Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 31

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 31 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
STATE BOND AUCTION
                                
 The government's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency will
auction 3-year, zero-coupon state bonds.
                                
 
                                
 FICO IN ORAVA
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will make a trip to the northern
Slovak region of Orava.
                                
 
                                
 EURO EXHIBITION
                                
 Central bank Vice-governor Viliam Ostrozlik will attend an
exhibition of euro banknotes, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 PM WANTS EU TREATY VOTE, EVEN WITHOUT DEAL
                                
 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday he wanted
parliament to vote on the EU reform treaty, even without a deal
with the opposition which has been blocking ratification of the
text for two months.
                                
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 FEB PPI SURPRISES, HITTING 14-MONTH HIGH
                                
 Slovak producer prices rose much faster than expected in
February due to a surge in energy costs, data showed on Friday,
highlighting the central bank's policy dilemma in the run-up to
planned euro adoption.
                                
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 CBANK FOREX RESERVES DROP TO $19.8 BLN
                                
 The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
dropped to $19.830 billion as of March 26 from $20.118 billion
on March 18, the bank said on Friday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 MEDIA BILL
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico said the disputed draft media law
forcing newspapers to print reply to stories even if the
published information were true was well-defined and that he
expected no further major changes in it. The parliament is
expected to debate the bill later this week.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA VERSUS ENEL
                                
 Jan Slota, leader of a junior government party SNS, said
Italy's utility Enel <ENEI.MI> should pay up to 14 billion
crowns more for the 66 percent stake in the power firm Slovenske
Elektrarne it had acquired in 2006. Enel, however, expects
Slovakia to pay it 2.5 billion crowns back.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 EURO CONVERSION RATE
                                
 Jozef Burian, head of the parliamentary finance committee,
said he saw the crown's conversion rate against the euro at
around 32 crown per euro.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 10
                                
 
                                
 IBM CENTRAL EUROPE HUB
                                
 International Business Machines Corp <IBM.N> is considering
relocating its centre for central Europe from Austria's Vienna
to Slovak capital Bratislava.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 19
                                
 
                                
 TESCO STORES
                                
 Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco <TSCO.L>, said it would
add some 15 stores to its chain in Slovakia this year.
                                
 Pravda, page 29
                                
 
                                
 POSTAL INVESTMENT
                                
 The state-run Slovak Post said it planned to invest 345
million crowns ($16.70 million) this year in modernisation and
construction of buildings.
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
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