Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 12

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    CBANKER-NO BIG INFLATION RISKS IN 2006 GDP 
    Slovakia's accelerating economic growth is not a threat to 
inflation and should not trigger an interest rate change, 
central bank board member Peter Sevcovic, told Reuters on 
Friday. 
    [ID:nL09333230] [RTRS-CEN-PLCY-INT-SK] 
     
    SLOVAKS TO FILE LAWSUIT TO CANCEL ENEL'S DAM DEAL 
    Slovakia will file a lawsuit on Friday to cancel a contract 
under which the dominant power producer Slovenske Elektrarne, 
owned by Italy's Enel , rents the country's largest 
hydro power plant, officials said. 
    [ID:nL09394069] [RTRS-POL-ELG-JUDIC-SK] 
     
    C.BANK FOREX RESERVES FALL TO $13.96 BLN 
    The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves 
fell to $13.957 billion as of March 7, from $14.081 billion one 
week earlier, the bank said on Friday. 
    [ID:nL0934382] [RTRS-CEN-FRX-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    SLOVAK VOLKSWAGEN ANNUAL OUTPUT AT 260,000 CARS 
    Germany's Volkswagen <VOWG.DE. Slovak unit sees its annual 
production output volume from 230,000 up to 260,000 units, the 
daily Hospodarke Noviny quoted VW Slovakia chairman Andreas 
Tostmann as saying. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 15 
     
    TRANSPETROL CASE 
    Slovakia's option to veto a deal on the sale of the 49 
percent stake in country's oil pipeline operator Transpetrol, 
currently owned by the stricken Russian oil firm YUKOS, will 
terminate by the end of March. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1 
     
    ALTERNATIVE GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS 
    Two Slovak companies have asked the economy ministry for  
permission to build their own gas distribution networks, based 
on the new law on energy regulation. The gas monopoly SPP has 
warned of higher gas prices for households if the country's 
biggest gas consumers follow. 
    Sme 
     
    LABOUR CODE NEGOTIATIONS 
    Slovakia's centre-right opposition parties called on 
cooperation with junior coalition parties HZDS and the Slovak 
National Party on the new labour code, based on joint objections 
to the Social Affairs ministry's draft. 
    Pravda, page 2 
     
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