Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 16

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 FEB EU-NORM INFLATION
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish February EU-norm
inflation data. The analyst polled by Reuters expected the
EU-norm inflation to rise by 0.3 percent on the month and by 3.5
percent year-on-year in February, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 WEEKLY GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 The government will meet to debate the lease of the
Bratislava airport and the railway revitalization plan.
                                
 
                                
 POORER EU STATES COULD BLOCK BUDGET RULE CHANGES
                                
 Six central and eastern European countries may block the
reform of the European Union's budget rules unless euro zone
countries agree to change the capital key for the permanent
bailout fund, EU sources said.
                                
 [ID:nLDE72E28Q] related news [RTRS-EZC-CEEU-EZ-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK FINMIN ON PROPOSALS FOR CRISIS FUND RULES
                                
 European Union finance ministers discussed efforts to
resolve the year-long debt crisis on Tuesday.
                                
 For highlights of their comments [ID:nLDE72E0OK]
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS OPEN REGISTRY TO BLOCK SUSPECT CO2 CREDITS
                                
 Slovakia has opened a registry to block transactions in
carbon credits which may have been stolen or used in other
fraudulent activity, the Bratislava Commodity Exchange said on
Tuesday.
                                
 [ID:nLDE72E1Y1] related news [RTRS-ENV-CO2-EXCA-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 ITALY'S ENEL TO PRESS AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR PLANS
                                
 Enel SpA <ENEI.MI> will press ahead with its nuclear power
generation plans as it readies to invest 31 billion euros ($43.2
billion) in five years to help diversify its fuel mix, the
Italian utility said on Tuesday.
                                
 [ID:nLDE72D2H7] related news [RTRS-ELG-NGS-NUC-ELEU-LEN]
                                
 
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 BUSINESS SENTIMENT EDGES DOWN
                                
 Business sentiment edged down by 0.39 percent on the quarter
in the last three months of 2010 to 91.5 points, suffering from
rising inflation, hikes in the value added and excise tax, and a
spike in oil on other commodity prices, the Slovak Business
Alliance said.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
 MOCHOVCE WILL BE FINISHED ON TIME
                                
 The building of the third and fourth block at Enel's
<ENEI.MI> Slovak nuclear power plant Mochovce will be finished
in 2012 and 2013 respectively as planned, ENEL's CEO Fulvio
Conti said.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 14
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Petra Kovacova and Martin Santa in Bratislava)