Slovakia - Factors To Watch on June 16

                                
 BRATISLAVA, June 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 MAY EU-NORM INFLATION
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish May EU-norm inflation
data, 0700 GMT. Analysts expected consumer prices to rise by 0.2
percent on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 0.9
percent.
                                
 
                                
 PRESIDENT MEETS PARTY LEADERS
                                
 President Ivan Gasparovic will meet with Jan Figel, leader
of the conservative Christian Democrats, Bela Bugar, leader of
the ethnic Hungarian Most-Hid and Jan Slota, leader of the
far-right Slovak Nationalists.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK RIGHT AGREES RADICOVA TO LEAD THEIR CABINET
                                
 Slovakia's centre-right opposition parties agreed on Tuesday
to form a cabinet led by Christian Democratic Union (SDKU)
election leader Iveta Radicova after winning a combined majority
in a weekend vote.
                                
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 2010 GROWTH SEEN HIGHER, FISCAL PLAN A RISK
                                
 Slovakia's central bank (NBS) on Tuesday raised its growth
outlook for 2010 on recovering foreign demand, but said fiscal
tightening could dampen the economy's medium-term prospects.
                                
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 KIA MOTORS RECALLS 56,000 CARS DUE TO BRAKE FAULT
                                
 Kia Motors <000270.KS>, South Korea's No. 2 automaker, on
Tuesday announced a recall of 56,000 Kia Cee'd models made in
2008-2009 in Slovakia because of problems with the brake unit,
the firm's Slovak subsidiary said.
                                
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 APRIL IND ORDERS +35.9 PCT Y/Y, FLAT ON MONTH
                                
 Slovak new industrial orders jumped by 35.9 percent
year-on-year in April, and were unchanged month on month on a
seasonally adjusted basis, the Statistics Office said on
Tuesday.
                                
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 CENTRE RIGHT TURN DOWN FICO'S OFFERS
                                
 Centre right parties signed a deal on forming a future
cabinet, turning down all offers proposed by the leftist SMER
party of Prime Minister Robert Fico. Local media reported Fico
had proposed the PM chair and six ministries in a deal.
                                
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http://hnonline.sk/slovensko/c1-44282170-fico-vabi-pravicu-na-superponuku
                                
 
                                
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