Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 29

                                
  BRATISLAVA, March 29 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 TREASURY BILLS AUCTION
                                
 The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) will auction 294-day treasury bills.
                                
 
                                
 PM FICO TO VISIT MOCHOVCE
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will visit nuclear power plant
Mochovce to inspect construction works on the 3rd and 4th block.
                                
 
                                
 BRATISLAVA EXCHANGE
                                
 Bratislava Exchange will hold a conference on Slovakia's
capital&equity market - current situation, outlook, plans. 
                                
 
                                
 PM'S PARTY WIDENS POLL LEAD AS ELECTION NEARS
                                
 Support for Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's left-wing
SMER rose in an opinion poll on Friday, widening the lead over
right-wing rivals ahead of a June general election.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA LIKELY TO AXE APRIL 1 BOND AUCTION
                                
 Slovakia will likely not hold an auction of government bonds
scheduled for April 1 not to clog the market ahead of a planned
syndicated bond issue, the country's debt agency said on Friday.
                                
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 MIDDLE-CLASS, FAMILY IN SLOVAK RIGHT-WING SPOTLIGHT
                                
 The strongest opposition party SDKU, of ex-Prime Minister
Mikulas Dzurinda, has picked support of the middle-class and
young families, better law enforcement and less corrupt legal
system, fight against rising jobless rate as key points of its
election agenda.
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http://hnonline.sk/ekonomika/c1-41989600-radicova-utoci-na-fica-jeho-zbranami
                                
 
                                
 VOLKSWAGEN SLOVAKIA ADDS THIRD SHIFT TO BOOST OUTPUT
                                
 Volkswagen Slovakia, unit of German car group Volkswagen,
will add a third working shift, starting Monday, to boost
production of its SUV models in reaction to increasing demand.
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http://hnonline.sk/podniky/c1-41989210-vw-slovakia-bude-pracovat-viac
                                
 
                                
 
                                
 SONY CONSIDERS TO SELL ITS SLOVAK UNIT
                                
 Japan's electronics giant Sony <6758.T> could sell its
assembly plant in Slovakia, as a part of restructuring plan,
Foxconn <2038.HK>, local media cited www.digitimes.com as
saying. Slovak unit neither confirmed, nor rejected the
information.
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http://hnonline.sk/podniky/c1-41989200-sony-je-na-predaj-kupcom-su-taiwanci
                                
 
                                
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