BRATISLAVA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
IVO REPORT ON SLOVAKIA
The think-tank IVO will publish its annual report on the
state of Slovakia, 0900 GMT.
OPPOSITION ON CRISIS
Economic experts of the three opposition parties will meet
to debate measures to fight impacts of the crisis.
SLOVAK 2008 C/A DEFICIT WIDENS TO -4.2 BLN EURO
The Slovak current account showed a preliminary deficit of
4.226 billion euros in 2008, compared with a 3.277 billion euro
gap in 2007, the central bank said on Wednesday.
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KIA MOTORS CONSIDERING BONDS W/WARRANTS ISSUE
Kia Motors Corp <000270.KS>, South Korea's No.2 automaker,
is considering issuing bonds with warrants to shore up its
balance sheet amid the global credit crisis, a senior company
executive said on Thursday.
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PRESS DIGEST
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CAR PRODUCTION
Production of the three car assembly plants is expected to
reach some 499,000 units this year, down from 587,400 vehicles
in 2008. PSA Slovakia is the only car maker that is expected to
boost production this year compared with 2008.
Pravda, page 6
VOLKSWAGEN RESTARTS PRODUCTION
Germany's car maker Volkswagen restarted production at its
Slovak plant on Wednesday and said it had no plans to shorten
the 8-hour working shifts or the five-day working week.
Pravda, page 6
STATE AID FOR CARGO
The government will inject more than 132 million euro into
the state-run rail-freight company CARGO to help it withstand
the economic crisis.
EXIMBANKA INJECTION
The government will increase capital of its export-import
Eximbanka by 41.4 million euro as it seeks to prop-up exports of
Slovak businesses.
Pravda, page 36
NUCLEAR FUEL PRODUCTION
The Russian state-run company Tvel is considering Slovakia
as one of possible locations for building an assembly plant for
nuclear fuel in Slovakia.
Sme, page 8
VOLUMES OF MORTGAGES DOWN
The volume of new mortgages fell by more than 50 percent on
the month in January as Slovaks scale down borrowing due to
uncertain economic outlook.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
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