Slovakia - Factors To Watch on April 28

                                
 BRATISLAVA, April 28 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN COMMISSION FORECASTS
                                
 The European Commission will publish its economic forecasts,
1145 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SONY PLANT OPENING
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico and Sony Europe President, Fujio
Nishida, will attend opening of a new Sony factory near the
western Slovak town of Nitra.
                                
 
                                
 MARCH PRODUCER PRICES
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish March producer prices
data, 0700 GMT. Analyst forecast producer price inflation of 0.2
percent month-on-month and 5.3 percent year-on-year in March.
                                
 
                                
 BOND AUCTION
                                
 The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
will auction a 2-year, zero-coupon state bond.
                                
 
                                
 PM SAYS WANTS STRONG EURO ENTRY FX RATE
                                
 The Slovak government will seek to negotiate as strong a
conversion rate for the planned 2009 euro adoption as possible,
Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday.
                                
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 MEDIA BILL SIGNED INTO LAW, PRESS CRY FOUL
                                
 Slovakia's president signed a disputed media bill into law
on Friday, ignoring an outcry by publishers and rights groups
who say it undercuts press freedom and backslides on the EU
newcomer's democratic commitments.
                                
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 CBANK FOREX RESERVES RISE TO $20.14 BLN
                                
 The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
edged up to $20.144 billion as of April 23, from $20.116 billion
on April 16, the bank said on Friday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 EURO ADOPTION
                                
 Latvia's central bank has criticised rhetoric questioning
sustainability of Slovak inflation ahead of the May 7 European
Commission convergence report. Media have reported the European
Central Bank has serious concerns about Slovak inflation
outlook.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 NATIONAL MEMORY INSTITUTE
                                
 The far-right Slovak National Party and the HZDS party of
former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar, both junior government
members, seek abolition of the National Memory Institute. The
institute has been publishing files of former agents and
collaborators of the communist secret service StB.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
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