BRATISLAVA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
BOND AUCTIONS
The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) will auction a 6-year, floating-coupon state bonds and a
2-year, zero-copupon state bonds.
GAS MEETING
The government's crisis committee will hold a daily meeting
to assess situation with gas supplies.
SLOVAKIA TO END DOMESTIC GAS SUPPLY CURB SATURDAY
The Slovak government will cancel curbs on domestic gas
supplies on Saturday after the country secured alternative
deliveries of gas through a pipeline bypassing Ukraine, Prime
Minister Robert Fico said on Friday.
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CZECHS OFFER SLOVAKIA GAS OPTION
The Czech Republic has agreed to reverse the flows in its
pipeline system to deliver gas to Slovakia, the prime ministers
of both central European countries said on Friday.
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SLOVAKIA HOPES NOT TO RESTART NUCLEAR REACTOR-MINISTER
Slovakia may abandon plans to restart a Soviet-era nuclear
reactor that had drawn criticism from the European Union, a
government official said on Sunday.
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PRESS DIGEST
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VOLKSWAGEN INVESTMENT PLAN
Germany's car maker Volkswagen AG <VOWG.DE> has yet to give
the final approval to a plan to invest 300 million euros to
expand its Slovak factory. The investment, if approved, should
boost capacity of the factory by 30 percent to 400,000 cars a
year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 7
FICO ON NUCLEAR PLANT
Prime Minister Robert Fico said Slovakia will not restart of
a reactor at the older nuclear power plant Jasloveske Bohunice
for now, but added the government might do so if a gas crisis
occurs again.
Sme, page 2
CAR PLANTS TO RESTART PRODUCTION
Factories of PSA Peugeot Citroen <PEUP.PA> and Kia Motors
Corp. <000270.KS> said they would restart production on Monday,
after gas shortage forced them to shut the plants for more than
a week.
Sme, page 7
CAR SALES
Slovakia's car sales are expected to drop by 10 to 15
percent this year due to the global financial turmoil.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
FICO ON GROWTH
Prime Minister Robert Fico expects Slovakia's economic
growth to rank among the highest in the European Union this
year, despite the global financial crisis.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
SLOVAKS RETURN HOME
Slovaks working in Hungary, Czech Republic and Great Britain
are returning home due to the impact of the financial crisis on
labour markets.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
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