Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 18

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    AUGUST JOBLESS DATA 
    The Labour Office will publish August jobless data. (0800 
GMT) 
     
    REPO TENDER 
    The central bank will hold a regular two-week repo tender to 
drain money market liquidity, by 1000 GMT. 
     
    PM FICO NEWS CONFERENCE 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico will hold a news conference after 
meeting the heads of regional authorities on their 2008 budgets. 
(0900 GMT) 
     
    SLOVAKIA REJECTS ALL BIDS IN 19-YR BOND AUCTION 
    The Slovak Finance Ministry rejected all bids in an auction 
of 19-year, 4.5 percent state bonds on Monday, the Debt and 
Liquidity Management Agency said. 
    [ID:nL17390778] [RTRS-GVD-DBT-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    SMER KEEPS LEAD IN POLL 
    The Smer party of Prime Minister Robert Fico maintained its 
popularity lead and registered 39.1 percent support in a 
Statistics Office opinion poll in August. Fico's coalition 
partner, the far-right Slovak National Party (SNS) was second in 
the poll, with 13.1 percent. 
    Sme, page 2 
     
    VIRTUAL MOBILE NETWORK 
    The private equity group Penta will postpone its entry in 
the Polish telecommunication market as a virtual mobile network 
services provider until the fourth quarter of 2007. Penta is 
also considering operating a virtual mobile phone network in 
Slovakia. 
    Sme, page 6 
     
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