Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Feb 15

    Here are news stories, press 
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial 
markets on Thursday. 
     
    SNS NEWSCONFERENCE 
    The Nationalist Party (SNS), a junior ruling coalition 
party, will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. (0900 GMT). 
     
    GAZPROM AIMS TO RAISE GAS PRICES FOR SLOVAKIA -SPP 
    Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom is looking to raise 
delivery prices to Slovak supplier Slovensky Plynarensky 
Priemysel (SPP), which may boost prices for end-users, SPP said 
on Wednesday. 
    [ID:nL14182970] [RTRS-POL-NGS-EMRG-SK] 
     
    CROWN AT 6-WEEK HIGHS, CORRECTION SEEN 
    The Slovak crown firmed to six-week highs on Wednesday on 
positive domestic economic news and bullish regional sentiment, 
but some players said a downward correction appeared to be 
loooming in the near term. 
    [ID:nL14678483] [RTRS-MMT-FRX-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    TAX RELIEF 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico said firms supporting the 
country's universities and the Slovak Academy of Sciences could 
receive tax relief of two-percent tax in the future. The finance 
ministry said, however, it saw no reason for a such step. 
    Pravda, page 2 
     
    EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS SLAM FICO INDIFFERENCE 
    Martin Schulz, head of the Socialist's fraction of the 
European Parliament, slammed Prime Minister Robert Fico for his 
indifference toward the Party of European Socialist, which 
excluded Fico's party Smer for forging a cabinet with a 
far-right nationalist party. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1 
     
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 Warsaw WIG20   Budapest BUX   Prague PX50  
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 Slovak equities      [SK-E]  E.Europe equities           [.CEE] 
 Slovak money         [SK-M]  Czech debt                  [CZ-D] 
 Slovak Indicators  [SK-ECI]  Emerging forex          [EMRG/FRX] 
 Eastern European     [EEU]   All emerging markets        [EMRG] 
 Hot stocks           [HOT]   Stock markets                [STX] 
 Market debt news     [DBT]   Forex news                   [FRX] 
 TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets                         [TOP/EMRG] 
 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST] 
 
 ((Compiled by Martin Santa; Bratislava Newsroom; Email: 
editorial@reuters.sk; +421-2-5341-8402)) 
 ($1=26.28 Slovak Crown) 
  

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