chamber

Vláda schválila pre agrosektor 165 mil. € navyše, z toho 30 mil. € zo štátneho rozpočtu na kompenzáciu škôd po tohtoročnom suchu. Ďalších 19,7 mil. € pôjde na zmiernenie rastu cien hnojív a energií, o 77,7 mil. € sa zvýšia priame platby na rok 2027 a 37,5 mil. € dostanú farmári ako zálohu na prevádzkové náklady. Navýšené priame platby na rok 2027 sa odrátajú z priamych platieb na roky 2028-34. Chovatelia dojníc odhadujú škody zo sucha na 100 mil. € a sektor ošípaných na 20 mi

Spoločnosť Hyundai Mobis otvorila v Novákoch nový závod na elektrické pohonné systémy za 174 mil. € s 310 pracovnými miestami. Ide o jej prvý európsky závod tohto zamerania. Po plnom nábehu vyrobí 280.000 pohonných systémov ročne pre Kia Žilina, český Hyundai a Stellantis. Vláda projekt podporila 26,3 mil. € daňovou úľavou a 15 mil. € dotáciou z Fondu na spravodlivú transformáciu. (teraz.sk) Firma plánuje v Novákoch investovať ďalších 66 mil. € a vytvoriť takmer 300 miest pri

The anti-trust authority PMÚ is reviewing a transaction in which Cyprus-based BDS Sport is acquiring Polish company Marketing Investment. (antimon.gov.sk) BDS Sport operates the Sport Vision and Buzz store chains in Slovakia, where it widened its loss by 5% to €3.3m last year as revenue grew 29% to €33m. Marketing Investment operates the JD Sports and Sizeer chains in Slovakia, where it grew net profit by 29% to €0.6m last year as revenue rose 12% to €7.7m

About 350 experts led by the Slovak Academy of Sciences presented the government with the Vision Slovakia 2040 report, arguing that the country's assembly-plant economic model has run its course and that without reforms, Slovakia faces long-term stagnation or even decline. The vision proposes cutting public debt below 50% of GDP, shifting taxation from labor to property and environmental taxes, boosting R&D investment, and reforming education. PM Robert Fico called on opposit

Zhruba 350 odborníkov pod vedením SAV predložilo vláde Víziu Slovensko 2040, podľa ktorej sa doterajší model montážnej dielne vyčerpal a bez reforiem hrozí ekonomike dlhodobá stagnácia až úpadok. Vízia navrhuje stlačiť verejný dlh pod 50% HDP, presunúť zdanenie z práce na majetkové a environmentálne dane, zvýšiť zúfalo nízke investície do vedy a výskumu, ako aj zreformovať školstvo. Premiér Robert Fico vyzval opozičné strany, aby sa k vízii prihlásili. Strana PS to odmietla a

Protimonopolný úrad posudzuje transakciu, ktorou cyperská BDS Sport kupuje poľskú spoločnosť Marketing Investment. (antimon.gov.sk) BDS Sport na Slovensku prevádzkuje predajne Sport Vision a Buzz a vlani tu zvýšil stratu o 5% na 3,3 mil. € po 29% raste tržieb na 33 mil. €. Marketing Investment tu má siete JD Sports a Sizeer a vlani zvýšil čistý zisk o 29% na 0,6 mil. € po 12% raste tržieb na 7,7 mil. €.

Opposition party PS accused Dubnica-based ammunition maker ZVS Holding, half-owned by the state and half by Czech group CSG (Michal Strnad), of losing out on €80m in profit last year by selling ammunition to affiliated company MSM Export. ZVS reportedly sells artillery shells for €1,500 to €1,800 apiece, and MSM resells them after assembly for €3,500; the margin on ZVS's own production thus came to just 8%, compared with 27% at VOP Nováky, which is fully owned by CSG. ZVS Hol

Profit margins in the restaurant sector fell last year. Reston (Anton Novotný), which operates eight McDonald’s restaurants, reported an 80% drop in net profit to €0.3m, despite an 8% rise in revenue to €34.5m. Similarly, luuf 026 (Luiz Franca), which runs five McDonald’s restaurants, cut net profit by 48% to €0.4m after an 8% increase in revenue to €18.6m. Restaurant group Medusa posted a net profit margin of just 1.6%, down from 5.6% the year before. The average investment