Slovakia - Factors To Watch on April 1

                                
 BRATISLAVA, April 1 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 STATE BUDGET
                                
 The finance ministry will publish January-March central
state budget data.
                                
 
                                
 PARLIAMENT SESSION
                                
 The parliament continues its regular monthly session at 0700
GMT. Deputies are expected to debate a controversial media bil
draft later this week.
                                
 
                                
 REPO TENDER
                                
 The central bank will hold regular two-week repo tender.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS START TENDER FOR 4TH MOBILE NETWORK
                                
 Slovakia launched on Monday an international tender for the
fourth mobile network operating licence designed mainly for
high-speed Internet services, the state Telecommunication Office
said.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 1.9 BLN WORTH OF 3-YR BOND
                                
 Slovakia sold 1.888 billion crowns ($91.29 million) worth of
3-year, zero-coupon state bonds in an auction on Monday, the
Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency said.
                                
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 MP SEES CROWN SWITCHOVER RATE AROUND 32/EUR
                                
 The conversion rate for Slovakia's planned euro zone entry
next year could be around 32 crowns per euro, a senior deputy in
the ruling coalition has suggested, according to a newspaper
report on Monday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 LISBON TREATY
                                
 The government of Robert Fico might find the necessary
three-fifths majority in parliament for a successful approval of
the European Union's Lisbon Treaty as some opposition deputies
from the ethnic Hungarian party have signaled they may support
the cabinet.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 VUB OPERATING PROFIT
                                
 Operating profit of VUB Bank, the Slovak unit of Italy's
Intesa SanPaolo <ISP.MI>, rose by 15 percent to 6.1 billion
crowns ($295 million) last year, as mortgage take-up rose by
almost 50 percent on the year to 51.3 billion crowns.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 EURO BANK NOTES
                                
 The Slovak central bank will borrow 188 million euro bank
notes worth more than 7 billion euros, pre-stocking  ahead of
the planned euro adoption in 2009.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 MEDIA BILL
                                
 South-East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) joined critics
of the controversial media bill, saying the government's
unwillingness to adjust is draft law confirms a desire to
control the media and journalists.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
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