Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 1

01.03.2007 | , Reuters
Zpravodajství ČTK


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    BRATISLAVA, March 1 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press 
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial 
markets on Thursday. 
     
    JAN-FEB BUDGET 
    The finance ministry will publish the central state budget 
balance for January-February. 
     
    SLOVAK FOREIGN POLICY 
    The foreign ministry will hold a news conference on foreign 
policy directions, 11 a.m. (1000 GMT). 
     
    DELL SALES CENTRE 
    Dell will open its new sales centre for Europe, 9 a.m. (0800 
GMT). 
     
    HZDS TO MEET UNIONS 
    A ruling coalition party HZDS will meet trade unions 
representatives on the new labour code draft, 12 a.m. (1100 
GMT). 
     
    INFLATION SLOWS IN JAN, RATE CUT SEEN LATER 
    Slovakia's EU-norm inflation slowed down in January on a 
smaller annual rise in energy prices, confirming a favourable 
inflation outlook and underlining market expectations of 
monetary policy easing later in the year. 
    [ID:nL2851371] [RTRS-ECI-INT-PLCY-SK] 
     
    TELEFONICA O2 SLOVAKIA SAYS LAUNCHES GSM NETWORK 
    Telefonica O2 Slovakia said on Wednesday it had launched the 
first part of its GSM mobile network, with more than 200,000 
connected users for the EU member's third mobile phone network. 
    [ID:nL28668533] [RTRS-TEL-EUROPE-SK] 
     
    JAN EU-NORM CPI IN LINE WITH FORECASTS 
    Slovak consumer prices rose 0.5 percent month-on-month in 
January, according to EU-norm data, putting the annual inflation 
rate at 2.2 percent, data from the Statistics Office showed on 
Wednesday. 
    [ID:nL28746894] [RTRS-MCE-ECI-SK] 
     
    JAN PPI BELOW MKT FORECASTS 
    Slovak producer prices fell 0.5 percent month-on-month in 
January, below market expectations, putting the annual inflation 
rate for factory-gate costs (PPI) at 3.4 percent, data showed on 
Wednesday. 
    [ID:nL28907538] [RTRS-MCE-ECI-SK] 
     
    CROWN REGAINS GROUND, BUT SENTIMENT SHAKY 
    The Slovak crown rebounded from two-week lows against the 
euro on Wednesday as the market calmed down after a regional 
sell-off in the previous session, but dealers said the unit's 
direction was hazy in the short run. 
    [ID:nL28723590] [RTRS-MMT-FRX-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    SLOVAK TROOPS TO KANDAHAR 
    The government has agreed to redeploy Slovak troops in 
Afganistan from the capital city of Kabul to the southern city 
of Kandahar later this summer. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    NEGOTIATIONS ON GABCIKOVO 
    The government will negotiate with the main power company 
Slovenske Elektrarne (SE), owned by Italy's Enel , on 
conditions under which SE uses Slovakia's largest hydro power 
plant Gabcikovo. 
    Pravda, page 11 
     
    CBANKER ON EURO 
    A central bank board member, Peter Sevcovic, said advantages 
of euro adoption in 2009 will prevail over possible 
disadvantages. Sevcovic said the country would be ready to adopt 
the euro in 2009, and that halting the process would bring many 
negative effects. 
    Sme, page 6 
     
    AUSTRIA'S DOPPELMAYR TO INVEST SKK 220 MLN 
    Austrian Doppelmayr will invest 220 million crown ($8.44 
million) to launch production of cableways parts. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 13 
     
    For news on upcoming events in the United States and other 
Group of Seven countries, see . For a diary of 
forthcoming Slovak events, double click [SK/DIARY], and a 
calendar of east European economic indicators, see [CONV/DIARY]. 
     
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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] 
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 ((Compiled by Martin Santa; Bratislava Newsroom; Email: 
editorial@reuters.sk; +421-2-5341-8402)) 
 ($1=26.08 Slovak Crown) 
  

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