Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 26

    BRATISLAVA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press 
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial 
markets on Tuesday. 
     
    C.BANK TO HOLD MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY MEETING 
    The central bank's policy-making board will hold its monthly 
monetary policy meeting. The bank-board is widely expected to 
keep its key two-week repo rate unchanged at 4.50 percent. 
    [RTRS-LEN-SK-CEN] 
     
    C.BANK TO HOLD REGULAR 2-WK REPO TENDER 
    The central bank will hold a regular two-week repo tender. 
    [RTRS-LEN-SK-GVD-DBT] 
     
    TRW AUTOMOTIVE TO OPEN NEW SLOVAK PLANT SAYS AGENT 
    Auto parts maker TRW Automotive Holding Corp <TRW.N> has 
picked Slovakia as the site for a greenfield investment worth 
around $51 million, HANT BA, an intermediary in the deal said on 
Monday. 
    [ID:nL25505182] [RTRS-EEU-AUT] 
     
    REGULATOR SEES GAS PRICE HIKE BELOW 8.7 PCT 
    Slovakia's utilities regulator (URSO) expects a coming rise 
in natural gas prices for households to be well below the 8.7 
percent sought by the dominant gas company, URSO head Karol 
Dvorak was quoted on Monday as saying. 
    [ID:nL2599403] [RTRS-ELG-NGS] 
     
    CROWN FLAT AS MKT EYES CBANK RATE VERDICT 
    The Slovak crown <EURSKK=> traded in a narrow range and 
followed regional sentiment on Monday, as the market awaited a 
central bank monetary policy meeting, traders said. 
    [ID:nL25900233] [RTRS-FRX-MMT] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    GAS PRICES SEEN UP BY 4.3 PCT IN NOVEMBER 
    Slovakia's utilities regulator (URSO) is expected to 
increase natural gas prices for households by 4.3 percent, 
affective from November, daily Pravda reports. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    HZDS ANGER OVER STATUS IN GOVT RISES 
    Internal discontent over its status as a junior coalition 
member in the government is on the rise at HZDS. The daily Sme 
quoted party members as saying HZDS has become an also-ran in 
the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Fico's leftist 
Smer party. 
    Sme, page 2 
     
    FINMIN CONTINUES TO FIGHT MILLIONAIRES' INCOMES 
    The Finance Minsitry plans to abolish deductible 
expenditures for people with an income over 1.06 million crowns 
a year, the daily Sme reports. 
    Sme, page 1 
     
    FICO'S SPENDING CUTS MAY THWART GOVT PARTNERS 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico's plan to reshuffle ministries' 
expenditures to cover increased spending on welfare priorities 
could thwart his coalition partners and trigger coalition 
tensions, daily SME reported. 
    Sme, page 1 
     
    For an economic indicator diary for the euro zone, the ed 
States and other Group of Seven countries, see <G7TODAY>. For a 
diary of forthcoming Slovak events, double click [SK/DIARY], and 
for a calendar of east European economic indicators, see 
[CONV/DIARY]. 
     
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