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 | | The economic potential of the rural part of the region is represented by developed agriculture and forestry (fulfilling both recreational and wood extraction function), industry of building materials, wood and food processing industries, to a less degree by machinery and electrical engineering industry and market services mainly in the area of the tourism. |
 | | The capital Bratislava undergoing quick structural changes is the industrial basis for the targeted region, which at the same time slow restructuring process of the economic basis of the rural region, insufficient funds in rural areas. |
 | | Bratislava is connected by railway with other parts of Slovakia, however, the renewal and upgrading of railways network in the near term is likely to require major investment (only one third of the railway network is electrified, and there is no high speed train service in Slovakia). |
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