(CIANEWS) - At the end of June 2022, the Slovak state budget reached a deficit of EUR 1.545 billion. Compared to the same period in 2021, revenues were 15.3% higher and amounted to 8.745 billion euros. Expenditures, on the other hand, fell by 6.5% to 10.290 billion euros. The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic (MF SR) informed about this, stating that the mentioned statistics meant a year-on-year improvement in the management of the state budget by 1.873 billion euros.