BRATISLAVA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
MONETARY POLICY MEETING
The central bank will hold its monthly monetary policy
meeting. Decision on rates is expected between 0915-1100 GMT.
All analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast the main two-week
repo rate to stay unchanged at 4.25 percent.
News conference at 1200 GMT.
C.BANK FORECASTS
The central bank will publish its updated quarterly
medium-term forecasts, by 1230 GMT.
DELL CFO ON PLANS
Dell Chief Financial Officer Donald Carty will speak on
expansion of Dell's European trade centre in Bratislava.
REPO TENDER
The central bank will hold its regular, liquidity-draining,
two-week repo tender.
PARLIAMENT SESSION
Parliament will start its regular monthly session, 1200 GMT.
Deputies are expected to debate the European Union's Lisbon
Treaty.
SLOVAKIA SHOULD TIGHTEN BELT IF JOINS EURO-DRAFT
Slovakia will face inflationary pressure if it joins the
euro zone next year and must be ready to fight it with tighter
fiscal policies, a draft European Commission report showed on
Monday.
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SLOVAKS SAY BUDGET CUTS ENOUGH TO FIGHT INFLATION
Slovakia's strategy of fiscal gap cuts by 2010 is sufficient
to eliminate possible inflation pressures which could arise
after the planned euro adoption next year, Deputy Finance
Minister Frantisek Palko said on Monday.
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SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 4.1 BLN WORTH OF 6-YR BONDS
Slovakia sold 4.111 billion crowns ($180.1 million) worth of
6-year, 4.9 percent state bonds in an auction on Monday, the
finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency said.
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DEC PPI SLIGHTLY BELOW FORECASTS
Slovak producer prices were flat on a monthly basis in
December, putting annual growth of factory-gate costs at 2.8
percent, the Slovak Statistics Office said on Monday.
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PRESS DIGEST
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HEATING PRICES
Slovakia's heat producers demand a 3.5 percent hike in
heating prices for households and will debate the request with
the state regulator (URSO) on Friday. The rise should be
effective from March and is caused by higher gas prices. URSO
already approved an average 0.4 percent increase from January.
Sme, page 7
ELECTRONIC TOLL TENDER
The Slovak Highway Company (NDS) said it planned to launch a
satellite electronic toll system in January 2009 as expected,
despite a delay in the tender for provider of the system.
Sme, page 7
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
The Slovak Highway Company said it planned to finish 78
kilometres of highways by 2010. Private investors are expected
to build a further 150 kilometres of highways by 2010 via
public-private partnerships projects.
Sme, page 7
LISBON TREATY
The opposition has threatened to block the vote on the
European Union's Lisbon Treaty unless the parliament withdraws
the disputed draft media bill. Prime Minister Robert Fico and
Parliament Chairman Pavol Paska, said they would not withdraw
the media draft from the agenda.
Pravda, page 1
CONTINENTAL TO BOOST INVESTMENT
Germany's tyre maker Continental AG <CONG.DE> plans to
invest 850 million crowns ($37.28 million) in a Slovak storage
and distribution centre. Continental controls 51 percent in a
joint-venture with the Slovak tyre maker Matador.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
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