BRATISLAVA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
NOVEMBER INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
The Statistics Office will release November industrial
output data, 0800 GMT. Analysts had expected industrial output
to have risen by 15.3 percent on an annual basis in November.
NOVEMBER CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT
The Statistics Office will release November construction
output data, 0800 GMT.
CZECH PRESIDENT VISITS SLOVAKIA
Czech President Vaclav Klaus begins a two-day visit to
Slovakia. Meetings with his Slovak counterpart Ivan Gasparovic
and PM Robert Fico are on the agenda.
FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
Foreign Minister Jan Kubis holds a news conference on
Slovakia's foreign policy priorities in 2008, 1030 GMT.
PROSECUTORS TO PROBE $2.7 BLN GAS FIRM SALE
Slovak prosecutors will probe the $2.7 billion sale of a
stake in gas monopoly SPP, the country's biggest ever
privatisation deal, done with western investors in 2002, the
government said on Wednesday.
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SIX INVESTORS EYE SLOVAK $2 BLN HIGHWAY TENDER
Six investors have expressed interest in building and
operating a Slovak highway worth at least 49.1 billion crowns
($2.16 billion) under a public-private partnership scheme, the
transport ministry said on Wednesday.
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PRESS DIGEST
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MEDIA BILL
The government of PM Robert Fico approved on Wednesday a new
media bill, designed to boost the state's influence on print
media.
Sme, page 1
EU FUNDS
Coalition leaders will debate supervision and management of
money coming from the European Union's structural funds, Prime
Minister Robert Fico said.
Sme, page 2
REAL ESTATE PRICES
A rise of real estate prices is expected to slow down in
2008. Analysts forecast prices will reach a peak or subside
after the euro is adopted in 2009.
Pravda, page 14
FOOD, FUEL PRICES
Prime Minister Robert Fico asked the finance ministry to
draft an analysis on the government's options to influence food
and fuel prices, which are driving inflation ahead of the spring
assessment of the country's euro readiness.
Pravda, page 19
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