Word: slovakia
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...article on the sharp increase in taxes in Europe in the past 30 years included a sidebar "Want Lower Taxes? Go East" [July 19]. It said many people believe that companies may flee the high tax rates of France and Germany and head east to countries like Poland and Slovakia, where rates are lower. During these days of global economic unpredictability, European Union leaders should get the message that pan-European tax reform is long overdue. The process of overhauling government fiscal policies should bring in its wake greater transparency, accountability and, consequently, reduced waste. Although your story noted that...
...soon learned at the WHP, women involved in politics fare even worse. With women comprising just 14 percent of Congress, the United States ranks 57th out of 176 countries in the number of women holding elected office—right up there with Estonia and Slovakia...
...September at a meeting of E.U. ministers in the Netherlands. Is Schröder's fear justified? It's true that many of the new E.U. states look like tax paradises compared to Germany or France. In January, Poland dropped its corporate-tax rate from 27% to 19%. Slovakia this year implemented a flat income tax of 19%. The average corporate-tax rate in the 10 new members is 21.3%, while it is nearly 30% in the rest of the E.U. It is 38% in Germany and 34% in France. That's why many believe that firms may flee France...
American fans respond to a basket by yawning. We just score so often—nobody cares. We won by 40 over Papua New Guinea? Great. We beat Slovakia by 13? Why so few? And where’s Slovakia...
Cold feet can be contagious: Central European governments leading their countries into the European Union next month are suffering at the polls. In Slovakia, the governing coalition's main presidential candidate lost out to hard-line nationalist and former Prime Minister Vladimír Meciar, who's the favorite going into the final round of voting this weekend. Although the post is largely ceremonial, the return of the controversial strongman would complicate relations with its new E.U. partners, says Grigorij Meseznikov, head of the Institute for Public Affairs in Bratislava. "It's not good for the country," he says...