BRATISLAVA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
CBANK ON INFLATION
The central bank will publish comments on November EU-norm
inflation.
JOBLESS DATA
The National Labour Office to publish November unemployment
data.
SLOVAK GOVT OKS TAX BREAK FOR VOLKSWAGEN INVESTMENT
The Slovak government said on Wednesday it had approved a
tax break worth up to 431 million crowns ($20.02 million) for
German car maker Volkswagen which plans to expand production
portfolio of its Slovak factory.
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SLOVAKS PICK CZECH CEZ FOR 4-6 BLN EURO NUKE PLANT
Slovakia chose Czech power company CEZ <> on
Wednesday as the strategic partner for a new nuclear power plant
expected to cost 4-6 billion euros, the biggest foreign deal for
the leading central European utility.
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SLOVAK NOV INFLATION AT 7-MONTH LOW
Slovakia's annual inflation eased as expected to a
seven-month low in November, and analysts saw more price growth
deceleration amid lower commodity costs and global economic
slowdown caused by the financial crisis.
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PRESS DIGEST
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KUBIS TO LEAVE GOVERNMENT
Foreign Minister Jan Kubis will leave the government to take
a United Nations job in Geneva. Fico has not yet announced his
candidate for the foreign ministry post.
Sne, page 1
ELECTRONICS INVESTMENT
Slovakia will get an investment worth 5 billion crowns into
electrotechnics industry next year, Economy Minister Lubomir
Jahnatek said. Jahnatek said details of the project, which
should be similar to Samsung's factory, would be announced early
next year.
Sme, page 8
PENSION CAMPAIGN
Pension funds have begun an information campaign to persuade
people not to leave the private pension scheme. The government
has opened the pension system to allow people to return to the
state-run pay-as-you-go scheme.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
LOWER VAT
The government is considering lowering the value added tax
on some other consumer goods as part of the measures to ease the
impact of the financial crisis. The finance ministry is now
calculating the fiscal impact of such a move.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
MORE LAYOFFS
The second largest producer of heating insulation materials,
Slovmag Lubenik, will lay off 300 people, which is around one
third of its workforce.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
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