EC: Slovakia to regain pre-pandemic GDP growth by end of 2021

The rollout of vaccination against COVID-19 and the gradual easing of pandemic-related restrictions should enable Slovakia's economic growth to rebound quickly in the second half of this year, bringing annual GDP growth to 4 percent, according to the winter 2021 economic forecast published by the European Commission on Thursday. The Slovak economy is forecast to reach its pre-pandemic output level by the end of 2021 and to grow by around 5.4 percent in 2022.