Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 15

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 15 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 FINMIN ON EURO DEBT CRISIS
                                
 Finance Minister Ivan Miklos will comment on outcomes of the
euro zone finance ministers' meeting, news conference 1300 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 VOLKSWAGEN SLOVAKIA 2010 OUTPUT UP ON SUV MODELS
                                
 The Slovakian unit of German automaker Volkswagen <VOWG.DE>
said its car production jumped 36.3 percent in 2010 on rising
demand for its SUV models in Germany and emerging markets.
                                
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 HONEYWELL, OTHERS TO INVEST IN SLOVAKIA -ECONMIN
                                
 Honeywell International Inc. <HON.N> will invest 38.3
million euros ($53.4 million) in Slovakia to build a
turbocharger plant, creating some 450 jobs, the economy ministry
said on Monday.
                                
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 SLOVAKS EYE FULL-SALE OF HEATING FIRMS, AIRPORT LEASE
                                
 Privatisation of full stakes in Slovakia's six biggest
state-run heating companies through international tenders would
be the most profitable option, a government analysis showed on
Monday.
                                
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 EUROPE SPLIT OVER NUCLEAR SAFETY AMID JAPAN CRISIS
                                
 Austria on Monday called for European nuclear power plants
to face stress tests to reassure people worried by the crisis in
Japan while Britain and France urged calm.
                                
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 SLOVAK JAN IND ORDERS -3.1 PCT M/M, UP +28.4 PCT Y/Y
                                
 Slovak new industrial orders rose by 28.4 percent
year-on-year in January, and dropped by 3.1 percent on the month
on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Statistics Office said on
Monday.
                                
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 RECORD CAR PRODUCTION EXPECTED
                                
 Slovak units of car makers Volkswagen <VOWG.DE>, Kia motors
<000270.KS> and Peugeot Citroen <PEUP.PA> plan to produce up to
620,000 vehicles this year, a record annual output to date.
Slovakia made 576,000 car in the pre-crisis year of 2008.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS IN JAPAN NOT RUSHING HOME
                                
 Slovaks living in Japan said will not rush back home to
Slovakia, but complained about lack of information about what's
happening.
                                
 Sme, page 3
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK AID FOR JAPAN READY
                                
 Slovakia has 250,000 euro ($348,500) ready for the hit Japan
and 25 rescue workers stood ready to leave immediately when
Japan says so, Prime Minister Iveta Radicova told a parliament's
committee.
                                
 Sme, page 4
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS ADVISED NOT TO TRAVEL TO JAPAN
                                
 The foreign ministry advised Slovaks not to travel to Japan
regions hit by the earthquake and tsunami and postpone, if
possible travel plans to other regions, including Tokyo.
                                
 Sme, page 4
                                
 
                                
 AIRPORT WILL CUT COST
                                
 Bratislava airport will cut the cost for the new terminal
construction by 7.7 million euros ($10.73 million) from total
41 million euros thanks to the renegotiation of the contracts
with investor.
                                
 Sme, page 12
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Martin Santa in Bratislava)