Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 23

                                
  BRATISLAVA, March 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 PM FICO TO ADDRESS PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will address the parliament's
committee for European affairs, 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 PM FICO MEETS U.S. INVESTORS
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will meet officials of the
American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia.
                                
 
                                
 SNS NEWS CONFERENCE
                                
 The far-right junior government party, the Slovak National
Party (SNS) will comment on current political issues.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS SELL EUR 239.5 MLN WORTH OF TWO-YEAR BONDS
                                
 Slovakia sold 239.5 million euros ($323.6 million) worth of
two-year, zero-coupon state bonds <SK270112212=> in an auction
on Monday, the finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management
Agency (ARDAL) said.
                                
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 PEUGEOT TO HALT OPS IN SLOVAKIA FOR 13 DAYS-PAPER
                                
 French car group PSA Peugeot Citroen <PEUP.PA> will suspend
production at its Slovak assembly plant for 13 days over the
coming three months due to a drop in demand, the daily
Hospodarske Noviny said on Monday.
                                
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 GERMANY'S E.ON OPENS BIOMASS PLANTS IN SLOVAKIA
                                
 German utility E.ON <EONGn.DE> said on Monday it has
switched on two new biomass power plants in Slovakia and expects
another two more to come online in the coming months.
                                
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 VW SLOVAKIA SIGNS WAGE DEAL WITH UNIONS
                                
 Volkswagen Slovakia, unit of Germany's car group Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE> said will hike wages of its 6,500 workers by 3
percent, and will pay a one-off payment of 215 euro in May.
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http://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/5296482/slovensky-volkswagen-vlani-vyrazne-znizil-cisty-zisk-aj-obrat.html
                                
 
                                
 VW SLOVAKIA NET PROFIT NOSEDIVES
                                
 Volkswagen Slovakia's net profit nosedived by 78.9 percent
to 75 million euro last year, down from 282 million euro in
2008. Car production fell by 43.6 percent to 106,000 units last
year, compared with 188,000 vehicles in 2008.
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http://hnonline.sk/podniky/c1-41600510-zisk-volkswagenu-klesol-o-styri-patiny
                                
 
                                
 
                                
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