Slovakia - Factors To Watch on July 2

                                
 BRATISLAVA, July 2 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 TAX REVENUES PROJECTIONS
                                
 The finance ministry is expected to present updated
projections of tax revenues for 2009.
                                
 
                                
 QUESTION HOUR
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico and government ministers will
answer MP queries during a question hour in parliament.
                                
 
                                
 JAN-JUNE BUDGET GAP ABOVE FULL-YEAR CEILING
                                
 Slovakia's central state budget deficit rose above the
full-year ceiling in the January-June period, data showed on
Wednesday, and further widening was likely as recession curbed
revenues.
                                
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 APRIL CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS 100 MLN EURO
                                
 Slovakia's current account showed a preliminary surplus of
100 million euros ($140.7 million) in April, after a revised 134
million euro gap in March, the central bank said on Wednesday.
                                
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 WIZZAIR EXPANSION
                                
 Hungary's low-cost carrier Wizz Air, aiming to take the
market of its ailing rival SkyEurope, said it would launch its
first route from Bratislava and start flights to Rome from
September.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 BANK PROFITS DOWN
                                
 The combined profit of Slovak banks fell by 43.8 percent to
163.1 million euros in the first five months, with the bank
association citing a drop in foreign exchange operations
following euro adoption as the main reason.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 WOODS MANAGEMENT CHIEFS TO GO
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico has ordered Agriculture Minister
Stanislav Becik to sack top management of the state-owned woods
management company, citing unclear financial operations as the
key reasons.
                                
 Pravda, page 8
                                
 
                                
 HIGHWAY FINANCING SNAG
                                
 Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny said banks earmarked to
finance highway construction through the public-private
partnership scheme were seeking fees higher by up to 20 percent
then originally agreed. Vazny said the government could drop the
scheme or finance the project via state budget and the EU's
funds.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
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