The commentary of Pravda daily focuses on Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico's inspection of the Defence Ministry, noting that Fico issued a rather strange warning.

It pays to be a friend of the defense minister when you're in the army, at least in Slovakia. For example, Slovakian Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska's schoolmate Radovan Rusnak has been promoted from a 1st lieutenant to a colonel in the space of just one year.

LS-HZDS vice-chairman Miroslav Jurena claims that the Slovak Intelligence Service is misusing information in favour of the main governing-coalition Smer-SD party and at the expense of its two coalition partners HZDS and SNS.

Slovakia, which is due to adopt the common European currency in January 2009, will have the lowest average salary in the eurozone - at around €640 per month, while the average for countries such as Luxembourg, Germany and Finland ranges from €2,900 to €4,000.

A majority of small business and self-employed people won't launch their preparations for the euro until an official decision on Slovakia's accession to the eurozone is issued. Most small-sized business aren't at all enthusiastic about the euro-adoption.

The real estate prices in Slovakia grow slower this year than they did last year. Slovak Central Bank estimates that while prices of apartments and houses grew by 25 percent in 2007, they will increase by approximately 10-15 percent in 2008. The slower growth is caused mainly by the increase in offers.

All five Slovakia's national printed dailies, both quality and tabloid, run blanked-out front pages, on which they publish the same article named 'the Seven Deadly Sins of the Press Act' under the simple statement 'Reply'.