Again in the TOP 10, confirming that Executive Search innovations make sense

Our approach to Executive Search is different – open. We innovate where others repeat the usual. We do not just fill positions but build trustworthy partnerships to implement complex consulting projects. As hunters, we aim with confidence, as partners, we provide comprehensive advice. We are open in our approach to clients and far removed from the Executive Search procedures of a few years ago. Thanks to the HEADS & HUNTERS approach, we are again in the TOP 10 largest Executive Search companies in Slovakia. The ranking was published by the annual Career Guide 2025, which is published as a special edition of the monthly magazine The Slovak Spectator. The ranking is compiled based on a combination of several indicators for 2024 (number of active Executive Search partners and consultants, revenues and number of filled positions according to individual levels, etc.). In addition to rankings and useful data and contacts, the yearbook also brings interesting information and trends not only for HR professionals. We have been a part of it since its publication in 1999. Martin Krekáč also contributed to the content of the current edition, writing the article Selling online is easier than it seems for the TRENDS section.

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Filip Krekáč opens the summer with a new hit ‘Have a Dance Day!

In January of this year, the Musica label signed a publishing contract with Filip Krekáč, performing under the stage name Xtravagant. Filip, who has also been working at the Jenewein Group since 2013 – currently in the position of graphic designer, thus got the opportunity to sign a contract with the label, which in the past was behind Luciano Pavarotti or Falco. The new cooperation, also supported by our group through Jenewein Records, brought the first fruit in the form of the summer hit ‘Have a Dance Day!’ with a pop sound, which premiered on June 12, 2025 simultaneously with a video clip. This is Filip’s first contact with an international music label, which was impressed by his previous work and presentation, also thanks to the catchy song ‘The Electro Pop Symphony’. Currently, Filip Krekáč alias Xtravagant has 17 songs released on official music platforms and eight music videos on his YouTube music channel.

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Chyťme sa za ruky – Music and the Power of Human Connection

On May 25, 2025, the courtyard of the neo-Gothic mansion in Galanta was transformed into a place full of music, joy and fun. As part of the 16th year of the event Chyťme sa za ruky (Let's Hold Hands), children and adults with disabilities met here to enjoy a special day. Jenewein Group has been a supporter of this benefit concert for several years. The event began with performance of Zumba Sonnyes Slovakia. The atmosphere full of rock music was then created by the bands Tribute to the music of live aid (Netherlands), Montana stomp (Spain) and Peter Cmorik Band, the moderator was Roman Pomajbo. However, it was not just a concert – the event offered a varied accompanying program. Participants took part in creative workshops – they tried encaustic, face painting and canvas painting. The Let’s Hold Hands event was once again proof that culture, music and art can bring people together regardless of their abilities. The Galanta mansion witnessed not only powerful musical moments, but above all a strong human connection – sincere, heartfelt and full of respect.

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Jenewein Group as part of Marika Gombitová's Christmas package

The news that Marika Gombitová is preparing a Bratislava concert for her fans has been confirmed! After last year's sold-out concerts in Prague's O2 Arena, the legendary singer and composer will perform at her only concert in Slovakia this year. Marika Gombitová's Christmas concert Vianoce Mariky Gombitovej with a Christmas atmosphere will take place on December 9, 2025 at the Peugeot arena in Bratislava. As Marika revealed, the concert will feature the biggest hits, the latest compositions and songs that have not been performed at concerts in recent years. As a long-term Art Consulting partner of Marika Gombitová, we are once again part of the creative and organizational team – we believe that we will contribute to making Marika's Christmas concert a celebration of Slovak popular music and a strong emotional experience for the loyal Slovak and Czech audience, including our friends, partners and clients.

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Another compilation of Marika Gombitová's greatest hits is out

OPUS publishing house will make Marika Gombitová's fans happy twice this year. After the success of the representative double album of her original songs Earth named Love (2CD and 2LP) from 2021, it has included another compilation in its publishing plan. The album Dievča s krásnou tvárou (Girl With Pretty Face) – named again after one of Marika's hits – was released as a 2CD on April 18 and as a 2LP on June 6, 2025. Compiler Juraj Čurný has included the best that Janko Lehotský, Vašo Patejdl, Pavol Hammel, Ján Lauko, Ali Brezovský, Dežo Ursiny, Gabo Dušík, Andrej Šeban and Ján Štrasser have written for Marika. The author of 20 texts is Kamil Peteraj who also wrote the accompanying text for the album. Thanks to the brilliantly composed set of 21 songs, Marika "brings us a cleansing beauty, her story, which is unique, fateful and unusually strong". This is how Marika's court lyricist wrote it – and we have got nothing left to add but to say that another rare trophy from music and collector's perspective has been added to the collection of supporters and loyal fans of our most successful singer and composer. As a long-time Art Consulting partner of Marika Gombitová, we welcome the first news for 2025 and are happy to add that Marika and her team are preparing a Bratislava concert and another interesting album for her fans by the end of the year – this time live recordings from the Bratislava Lyre singing competition.

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EPPP supports digital business expansion through the project Za Tatry a za Dunaj

In line with the third of the four main initiatives – education, research and development, entrepreneurship and social sciences – the advisory and analytical institute EPPP – European Public Policy Partnership has prepared the project Za Tatry a za Dunaj: Ako uspieť online a rásť (aj) za hranicami – Crossing the Tatra Mountains and the Danube: How to Succeed Online and Grow (Also) Beyond Borders. The aim is to support the entrepreneurial ambitions of the Slovak public and entrepreneurs in Slovakia and beyond through a unique platform expandujonline.sk on the website of the Slovak Entrepreneurs Association. The platform covers different business types and life situations and provides simple, practical and easy-to-understand guidelines and procedures for those who want to start a business, as well as for existing small and medium-sized entrepreneurs who want to grow their business and/or successfully enter the digital market. This includes information on business support schemes, grant calls or laws and practical examples in the field of digitalisation of business. EPPP organises the project under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy of the SR, with the support of the Slovak Business Agency and in cooperation with the Slovak Entrepreneurs Association and a number of leading technology companies, which enhance the quality of the project with their know-how and through the aforementioned best practices. The project officially kicked off on March 6, 2025 with a press conference in Bratislava, where representatives of the Ministry of Economy of the SR, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the SR, partner organisations and associations and cooperating technology companies Allegro, Wolt, Meta and Expandeco met with media representatives.

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JENEWEIN GALLERY: Portraits of the founding partner M. Krekáč I ŠTRAUCH, KNAP, HYŽA, BARINKA and others

Over the 35 years of our existence, the environment in which we operate has changed fundamentally. When we included the historical Amrop Jenewein News in the Jenewein gallery, we already mentioned that technological progress over the past decades has transferred the vast majority of information and communication to the virtual world. However, many years of our development and formation of the consulting market in Central Europe overlapped with the period when classic printed materials – newspapers, magazines and company brochures – were the main means of presentation or communication. However, sharing our own knowledge and experience is important to us at every stage. Especially at the turn of the millennium, we devoted a lot of energy and effort not only to the creation of authored articles, studies and analyses, but also to active cooperation in the creation and publication of various professional supplements specialized in human capital and management. Such was the case, for example, with the supplement to the Hospodárske noviny Career, later Human Capital, the magazines Business Slovakia and Bratislava/Prague Leaders Magazine, or the annual Career & Employment Guide from The Slovak Spectator. Part of the production process, longer and more complicated than today, was also high-quality image materials. And this is how several photographic portraits of the founding partner and chairman of the Jenewein Group, Martin Krekáč, were created, five of which we have also selected for our gallery in the month of his birthday. Starting from the photo from 1995 – the year of our fifth anniversary, to the current one – their authors are renowned photographers such as Maňo Štrauch, Dušan Knap, Alan Hyža, Jozef Barinka and many others. They illustrated profile interviews or commentaries for newspapers and magazines such as e.g. Revue priemyslu, Goldman, Kankán, Žurnál, Trend, SME, etc. Even today, we do not compromise on quality, but communication with our surroundings is much, much faster thanks to technological innovations and AI.
Jenewein gallery is a virtual gallery that presents a selection of art, music or advertising works created in the history of the Jenewein Group.

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FIPRA mentioned again as one of reliable partners for critical decision-making in 2025

In the latest edition of the Best in Brussels Report for the period 2024 and 2025, FIPRA – Foresight International Policy & Regulatory Advisers has once again made it to the prestigious list of the best public affairs consultancies and law firms specializing in public policy. BestinBrussels.eu is the first and only independent guide to lobbying and law firms operating in Brussels. With almost 250 pages, it is the most comprehensive edition to date, full of useful information for anyone involved in European affairs. Among other things, it contains chapters on AI and Data Science in public affairs as well as a comprehensive market overview including the best consultants, consultancies and digital agencies. The aim is to help individuals or organizations in identifying and selecting a reliable partner needed to take critical decisions. FIPRA, the leading and largest European public affairs advisory network, of which Fipra Slovakia is a part, is ranked in the top 35 in the mid-to-large consultancies category.

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The tradition of New Year's concerts in Brussels continues

On January 30, 2025, the Flagey cultural center in Brussels once again became the venue for the Slovak New Year's Concert. As in previous years, the consulting company Fipra Slovakia became one of the partners of the popular event, which traditionally belongs to the calendar of (not only) the Slovak community in Brussels. The event was sponsored by the European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the EU Juraj Nociar, Chargé d´affaires of the Slovak Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium Andrej Michalec and Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to NATO Marek Varga. Foreign and Slovak guests, mainly from European institutions and the diplomatic and entrepreneurship environment, listened to performers from various musical genres – opera singers Eva Hornyáková, Otokar Klein and Titusz Tóbisz, singers Michaela Kukurová and Marta Ďumbalová forming Duo La Femme, singers Marián Čekovský, Lukáš Adamec and Ondrej Kandráč, orchestra The Music of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic under conductor Július Selčan and children's folklore ensemble Klnka. The evening was moderated by Ľubomír Bajaník. As in previous years, we personally participated at the concert, which brings contact with Slovak culture to the center of the EU.

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CEC Group – 15 successful years within the Jenewein Group

CEC Group, a leading company founded in 1990 to support the international investor community in Central Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain, celebrates its 15th anniversary within the Jenewein Group. On January 28, 2010, the Slovak office of CEC Group, together with offices in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, became part of a network of branches and consultants capable of offering services in the field of Public Affairs worldwide. Our team at CEC Group provides professional advice to a large number of American and European multinationals in their entry, promotion and successful operation in the Central European region. We have a particularly strong background in the areas of defense, energy, digital technologies, pharmaceuticals, financial services and infrastructure – in fact, in any sector subject to regulatory and legislative supervision. Our focus on results, reliability, experience, achievements and good reputation in the countries of Central Europe also place us at the forefront of our profession in this area.

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