BRATISLAVA, March 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Tuesday.
MECEDONIAM PRESIDENT VISIT
Macedonian President Branko Cervenkovski will visit
Slovakia. News conference with Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic
at 1040 GMT.
ENERGY CONFERENCE
Officials from the Slovak Economy Ministry, the state energy
market regulator and representatives of energy producers and
distributors will attend an energy conference.
T-MOBILE NEWS CONFERENCE
Slovakia's second largest mobile network operator T-Mobile
Slovakia, a unit of T-Mobile <TMOG.UL>, will hold a news
conference.
REPO TENDER
The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender.
JAN RETAIL SALES JUMP, C.BANK SEEN CAUTIOUS
Slovak retail sales growth jumped to a four-year high in
January, data showed on Monday, and analysts said strong
household spending underlined the need for a cautious monetary
policy approach.
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JAN REAL AVERAGE IND WAGE +4.1 PCT Y/Y
The real average industrial wage in Slovakia rose by 4.1
percent year-on-year in January, compared with a revised 1.2
percent increase in December, the Slovak Statistics Office said
on Monday.
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PRESS DIGEST
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CIA PLANES
Local media reported planes registered in the United States
and used by CIA had used the Bratislava airport for stop-overs.
The Slovak Interior Ministry would only say a plane parked at
the Bratislava airport was a U.S. airplane transferring people
and luggage.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Four deputies who left the opposition party of Christian
Democrats (KDH), including former Interior Minister Vladimir
Palko, are considering founding a new political Conservative
party.
Sme, page 2
RESEARCH INVESTMENTS
Slovakia's investment into research and development totalled
217 million euro, or 0.49 percent of GDP, in 2006, the smallest
amount among its central European neighbours, Hungary, Poland
and Czech republic.
Sme, page 7
SKYEUROPE CANCELS ROUTE
Low-cost airline SkyEurope <SKIV.VI> said it had cancelled a
route between the Slovak capital Bratislava and Czech capital
Prague due to high fees charged by Bratislava airport.
Sme, page 8
NEW FLATS, HOUSES
Some 16,500 new flats and houses were built in Slovakia last
year, the highest volume since 1994.
Pravda, page 3
STEEL INVESTMENT
Two steel makers, Slovakia Steel Mills and SSIM, are
thinking of building two new mills worth up to 5 billion crowns
($237 million) in the coming three years in eastern Slovakia.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
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vouch for their accuracy.
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