Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 16

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Sept 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 August EU-norm inflation
data, 0700 GMT. Analysts forecast prices to be flat on the month
and rise by 4.5 percent year-on-year.
                                
 
                                
 REPO TENDER
                                
 The central bank will hold regular two-week repo tender.
                                
 
                                
 Poland says Russia obstructs Europe's energy plans
                                
 Russia's military intervention in Georgia was aimed at
obstructing Europe's efforts to cut its reliance on Russian
energy resources and diversify its supplies, Poland's president
said on Saturday.
                                
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 C.BANK FOREX RESERVES DOWN AT $18.1 BLN
                                
 The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
declined to $18.139 billion as of Sept. 10, from $18.507 billion
on Sept. 3, the bank said on Friday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 SLOTA WANST TO QUESTION SMK
                                
 Jan Slota, the leader of the far-right Slovak National Party
(SNS), said he would seek a parliamentary hearing to question
MPs of the opposition ethnic Hungarian SMK party about their
ties with a forum of Hungarian deputies.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 EURO CAMPAIGN
                                
 The government's information campaign about euro adoption
will add concerts and special information vehicles.
                                
 Pravda, page 26
                                
 
                                
 EURO BLACK LISTS
                                
 Slovakia will delay introduction of the so-called black
lists of businesses seeking unjustified price hikes of goods and
services due to euro adoption, giving them more time to adjust.
The first list was supposed to be published on Sept 10.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 5
                                
 
                                
 HIGHER PRICES OF VEGETABLE OIL, BREAD
                                
 Price of vegetable oil and bread rose faster than the
Statistics Office's data showed in the summer, and some market
participants said producers might have increased prices more due
to the introduction of a dual-pricing system and price control.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 APARTMENT PRICES
                                
 Demand for apartments still outpaces supply, but their price
growth will slow down, said Mikulas Car from the central bank's
monetary policy department.
                                
 Pravda, page 25
                                
 
                                
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