A referendum on whether the Slovak language should be the only official language in Slovakia will not take place together with parliamentary elections on 10 March as the opposition SNS party wanted. The party had been collecting signatures necessary for the referendum to be announced, but will not manage to hand over the signatures to the Presidential Office in time.

Conditions of the second programme of financial assistance for Greece approved on Tuesday will not affect Slovak taxpayers, according to the Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Mikloš. "The volume of resources agreed on is €130 billion but the Greeks’ debt will be by 0.5 percent more. The public sector will cover the difference by reducing interest rates on the first loan provided to Greece which Slovakia didn't participate in so it does not affect us. The second part will come from revenues from the bonds of central banks, which doesn't concern Slovakia either," Mikloš said.

The information system of the financial administration has collapsed.  Since the beginning of the year the state sent to companies almost €400 million in VAT refunds without being able to verify their eligibility. The malfunctioning IT system is the result of the dispute over the system supplier.

The Roman Catholic Church calls for a thorough investigation of all indications of corrupt behaviour, in particular concerning public officials. It also calls for creating conditions for the police, investigators, prosecution and courts to punish culprits and having them compensate damages for which they are responsible with their own property.

The growth rate of consumer prices in Slovakia modestly slowed down in January of this year. According to data provided by the Statistics Office, January inflation as measured by the national methodology reached 3.9 percent, where as in December, inflation represented 4.4 percent. In the first month of this year prices increased by 1.4 percent, in particular owing to higher prices of energies and food.

The business environment in Slovakia continues to deteriorate, according to entrepreneurs clustered in the Business Alliance of Slovakia. Based on results of its latest survey, the business environment index fell 2.4 percent in quarterly terms to 87 points in the last quarter of 2011. This is the worst level since the alliance started surveying the quality of business environment back in 2001. The deterioration in the quality of the business environment is a result of the collapse of the government and related halt of adopting reform laws. Entrepreneurs are growing more cautious as a result of a low ability to predict development on the local political scene as well as European markets.