BRATISLAVA, March 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Tuesday.
EU-NORM INFLATION
The Statistics Office will publish February EU-norm
inflation data, 0800 GMT. Analysts expected February consumer
prices to rise by 0.1 percent on the month and fall 0.1 percent
year-on-year.
JAN IND ORDERS -4.5 PCT M/M, +24.6 PCT Y/Y
Slovak new industrial orders jumped by 24.6 percent on the
year in January, but fell by 4.5 percent on the month on a
seasonally adjusted basis, the Statistics Office said on Monday.
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SLOVAKIA SELLS EUR 145 MLN OF 119-DAY T-BILLS
Slovakia sold 145.0 million euros ($199.3 million) worth of
119-day Treasury bills at an auction on Monday, the finance
ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency said.
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BIDS FOR SLOVAK-HUNGARY GAS LINK CAPACITY DUE MAY 31
Bratislava-based Eustream and the Hungarian transmission
system operator FGSZ said on Monday they were launching the
final phase for suppliers to book capacity on a new gas link
between the two countries.
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PM FICO SLAMS HUNGARY'S SOLYOM RHETORIC
Prime Minister Robert Fico criticised Hungary's President
Laszlo Solyom for his remark that Hungarian minorities living in
Slovakia and elsewhere should learn the country's language as a
foreign one. Fico accused Solyom of violating Slovak sovereign
rights.
Sme, page 2
ENVIRONMENT ON INTERBLUE GROUP EUROPE
The environment ministry said the new Interblue Group Europe
failed to submit relevant information which verify it holds
rights to sell Slovak excess carbon emission rights. An already
non-existing U.S.-based Interblue Group held the rights before.
Sme, page 6
JUNE GENERAL ELECTION
18 political parties have registered for a June general
election, compared with 21 political factions in the 2006 vote,
the General Election Committee said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
WIND-POWERED POWER PLANTS
Slovak SWWE said it plans to build wind power plants, worth
389 million euro in two locations in the northern Slovakia.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
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