Slovakia - Factors To Watch on May 13

                                
 BRATISLAVA, May 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 HEADLINE INFLATION
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish April headline inflation
data, 0700 GMT. Analysts forecast consumer prices to be flat on
the month and rise by 2.4 percent on the year.
                                
 
                                
 CORE INFLATION
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish April core inflation
data, 0700 GMT. Core inflation was forecast to be flat
month-on-month and rise by 1.3 percent year-on-year.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular weekly meeting, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 PM FICO MEETS REGIONS
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will meet representatives of
Slovakia's Association of towns and villages.
                                
 
                                
 ECB'S SRAMKO - BOND BUYING TO BENEFIT EURO ZONE
                                
 The European Central Bank's move to buy covered bonds is
designed to benefit the euro zone as a whole and concerns some
countries could be at a disadvantage are unwarranted, ECB's
Governing Council member Ivan Sramko said on Tuesday.
                                
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 SLOVAK TRADE SURPLUS SURPRISINGLY WIDENS IN MARCH
                                
 Slovakia's foreign trade surplus unexpectedly widened in
March, data showed on Tuesday, but this was not seen as a sign
of recovery because it was influenced by a sharper fall in
imports than exports.
                                
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 CENTRAL EUROPEAN ECONOMIES DROP, HUNGARY SLUMPS
                                
 Hungary's economy probably slumped by 5.9 percent
<HUGDP=ECI> and Czech and Slovak output also fell in the first
quarter when the full force of the global crisis hit central
Europe, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 FUEL PRICES
                                
 Prices of petrol fuels will rise by 2.5 euro-cents per litre
and diesel fuels will increase by 1.5 euro-cents per litre.
Petrol fuels prices will outpace diesel fuels prices for the
first time since summer 2007.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 PSA SLOVAKIA TO INCREASE PRODUCTION
                                
 The Slovak factory of the French car group PSA Peugeot
Citroen <PEUP.PA> will increase daily production to some 900
units, from current 850 cars, between June 1 and July 24. The
group cited introduction of the scrapping subsidy in the EU as
one of reasons for higher demand.
                                
 Sme, page 8
                                
 
                                
 HIGHWAY PROJECT
                                
 The Transport Ministry said it had received a single bid for
the third highway project, using the public-private partnership
scheme, worth some 2 billion euro. The ministry did not comment
on the bidders name.
                                
 Sme, page 9
                                
 
                                
 FICO ON CO2 DEAL
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico has asked the media and
opposition parties to provide a proof that the sale of 10
million tonnes of carbon emission allowances for 6.06 euro per
tonne was disadvantageous for Slovakia.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 TRADE UNIONS WARN OF TENSIONS
                                
 Trade unions have warned that rising unemployment could
spark social tensions. Employers said improved business
environment would help to preserve jobs.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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