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From May 2004, ten countries will accede to the European Union: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The current European Union is already the biggest single market in the world. In its enlarged state, it will draw over 19% of world trade and will represent around 46 – 50% of world outward FDI and 20 - 24% of inward FDI.

By 2016, interest rates set by the European Central Bank reached historic lows. For this reason, a mortgage loan has become a more common way of financing the purchase of real estate.

As of 1 July 2012, in Slovakia operators of facilities performing environmentally-hazardous occupational activities will have to provide proof of financial coverage for any liabilities arising from environmental damage caused by their activities.