BRATISLAVA, March 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Monday.
RETAIL SALES
The Statistics Office will publish January retail sales
data, 0800 GMT. Analysts had forecast retail sales to have risen
by 6.8 percent in January.
INDUSTRIAL WAGES
The Statistics Office will publish January industrial wages
data, 0800 GMT.
STATE BOND AUCTION
The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
will auction 6-year, 4.9 percent state bonds.
CZECH PRESIDENT VISIT
Czech President Vaclav Klaus visit Slovakia. Klaus will meet
Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic.
JAN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT BEATS FCAST
Slovak industrial output rose by a real 8.4 percent
year-on-year in January, accelerating from a revised annual 6.5
percent increase in December, the Slovak Statistics Office said
on Friday.
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JAN CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT +14.1 PCT Y/Y
Slovak construction output rose by a real 14.1 percent
year-on-year in January after a 1.2 percent annual decline in
December, the Statistics Office said on Friday.
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C.BANK FOREX RESERVES RISE TO $19.5 BLN
The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
edged up to $19.505 billion as of March 5, from $19.300 billion
a week ago, the bank said on Friday.
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PRESS DIGEST
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SAMSUNG EYES PRODUCTION BOOST
The Slovak unit of Samsung Electronics <005930.KS> said it
planned to boost production by 50 percent this year. The factory
made 10 million Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) televisions in
2007.
Pravda, page 27
VUB DIVIDEND
Vseobecna Uverova Banka (VUB), the Slovak unit of Italy's
Intesa SanPaolo SpA <ISP.MI>, said it would pay a dividend of
135 crowns ($6.40) per share. The divident payment will total
1.752 billion crowns ($83.03 million).
Pravda, page 26
COALITION MEETING
Leaders of the three ruling coalition parties will meet on
Wednesday to debate current political issues.
Pravda, page 4
HIGHER FUEL PRICES
Analysts expect fuel prices to rise further in Slovakia
because of the record-high world prices of oil.
Sme, page 1
SDKU QUARREL
The SDKU party of former Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has
expelled 14 members for public criticism of party leadership.
Sme, page 1
SLOTA ON EURO
Jan Slota, the leader of a junior government party SNS, has
toned down his anti-euro rhetoric, saying his party has never
put the planned 2009 euro adoption in doubt. Slota said last
week a debate on euro adoption was needed.
Sme, page 2
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vouch for their accuracy.
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