The European Commission will launch disciplinary proceedings against Slovakia over inadequate implementation of EU laws in the electronic communications field, EC spokesman Martin Selmayr told the TASR news agency December 6. The Commission has found several shortcomings in the implementation of electronic communication laws in Slovakia, despite the fact that the country adopted the legislation into its national legal framework one year before joining the European Union. Similar proceedings will also be launched against other new European Union members, the European Commissioner for Information Society, Vivian Reding, confirmed. These include the Czech Republic and Estonia, which have not yet even adopted the regulatory framework, as well as Cyprus, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia, which are encountering similar problems as Slovakia.
Source: The Slovak Spectator
InterSoft, a.s., was established in 2001 as a company operating in information technologies.
The basic idea in establishing the company was the association of partners of the international R&D project Esprit 29065 “Web in Support of Knowledge Management in Company (KnowWeb)” supported by EU in the 4th Framework Program. The company was founded with the intention to build on international experiences of software development for domestic or foreign customers, to exploit the status and international business contacts of partners and to capitalize the competitive advantage resulting of this association.
In 2004 the company changed the scope of its business activities with more accent on modern information and communication technologies, and with a view to provide new types of services in this field. The change was related to Slovakia’s entry into the European Union and to the resulting global context for the company. Continue reading ‘InterSoft: Mastering the FP’
The other day I was having lunch with my wife, an investment manager from one of few VC funds operating here in Slovakia. I brought her Steve’s article and asked for her comments.
Here are some points showing tech investment in Slovakia last year:
• All companies that received investment are considered rather high-tech and all investment occurred during the expansion phase of development. Interest in start-ups and seed capital is still limited (see Steve’s conclusion). Continue reading ‘Venture Capital is active’
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