BRATISLAVA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
C.BANK ON RATES
The central bank's policy-making board will hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting and decide on interest rates.
SMER'S BOARD MEETING
The policy-making board of Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer
party will meet.
PARLIAMENT SESSION
Parliament will start a regular session, 0800 GMT. The
agenda includes debate on the 2009 state budget draft. No date
for vote on the budget bill set.
CURRENT ACCOUNT
The central bank will publish Jan-Sept current account data.
FOREIGN DEBT
The central bank will publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-Aug.
REPO TENDER
The central bank will hold a regular two-week repo tender to
drain liquidity from the market.
GOVT COALITION AGREES BIGGER '09 FISCAL GAP
Slovakia's ruling coalition agreed on Monday to raise the
2009 budget deficit in response to the global financial crisis
that will slow economic growth in the future euro zone member,
Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
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SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 1.868 BLN OF 322-DAY T-BILLS
Slovakia sold 1.868 billion crowns ($77.35 million) of
322-day treasury bills in an auction on Monday, the finance
ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) said.
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PRESS DIGEST
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CHEAPER FUELS
Prices of petrol fuels will fall by 1 crown ($0.041) per
litre as of Tuesday, while diesel fuels will drop by 0.8 crowns
per litre. Petrol fuels price have fallen by almost 10 crowns
($0.414) over the past four months.
Pravda, page 12
OPPOSITION COOPERATION
Opposition parties SDKU and the Christian Democrats will
renew cooperation with the third opposition faction, the ethnic
Hungarian SMK.
Sme, page 4
STATE ROLE IN ENERGY SECTOR
Prime Minister Robert Fico has summoned state
representatives in energy companies, saying he wants them to
better pursue state interests.
Sme, page 8
GAS PRICES
The dominant gas company Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel
(SPP), run by GDF Suez SA <GSZ.PA> and E.ON <EONGn.DE>, is
likely to deliver an updated price proposals next year after it
signed a new long-term contract with Russia's Gazprom <GAZP.MM>
Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
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