BRATISLAVA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
The Statistics Office will publish December industrial
output data, 0800 GMT. Analysts expected industrial output to
fall by 10.0 percent.
OECD ON SLOVAKIA
OECD General Secretary Angel Gurria will meet Prime Minister
Robert Fico (0830 GMT), and present a report on Slovakia at the
foreign ministry (1000 GMT).
T-BILL AUCTION
The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) will auction 336-day treasury bills.
GOVT ON CRISIS MEASURES
The government will hold an extraordinary session to debate
draft laws on measures against economic crisis, 0930 GMT.
SLOVAK CAR MAKERS SEE OUTPUT SLUMP OF UPTO 25 PCT
Slovakia's car sector expects production to fall by as much
as a quarter this year as the global economic crisis curbs
demand in its main western markets, the economic ministry said
on Friday.
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GOVT, UNIONS AGREE TO CAP WAGE HIKE DEMANDS
The Slovak government and the umbrella trade unions agreed
on Friday to limit wage hike requests as part of attempts to
save jobs threatened by the global financial crisis, Prime
Minister Robert Fico said.
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PRESS DIGETST
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ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
Economic growth could be below the finance ministry's and
the central bank's latest forecasts of 2.4 and 2.5 percent,
respectively, analysts said. They cited car sector's estimates
of a production drop of up to 25 percent as the reason.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
RESTAURANT, HOTEL REVENUES FALL
Slovakia's hotels and restaurants reported a fall of up to
30 percent in revenues in the past three months, citing the euro
introduction and impact of the global financial turmoil as
reasons.
Pravda, page 6
ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES
The government's anti-crisis council drafted new measures,
including simplification of administration duties for businesses
and value added tax refunds, to tackle the financial crisis.
Pravda, page 35
SKYEUROPE'S PASSEMGER VOLUME DOWN
The Slovak-based, low-cost airline SkyEurope <SKYV.VI> said
the volume of passengers fell by 23 percent in January, compared
with the same period last year. SkyEurope cited cuts in
seat-capacity as key reasons.
Sme, page 7
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