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	Podcast:		Business Daily
	Episode:		Small country, auto giant
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:17:28
	Publish Date:		2026-01-21 00:01:00
	Description:		When Slovakia was part of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the cars it made were noisy, thirsty and slow by western standards at the time. But when Volkswagen bought the car-maker Skoda, that was the beginning of a major change. Now, Slovakia makes almost a million cars a year and with Volvo opening a factory here in 2027, it’ll be a quarter of a million more. Extraordinary for a country of five million people. We visit a factory and find out why this small nation is attracting so much car industry investment. If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, our email address is businessdaily@bbc.co.uk Presented and produced by John Laurenson (Picture: Workers on a production line in a car factory, Slovakia. Credit: BBC/John Laurenson)
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