BRATISLAVA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
EU-NORM INFLATION
The Statistics Office will publish November EU-norm
inflation data, 0800 GMT. Analysts forecast consumer prices to
have grown by 0.1 month-on-month, and 3.9 percent year-on-year.
GOVERNMENT MEETING
The government will hold a regular weekly meeting. The
cabinet is scheduled to decide on a tax break incentive for an
up 9 billion crown investment by Volkswagen.
GOVT SAYS IN TALKS ON $1.4 BLN FDI DEALS
Slovakia is in talks with investors on six projects worth at
least 30 billion crowns ($1.36 billion) in total, the government
said on Tuesday, adding these should offset the local impact of
the global financial crisis.
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VINCI WINS $1 BILLION SLOVAKIAN ROAD TENDER
Slovakia has picked a group led by France's Vinci <SGEF.PA>
as the winner of the tender worth at least 21.9 billion crowns
($992.3 million) to build and operate a highway, the transport
ministry said on Tuesday.
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C.BANK DRAINS SKK 133.8 BLN IN REPO TENDER
The Slovak central bank (NBS) accepted all bids in a regular
two-week repo tender on Tuesday, draining 133.791 billion crowns
($6.06 billion) from the market, NBS data showed.
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PRESS DIGEST
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SMER KEEPS LEAD IN POLL
Prime Minister's Robert Fico Smer party remained the most
popular party, taking 48 percent support in a Statistics Office
poll in. The Slovak National Party was second in the poll, ahead
of the main opposition party SDKU.
Sme, page 2
CENTRAL BANK ON CRISIS
Global financial crisis has hit Slovakia's financial sector
in the first half of the year through a drop in its growth
dynamics and lower profitability, the National Bank of Slovakia
wrote in its regular report.
Sme, page 6
NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL
Slovakia has launched construction of a new terminal at the
main airport in Bratislava. The project is worth 2.9 billion
crowns ($131.4 million) and it is due to be completed in 2010.
The state budget will cover 2.1 billion crowns of the total
costs.
Sme, page 8
ENEL COMPENSATION
Slovakia will not pay any compensation to Italy's Enel
<ENEI.MI> related to the 2005 sale of the 66 percent stake in
power firm Slovenske Elektrarne. Enel declined to comment. Enel
asked for a 9 billion crowns compensation, according to media
report.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
CRISIS HITS CARRIERS
Global financial crisis is affecting the state-run and
private cargo carriers, and only firms with sound finances are
expected to weather the market turmoil.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
CEZ ON BOHUNICE
Czech power utility CEZ <> said it was interested
in joining the project of construction of a new nuclear power
plant in Jaslovske Bohunice.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
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