Romania - Factors to watch on May 31
BUCHAREST, May 31 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Thursday.
UNEMPLOYMENT
Romania's statistics board to release unemployment data for April.
DEBT ISSUANCE
Romanian debt managers may release issuance plans for June. In May, they sold 1.89 billion lei ($469.60 million) worth of leu currency bills and bonds.
TOP COURT
Romania's president must dismiss the chief anti-corruption prosecutor to resolve an institutional conflict with the government, the Constitutional Court said on Wednesday, in a ruling that leaves prosecutors vulnerable to political interference.
CEE MARKETS
Mild inflation figures weighed on the zloty and the leu fall amid fresh political uncertainty in Romania on Wednesday, while other central European units rebounded.
PUBLIC ACQUISITIONS
Romania's government has changed the public acquisitions bill through an emergency decree to reduce waiting times and make the system more efficient. The main changes would impose stricter terms for unsuccessful bidders who want to challenge tender results and it would shorten bids assessment times.
Critics have said the changes would make the system less transparent.
HOLZINDUSTRIE SCHWEIGHOFER
Romanian prosecutors said on Wednesday they are investigating an illegal logging and tax evasion case that involving wood processing firm Holzindustrie Schweighofer. The financial damages surpass 25 million euros.
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