Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 24

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 24 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 PM RADICOVA ON EU SUMMIT
                                
 Prime Minister Iveta Radicova will brief the parliament's
committee for European affairs about the upcoming summit of the
European Union leaders, 0700 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 QUESTION HOUR
                                
 Prime Minister Iveta Radicova and ministers will answer
deputies' queries during a regular question hour in the
parliament, 1300 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 KIA MOTORS 2010 RESULTS
                                
 Slovak unit of the South Korean car maker Kia Motors Corp
<000270.KS> will hold a news conference on its 2010 annual
report in northern Slovak town Zilina, 1030 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS TO SELL SLOVAK TELEKOM STAKE IN TENDER OR IPO
                                
 Slovakia will sell its minority stake in Slovak Telekom,
seen worth around 1 billion euro ($1.42 billion), in an
international tender or an initial public offering, Finance
Minister Ivan Miklos said on Wednesday.
                                
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 ECB'S MAKUCH SEES VERY HIGH CHANCE OF APRIL RATE RISE -MNI
                                
 There is a very high likelihood of a European Central Bank
interest rate increase next month, Governing Council member
Jozef Makuch was quoted as saying on Wednesday. 
                                
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 EU'S REHN SAYS FINLAND WON'T HOLD UP DEBT CRISIS DEAL
                                
 Finland will not choose "Slovakia's way" and hold up a deal
aimed at ending the euro zone crisis, European Monetary Affairs
Commissioner Olli Rehn was on Wednesday quoted as saying.
                                
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 RUSSIA'S NOMOS, ETALON LAUNCH LONDON IPO PLANS
                                
 Mid-size bank Nomos and real estate developer Etalon Group
launched London IPO plans on Wednesday, joining a queue of
Russian firms hoping to tap equity markets.
                                
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 PSA CUTS PRODUCTION AT SOME EUROPE SITES ON JAPAN
                                
 PSA Peugeot Citroen <PEUP.PA> said it has started to reduce
production at some European sites after Hitachi <6501.T>, which
supplies it with diesel engine components, was hurt by the Japan
earthquake disaster.
                                
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  Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONSK>
  Previous stories on Slovak data.............[SK-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
  Overview of economic data and forecasts.......... <SK/ECON04>
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 (Compiled by Petra Kovacova and Martin Santa in Bratislava)