Hungary, Factors to watch, Nov 4
BUDAPEST, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in Hungary and the region, as well as news stories and press reports which may influence financial markets.
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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HUNGARY (ALL TIMES GMT)
BUDAPEST - Central bank non rate setting meeting (1300)
BUDAPEST - 3month Treasury bill auction (1030)
BUDAPEST - Parliament session from 0800 GMT
IN THE REGION
ROMANIA - Romania's central bank holds rate-setting meeting at which is expected to further cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a new record low of 2.75 percent.
IN THE NEWS REUTERS
CEE MARKETS 2-CURRENCIES STEADY AFTER SOLID PMI DATA, BUDAPEST STOCKS FALL
BUDAPEST, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Central European currencies mostly held steady on Monday thanks to manufacturing data that pointed to economic growth in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, although the latter's markets stayed under pressure due to government plans.
HUNGARY'S GAS STORES 70 PCT FULL, SAYS WON'T FACE SUPPLY PROBLEMS
ZSANA, Hungary, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Hungary will not face gas supply problems this winter as stores are close to 70 percent full, containing about 4.3 billion cubic metres of gas, executives of state-owned energy group MVM said on Monday.
WRAPUP 1-FACTORY OUTPUT SHOWS CENTRAL EUROPE RESILIENT AMID RUSSIA SANCTIONS
WARSAW, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Manufacturing in Poland, ex-communist central Europe's largest economy, returned to growth in October, starting to catch up with stronger expansion in the Czech Republic and Hungary in a sign of regional robustness in the face of Russian sanctions.
RTL TO LOOK AT HUNGARY FOR POTENTIAL WRITE-DOWN BY YEAR-END
FRANKFURT, Nov 3 (Reuters) - European broadcaster RTL Group RRTL.DE will evaluate its Hungarian unit at the end of this year and decide whether it will need to revalue the business due to the country's advertising tax, co-Chief Executive Guillaume de Posch said on Monday.
WASHINGTON TRIES TO CHECK HUNGARY'S DRIFT INTO KREMLIN ORBIT
The United States is mounting a diplomatic offensive to stop Hungary selling a stake in a Croatian energy firm to Russia, part of what Western powers see as Budapest's dangerous drift into Moscow's orbit.
HUNGARY'S ORBAN PUTS INTERNET TAX ON HOLD AFTER HUGE PROTESTS
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban froze plans on Friday to impose a tax on Internet traffic, climbing down in the face of massive street protests and warnings from the European Union that the levy was a mistake.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than)
