All entries located in Košice (Slovakia), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/kosice 2026-09-21T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:982835f6:en 2026-09-21T06:00:00Z

The first work shift started on 21 Sep 2026 at Volvo Cars' new electric-car plant in Valaliky near Košice, where headcount has passed 1,000, around 95% of production staff being Slovak. About 300 more people are to be hired by the end of the year; test production begins within weeks, with series production scheduled for 2027 (TASR/teraz.sk and STVR, 21 Sep 2026). Update (21 Sep 2026): According to The Slovak Spectator, testing that had already been under way in parts of the plant was extended to final assembly on 21 Sep 2026, so test vehicles now pass through the whole production process; they are for testing and development, not for sale. Series production is due to start around the turn of 2026/27, with about 350 cars a day on one shift planned by summer 2027 (The Slovak Spectator, 21 Sep 2026). — Sources: https://www.teraz.sk/ekonomika/zavod-volvo-prijal-1000-zamestnancov-a/993778-clanok.html · https://spectator.sme.sk/business/c/volvo-kosice-test-production-slovakia

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4bb7bc31:en 2026-09-16T06:00:00Z

Slovakia's largest steel producer USSK has approved an investment programme of about €900m for a new electric arc furnace with a capacity of about 1.6 million tonnes a year and an air separation unit. The furnace is due to start in 2030 and run alongside the blast furnaces to cut CO₂ emissions significantly; two grant agreements with the environment ministry, for about €350m for the furnace and €40m for the air separation unit, are signed. On jobs the source mentions only the preservation of jobs in Košice (GMK Center, 16 Sep 2026). — Source: https://gmk.center/en/news/us-steel-kosice-is-investing-e900-million-in-the-modernisation-of-its-production-facilities/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:dda21dd8:en 2026-04-14T06:00:00Z

AT&T is restructuring its Košice site and cutting about 250 jobs; according to the trade union uniJA up to 337 positions were reported to the labour office. The positions are formally abolished from 1 Jul 2026, and according to the union affected staff were to receive no new tasks from 14 Apr. The reason is the growing automation of customer service through artificial intelligence and chatbots (Eurofound European Restructuring Monitor, April 2026). — Source: https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300279

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:e57f0fd1:en 2026-03-05T06:00:00Z

A plant for modular artillery propellant charges is being built at the former Chemko site in Strážske in eastern Slovakia as a joint venture of the semi-state ZVS Holding and the French defence manufacturer Eurenco. The project costs about €300m, the plant is to produce more than 100,000 propellant charges a year, and production is planned for 2028; Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák expects hundreds of new jobs, but the source gives no figure (STVR, 5 Mar 2026). — Source: https://enrsi.stvr.sk/articles/news/435779/new-artillery-powder-plant-planned-in-eastern-slovakia

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:42d9ccda:en 2025-12-08T06:00:00Z

ŽSR completed the modernisation of the 33.5 km Bánovce nad Ondavou–Humenné line on 8 December 2025: electrification, renewal of the track bed and superstructure between Bánovce and Strážske, a modernised interlocking at Michalovce and rebuilt stations, bridges and points. Maximum speed rises to up to 120 km/h, and 20 trains a day are to run on the Košice–Humenné line, hourly in the morning peak. The contract with ELTRA (contract value EUR 221.8 million) is co-financed from the Recovery and Resilience Plan; the original deadline of 30 July 2025 was moved to 13 December 2025 because of bridge works and geological conditions. (LOK Report, 10 Dec 2025) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/slowakei/63714-slowakei-elektrifizierung-der-strecke-banovce-nad-ondavou-humenne.html