BRATISLAVA, June 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Friday.
FOREX RESERVES
The central bank will publish its weekly foreign currency
reserves data, 1200 GMT.
PM WITH HEALTHCARE MINISTER
Prime Minister Robert Fico will hold a news conference with
Healthcare Minister Richard Rasi as part of his mid-term tour of
ministries.
COURT CUTS SLOVNAFT PRICING FINE BY $26 MLN
Slovakia's highest court cut a fine levied on oil refiner
Slovnaft <SNFT.BV> by 504 million crowns ($25.67 million) to 838
million crowns on Thursday.
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PRESS DIGEST
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EXPORTERS COPE WITH STRONG CROWN
Slovakia's largest exporters said the strong crowns was not
hurting their operations as much as the small and medium-sized
enterprises. Large companies said they used forex hedging,
benefited from cheaper imports and managed financial operations
in the euro.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 14
IMMIGRATION UP
Some 2,500 Romanians were the biggest group of almost 8,600
immigrants in Slovakia last year. Record number of immigrants
moved to Slovakia in 2007, seeking better jobs provided by strong
economic growth, analysts said.
Sme, page 1
SECOND PILLAR
The junior government party HZDS wants to extend the period
in which people can leave the private pension system for the
state-run pay-as-you-go scheme by another six months until the
end of the year.
Sme, page 1
SONY ON EURO
The planned euro adoption will simplify purchasing processes
of Sony Slovakia, Chairman Lubomir Holcik said. Holcik said the
factory saw annual production capacity between 3 and 4 million
of LCD television sets.
Sme, page 8
ROAD TOLL TENDER
Austria's Kapsch TrafficCom <KTCG.VI> said the road toll
tender, worth at least 20 billion crowns ($1.02 billion), was
manipulated to suit a selected bidder. Three consortia have
challenged the decision to exclude them from tender in May.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
JASLOVSKE BOHUNICE CLOSURE
Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said he was still
considering delaying the planned decommissioning of the second
block at country's oldest nuclear power plant Jaslovske
Bohunice. Decommissioning is planned for the end of the year as
agreed wit the EU.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 9
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