BRATISLAVA, July 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
CONVERSION RATE
European Union authorities and Slovakia will announce the
conversion rate for Slovakia's euro adoption in January 2009.
MAY INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
The Statistics Office will publish May industrial production
data, 0700 GMT. Analysts expected industrial output growth of
7.6 percent on an annual basis.
MAY CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT
The Statistics Office will publish May construction output
data, 0700 GMT.
CROP OUTLOOK, MILK PRICES
Agriculture Minister Zdenka Kramplova and Slovakia's
Agriculture and Food Chamber will hold a news conference on crop
outlook and milk prices, 0800 GMT.
PM TO VISIT AIRPORT
Prime Minister Robert Fico will visit Bratislava airport,
1200 GMT.
REPO TENDER
The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender.
SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 1.4 BLN WORTH OF 11-YR BOND
Slovakia sold 1.38 billion crowns ($71.39 million) worth of
11-year, 5.3 percent coupon state bonds <SK120519204=> in an
auction on Monday, the Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity
Management Agency said.
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PRESS DIGEST
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FINAL CONVERSION RATE
The majority of analysts expect the crown's central parity
of 30.1260 per euro in the Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM-2 to be
the final switchover rate for adopting the single currency in
January.
Sme, page 1
HIGHER FUEL PRICES
Prices of petrol fuel rose by 0.24 crowns ($0.012) per litre
in the past week to an average price of 42 crowns ($2.17) per
litre. Diesel prices increased by 0.39 crowns per litre to an
average price of 45 crowns.
Sme, page 6
BURGER KING EYES SLOVAKIA
Fast food chain Burger King Corp <BKC.N> is expected to open
its first restaurant in Slovakia.
Sme, page 6
BRATISLAVA AIRPORT TENDER
Bratislava airport, Slovakia's largest, plans to launch a
tender worth up to 3.5 billion crowns to pick a partner for
completion of a new terminal and reconstruction of the existing
one.
Sme, page 6
GAS FIND
The gas storage and exploration company Nafta Gbely said it
had discovered a new reservoir of natural gas in the eastern
part of Slovakia, worth some 3 billion crowns.
Pravda, page 1
KIA MOTORS SLOVAKIA
The assembly plant of the South Korean car maker Kia Motors
<000270.KS> exports around 98 percent of its production. The
company expects to make 225,000 cars in 2008, with the output
worth some 79 billion crowns.
Pravda, page 21
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