...reported 8.3 percent rise.
The Statistics Office also revised 2005 GDP growth upwards to 6.6 percent, from the originally reported 6.0 percent.
The Slovak economy chalked up its fastest growth ever in 2006, and one of the highest increases in the European Union, thanks to foreign investment and rising domestic demand after years of belt-tightening reforms.
[BRATISLAVA/Reuters/Finance.cz]