The minimum wage in Slovakia rose by 4.1 percent to €307.70 per month as of January 1, in line with a Government decision from October.

The Slovak Labour Ministry originally planned to increase the minimum wage of €295.5 per month by 8.1 percent as proposed by the unions. The Tripartite partners have met to negotiate the issue several times since August, but were unable to reach agreement, and the Government decided to set the increase at 4.1 percent.

The Slovak Republic changes the system of charging the road infrastructure from highway stickers to the electronic toll collection system. The new electronic tolling system put into operation at midnight on 1st January 2010.

Over the second quarter of 2009, the average nominal monthly wage in economy of the Slovak republic was EUR 732,50. Compared with the corresponding period of previous year, the average nominal monthly wage increased by 2,8 %, while the real average monthly wage increased by 0,5 %.