Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 1

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 1 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 PM RADICOVA ON EU STRATEGY 2020
                                
 The Prime Minister Iveta Radicova will attend the seminar on
EU strategy 2020- Slovak national reform and stability program
2011, 0830 GMT
                                
 
                                
 END-FEB CENTRAL STATE BUDGET DATA
                                
 The finance ministry will publish central state budget data
for the January-February period, 0900 GMT. The January central
state budget showed a 17.7 million euro deficit ($24.31 million).
                                
 
                                
 JAN INFLATION JUMPS ABOVE FORECASTS
                                
 Slovak consumer prices, calculated under the EU methodology,
rose faster than expected by 2.1 percent on the month in
January, putting the annual inflation rate at 3.2 percent,
Statistics Office data showed on Monday.
                                
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 COALITION SPLITS ON DUAL-CITIZENSHIP
                                
 The ruling coalition of Iveta Radicova split on a law on
dual-citizenship as the junior government party, mostly ethnic
Hungarian, Most-Hid seeks abolition of the law, which strips
Slovaks of their citizenship if they acquire a second one.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 ECON MINISTRY WANTS LOWER ENERGY PRICES
                                
 The economy ministry wants to reduce the energy prices
already in July through a cut in brown coal's subsidies and
revision of number of connected solar sources.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 7
                                
 
                                
 GROSS EXTERNAL DEBT DROPS
                                
 The gross external debt dropped by $4.556 billion on the
year in November to $64.999 billion, the central bank's
preliminary data showed.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Martin Santa in Bratislava)