Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Feb 25

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 The government will hold its regular weekly meeting.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT PRICE COUNCIL
                                
 The government's price council will meet to discuss consumer
price trends after euro adoption.
                                
 
                                
 BRITAIN SEES SHARP FALL IN WORKERS FROM EAST EUROPE
                                
 The number of eastern Europeans coming to work in Britain
has nearly halved, in part because of the ailing British
economy, weaker pound and new European Union-funded building in
Poland, the government said on Tuesday.
                                
 [ID:nLO288581] [RTRS-IMM-POL-EMRG-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 VOLKSWAGEN RESTARTS PRODUCTION
                                
 The Slovak factory of Germany's car maker Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE> will restart production on Wednesday after it shut the
assembly lines for seven days.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 PAYMENT DISCIPLINE
                                
 Slovak businesses complain about worsening payment
discipline in the corporate sector, a survey showed. In
February, 41 percent of entrepreneurs voiced complaints about
late payments, compared with 23 percent in October.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SECOND PILLAR
                                
 Trade unions are proposing changes to the pension system to
cut transfers to private pension funds to 4 percent from current
9 percent.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 GOVT WANTS LOWER PENSION FEES
                                
 The government is considering cutting fees charged by
private pension funds, saying such move would leave more money
on clients' accounts.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
                                
 
                                
 TELEFONICA O2 SLOVAKIA
                                
 Slovakia's smallest mobile services provider, Telefonica O2
Slovakia, a unit of Telefonica O2 Czech Republic <SPTTsp.PR>,
said the number of active clients rose by 18.7 percent on the
year to 325,000 at the end of 2008.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 CHEAPER DIESEL FUELS
                                
 Prices of diesel fuels are expected to fall by 0.025 euro
per litre, as of Wednesday, as world oil prices decline.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
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