Investment into the regional transport infrastructure is an on-going program with large improvements made and more currently approved. The newly approved 4-lane highway between Kosice and Miskolc in Hungary (junction to highway M3 to Budapest and West Europe) will vastly increase the potential of the region to import and export goods in either direction. This project will compliment Slovakia's national plan of highway development, which succeeded in opening a tunnel under what is known as Mount Branisko in July 2003. This project is part of the North-Slovakian-Highways construction and according to the National Strategy will continue up to 2012.
The wide-gauge railway in Slovakia is important because it is a EU link to the Russian wide-gauge railway system. This makes the Slovak Republic an ideal location for companies who wish to do the business further east. The wide-gauge railway is a product of Slovakia's connection to the metallurgical complex (today - U. S. Steel Kosice, s.r.o.). Kosice is also the railway crossroads between West and East Slovakia with the region intersected by North-South rail routes.
Those visiting Kosice will notice that the traffic jams associated with most European cities have not yet reached those standards in Slovakia. As the standard of living increases, then clearly so will the congestion do. In the meantime, come to Slovakia and enjoy the traffic free highways and cities.
Kosice is served by its own International Airport with regular and daily flights to and from Bratislava, Vienna and Prague using Czech Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Sky Europe Airlines.
As with many East-European cities the construction of blocks of flats in the mid 60s-80s was the result of a modernization in living standards
and not like the emergency solution for the poorest people in France. With the demise of the Iron-Curtain, international consumer companies, such as TESCO, HyperNOVA (Ahold), Carrefour, Lidl, Metro, Kaufland, Baumax, etc... saw the potential of the East-European market and now western visitors here in Slovakia and Kosice in particular can find the goods they would expect to see in their own country. The one exception of course is the U.S.citizen but this is due to the many differences between the United States and Europe as a whole. More information can be found in the Investor's FAQ link.