Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 30

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 MONETARY POLICY MEETING
                                
 The central bank's policy-making board will hold its monthly
monetary policy meeting, 0800 GMT. The market expects the
central bank to keep the key two-week repo rate unchanged at
4.25 percent.
                                
 
                                
 CURRENT ACCOUNT
                                
 The central bank will publish January-July current account
data, by 1500 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN DEBT
                                
 The central bank will publish gross foreign debt data as of
end-June, by 1500 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 REPO TENDER
                                
 The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender.
                                
 
                                
 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 OPPOSITION AGREEMENT
                                
 Opposition parties SDKU, led by former Prime Minister
Mikulas Dzurinda, and Christian Democrats are exploring
possibilities of future cooperation after the 2010 general
election.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 UNIONS BACK PENSION MOVE
                                
 The Confederation of Trade Unions (KOZ) said it supported
the government's plan to re-open the private pension system.
Trade unions also favour a cut in funds transferred to private
pension accounts and bigger contributions to the pay-as-you-go
system.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 SOCIAL DIALOG
                                
 The National Union of Employers (RUZ) said its top officials
will not attend negotiations with the government and unions
anymore. The RUZ said it would send only administrative staff to
the talks as both the unions and the cabinet ignore their
proposal.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 MOBILE DUAL PRICING
                                
 Mobile phone operators are facing problems with dual pricing
as checks showed they have incorrectly displayed the conversion
rate, wrong price rounding and did not show prices both in euros
and in crowns.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 BRATISLAVA AIRPORT
                                
 The Bratislava airport said it would seek an 800 million
crowns ($37.88 million) bank loan to co-finance building of a
new terminal worth 2.8 billion crowns.
                                
 Pravda, page 16
                                
 
                                
 VISA REGIME
                                
 Slovakia removed the two remaining legal hurdles for
abolition of the visa-duty for travel to United States. The
Unites State has hinted it might abolish the visa requirement
for Slovaks later this year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
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