March 3, 1999
Becherovka, the mysterious herbal liqueur in the green, flask-shaped bottle, faces another trademark wrangle that threatens to divorce the aperitif from its largest export market.
The challenge from a Slovak distillery claiming to have obtained a 20-year right to produce the famous beverage also may make it difficult for the liqueur's producer, Jan Becher-Karlovarska Becherovka, to meet export quotas tied to the firm's 1997 privatization.
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Foreign investors eye new Slovak opportunities
March 3, 1999
Its cheap, skilled labor and central location make Slovakia ripe for foreign investment. At least that's the impression European Union officials and the young coalition leading the country would like to give.
The fact, analysts say, is that anything looks good to potential investors after six years of government by former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar. And some companies are not waiting to see whether the four-month-old coalition of Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda will continue to hold firm; they trust the early signals.
Its cheap, skilled labor and central location make Slovakia ripe for foreign investment. At least that's the impression European Union officials and the young coalition leading the country would like to give.
The fact, analysts say, is that anything looks good to potential investors after six years of government by former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar. And some companies are not waiting to see whether the four-month-old coalition of Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda will continue to hold firm; they trust the early signals.
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