Hungary, Factors to watch, April 26

Philip Morris CR as

26/04/2019 07:01

BUDAPEST, April 26 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events
in Hungary and the region, as well as news stories which may
influence financial markets.
    (For any queries: Budapest editorial +36 1 882 3606)
    
    WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HUNGARY (ALL TIMES GMT)
    BUDAPEST - MKB Bank to present 2018 results (0900)
    
    IN THE REGION
    CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech cigarette maker Philip Morris CR
 TABK.PR  to hold annual general meeting.    
    
    IN THE NEWS, REUTERS
    POLL-Hungarian interest rates seen rising slowly, no change
on April 30
    Analysts expect Hungary's central bank to leave interest
rates unchanged at its meeting on April 30, but a slow rise in
interbank interest rates may continue this year and next, a
Reuters poll of analysts showed on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2275ZZ
    
    TABLE-Hungary sells more bonds than planned, yields rise
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZYN4WKD00  HUAUCTION02   HUAUCTION03 
    
    CEE MARKETS-Oil stocks reverse gains, Poland halts Russian
oil imports 
    Shares of oil groups PKN Orlen PKN.WA and MOL MOLB.BU
dragged stock indexes in Warsaw and Budapest lower on Thursday
after Poland and Germany suspended imports of Russian crude via
a major pipeline, citing poor quality.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N22738Y
    
    Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to talk on polluted
Russian oil
    Representatives of Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine will
meet on Friday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to discuss how
to solve the problem of polluted Russian oil, Poland's pipeline
operator PERN said on Thursday night.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2280PJ 
    
    Putin: nothing wrong with us giving passports to east
Ukraine residents
    Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was
nothing wrong with easing rules for residents of Ukrainian rebel
regions to receive Russian passports, a decision that prompted
condemnation and calls for more sanctions against Moscow.
Speaking to reporters at the end of a summit with North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un, Putin said Poland, Romania and Hungary grant
citizenship to their ethnic kin outside their borders and he saw
no reason why Russia could not do the same.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2273TF 


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