BRATISLAVA, March 2 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
COALITION MEETING
Three leaders of the ruling coalition will meet to debate
current political issues, 0800 GMT.
BUSINESSES ON ECONOMY TRENDS
Slovak Industrial and Commerce Chamber will hold a news
conference on trends in economic recovery and present its
priorities for this year, 0900 GMT.
PARLIAMENT SESSION
The parliament will open its March session, 1300 GMT.
SLOVAKIA SELLS EUR 222.7 MLN OF 322-DAY T-BILLS
Slovakia sold 222.7 million euros ($302.6 million) worth of
322-day treasury bills at an auction on Monday, the finance
ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency said.
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JAN-FEB STATE BUDGET DEFICIT 780.3 MLN EUR
The Slovak central state budget showed a deficit of 780.3
million euros ($1.06 billion) for January and February, compared
with the 185.1 million euros gap in the same period last year,
the Finance Ministry data showed on Monday.
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CAMEROON ARRANGE PORTUGAL AND SLOVAKIA WORLD CUP WARM-UPS
Cameroon will play friendly matches against fellow World Cup
finalists Slovakia on May 29 and Portugal on June 1, the
country's football federation said in a statement.
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SPP IN TALKS WITH GAZPROM OVER COMPENSATIONS
The gas utility SPP, run by GDF Suez <GSZ.PA> and E.ON
Ruhrgas <EONGn.DE>, has filed a lawsuit against Russian gas
monopoly Gazprom <GAZP.MM> sources said. SPP sought compensation
for a halt in gas supply to the EU last January. SPP did not
confirm.
Sme, page 7
UKRAINE STOPS POWER EXPORTS TO SLOVAKIA
Ukraine has stopped exports of electricity power to
Slovakia, Hungary and Romania for at least a month, due to a
lack of coal in the country. The economy ministry saw no major
impact due to Ukraine's power low share on country's total
consumption.
Sme, page 7
PSA PEUGEOT SLOVAKIA PRODUCTION RISE
PSA Peugeot Citroen Slovakia said its production rose by
nearly 10 percent last year to 203,732 completed cars, which
made the car maker Slovakia's biggest car producer in 2009. The
company aims to maintain its production at around the 2009 level
this year.
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