Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Feb 14

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 FINMIN ON INFLATION
                                
 Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Tvaroska and Jan Toth, head
of the ministry's fiscal policy institute will comment on jumps
in consumer prices, 0945 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 EURO FUTURE DEBATE
                                
 Richard Sulik, the parliamentary speaker, Peter Kazimir
ex-deputy finance minister and now a vice-chairman of the
strongest opposition party SMER, and senior analysts will
address a conference on 'the future of the euro', 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 JAN HEADLINE CPI +1.9 M/M, +3.0 PCT Y/Y
                                
 Slovak consumer prices jumped in line with expectations by
1.9 percent on the month in January, putting the annual
inflation rate at 3.0 percent from 1.3 percent seen in December,
the Statistics Office said on Friday.
                                
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 TENNIS-HANTUCHOVA THRASHES ERRANI TO TAKE PATTAYA TITLE
                                
 Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova clinched her first title in
almost four years by trouncing Italian Sara Errani 6-0 6-2 in an
anti-climactic Pattaya Open final on Sunday.
                                
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 CAR PRODUCTION SEEN ABOVE 600,000 IN 2011
                                
 Car production in Slovakia, centered around assembly plants
of Volkswagen <VOWG.DE>, PSA Peugeot Citroen <PEUP.PA> and Kia
Motors Corp. <000270.KS>, should rise above 600,000 units this
year, Slovak Car Industry Association (ZAP) said.
                                
 Pravda, page 12
                                
 
                                
 NATO SLAMS SLOVAK ARMY BUDGET, STATUS QUO
                                
 Slovakia's struggles to meet its commitments towards the
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and modernisation
lags, due to lack of funds from the state budget, Frank Boland,
of NATO Defense Policy and Planning Division said.
                                
 Sme, page 4
                                
 
                                
 WINTER DEAFLYMPICS CANCELLED
                                
 Slovaks were forced to cancel 17th Winter Deaflympics as the
organisation team failed to secure needed financial resources,
infrastructure and venues for single events. This was the first
cancellation for the deaf games, which were founded in 1949 and
take place every four years.
Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Martin Santa in Bratislava)