Slovakia - Factors To Watch on June 14

                                
 BRATISLAVA, June 14 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 BOND AUCTION
                                
 The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) will auction six-year, 3.5 percent-coupon state bonds.
Fourth tranche of the paper.
                                
 
                                
 SAS NEWS CONFERENCE ON PLANS
                                
 The liberal right-wing Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), which
will be the third strongest in the parliament, based on June 12
election result, will hold a news conference on its plans,
agenda.
                                
 
                                
 PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC MEETS PM FICO
                                
 President Ivan Gasparovic was expected to meet with Prime
Minister Robert Fico and ask him to try to form a government,
following SMER's victory in Saturday's election. Fico's chances
were slim as centre-right parties won majority.
                                
 
                                
 RIGHT WINS VOTE, SET TO OUST LEFTIST PM
                                
 Centre-right parties won a majority in Slovakia's election
at the weekend and looked set to oust Prime Minister Robert Fico
with a coalition focused on cutting the budget gap and mending
ties with neighbour Hungary.
                                
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 PM FICO SAYS WANTS TO TRY TO FORM GOVT
                                
 Slovak leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday he
would try to form a new cabinet despite election results showing
centre-right opposition parties had won a majority in
parliament.
                                
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 PRESIDENT WANTS PM FICO TO TRY TO FORM GOVT
                                
 Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said on Sunday he wanted
Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose leftist party SMER won the
most votes in a general election on Saturday, to try to form a
new government.
                                
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 KEY POLITICAL RISKS TO WATCH AFTER SLOVAK ELECTION
                                
 A group of four Slovak centre-right opposition parties began
talks to create a ruling coalition on Sunday to replace leftist
Prime Minister Robert Fico after they won a majority in a
parliamentary election.
                                
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 SLOVAK VOTE GOOD FOR HUNGARY AND BUDGET ISSUES
                                
 Slovak voters' decision to boot out Prime Minister Robert
Fico's centre-left cabinet could help to improve relations with
neighbouring Hungary and restart economic reforms that made the
country an investor's darling.
                                
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 APRIL TRADE SURPLUS BEATS EXPECTATIONS
                                
 Slovak foreign trade balance showed a much bigger than
expected a surplus of 340.5 million euros in April, compared
with a revised 197.2 million euro surplus in March, the
Statistics Office said on Friday.
                                
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 CENTRE-RIGHT STARTS NEGOTIATIONS, REJECTS FICO
                                
 Four centre-right parties, seen oustin Prime Minister Robert
Fico cabinet after winning majority Saturday's election, have
started negotiations aimed to seal a coalition deal. All
rejected talks with Fico, who will try to form the cabinet as
the first one.
                                
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