Slovakia - Factors To Watch on April 28

                                
 BRATISLAVA, April 28 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN POLICY
                                
 President Ivan Gasparovic and Prime Minister Robert Fico
will address a conference on Slovakia's foreign policy, 0700
GMT.
                                
 
                                
 CURRENT ACCOUNT
                                
 The central bank is expected to publish Jan-Feb current
account data.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO SEES GDP CONTRACTION
                                
 The Slovak government's pessimistic scenario sees economy
shrinking by 1 percent this year, which would boost the fiscal
deficit well above the limit set by the European Union, a
document showed on Monday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA PICKS HSBC, SOCGEN TO MANAGE FOREIGN BOND
                                
 Slovakia has selected HSBC <HSBA.L> and Societe Generale CIB
<SOGN.PA> as the joint lead managers for a new benchmark foreign
bond issue, the country's debt agency said on Monday.
                                
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 SLOVAKS SAY 'NO' TO ALL BIDS IN LONG-TERM BOND SALE
                                
 Slovakia rejected all bids in an auction of 17-year state
bonds on Monday, the first such move since it entered the euro
zone in January., and said it may suspend sales of the paper
until financial crisis subsides.
                                
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 EU PROBES POLISH, SLOVAK TELECOM INCUMBENTS
                                
 The European Commission said on Monday it had launched two
separate investigations against the incumbent Polish and Slovak
telecom operators on suspicions of abusive behaviour in their
broadband Internet markets. 
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 SLOVAKIA PREPARED FOR SWINE FLU
                                
 Slovak officials have asked citizens to reconsider their
travel plans to Mexico and the United States due to swine flu
risks. Healthcare Minister Richard Rasi said the country was
prepared to handle the illness. Dozens of Slovaks are currently
in Mexico on holiday.
                                
 Sme, page 3
                                
 
                                
 HIGHWAY TROUBLES
                                
 Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny said on Monday the economic
crisis was complicating financing of highway construction and
has delayed several projects because of tighter lending
practices.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 TRANSPETROL CASE
                                
 Attorney General Dobroslav Trnka has filed a motion to the
Highest Court to challenge a claim by private entrepreneur Ignac
Ilcisin for a 34 percent stake in the oil pipeline operator
Transpetrol.
                                
 Sme, page 6 
                                
 
                                
 CAR OUTLOOK WORSENS
                                
 Car production in Slovakia could fall by 21 percent this
yuear due to global economic downturn, the finance ministry
estimates. Some 450,000 vehicles are expected to made in
Slovakia, compared with the estimates of more than 620,000 units
from before the crisis.
                                
 Pravda, page 34
                                
 
                                
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