Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Aug 7

...Central bank (NBS) Governor Ivan Sramko will speak on euro 
adoption process at a seminar organised by the Canadian-Slovak 
Chamber of Commerce, 1200 GMT. 
     
    REPO TENDER 
    The central bank holds a regular two-week repo tender to 
drain money market liquidity. 
     
    SLOVAK EU-NORM INFLATION SEEN AT RECORD LOW IN JULY 
    Slovak inflation is expected to have dropped to a record low 
in July, a Reuters survey showed on Monday, but analysts 
forecast the central bank will keep rates unchanged for a fourth 
consecutive month. 
    [ID:nL06417792] [SK-PRE-PLCY-MCE] 
     
    SLOVAKIA REJECTS ALL BIDS IN 5-YR BOND AUCTION 
    Slovakia rejected all bids in an auction of 5-year 
zero-coupon bonds  on Monday as the state treasury 
does not need to borrow funds due to favourable budget trends. 
    [ID:nL06291637] [SK-GVD-DBT-FRX-MMT-ISU] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    BENES DECREES 
    The ethnic-Hungarian party (SMK) leader Pal Csaky plans to 
submit a proposal to parliament for a moral and financial 
compensation to people expelled from former Czechoslovakia after 
the World War Two under the so called Benes decrees. 
    Sme, page 2 
     
    EURO ADOPTION CHANCES RISE 
    The probability that Slovakia will adopt the euro in 2009 as 
planned rose to 78 percent in July, from 76 percent in the 
previous month, a survey by INEKO think-tank showed. 
    Sme, page 6 
     
    ST COMPLETES RADIOKOM SALE 
    The Slovak Telekom (ST), a dominant fixed-line operator 
controlled by Deutsche Telekom , signed a contract to 
sell its former TV and radio signal unit Radiokomunikacie to TRI 
R consortium for an undisclosed price. 
    Sme, page 6 
     
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