Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 22

...The Slovak Statistics Office will publish Eurostat report on 
budget and debt data between 2003 and 2007, 0900 GMT. 
     
    SE LOAN 
    Slovenske Elektrarne (SE), the dominant power firm owned by 
Italy's Enel , will sign a new loan. 
     
    POWER FIRM TO REVEAL RECORD LOAN MONDAY 
    Slovakia's dominant power firm Slovenske Elektrarne (SE), 
controlled by Italy's Enel , said on Friday it would 
reveal details of the country's largest ever corporate credit 
next week. 
    [ID:nL19857853] [RTRS-UTIL-ELG-SK] 
     
    CROWN NEAR 10-WK HIGH, EYES EUROSTAT, POLAND 
    The Slovak crown held near 10-week highs against the euro on 
Friday thanks to a positive mood on emerging markets, as 
investors awaited Polish elections and upcoming Eurostat 
comments on Slovakia. 
    [ID:nL19102554] [RTRS-MMT-FRX-SK] 
     
    CBANK FOREX RESERVES RISE TO $18.5 BLN 
    The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves 
edged up to $18.500 billion as of Oct. 17 from $18.342 billion a 
week ago, the bank said on Friday. 
    [ID:nL1977579] [RTRS-MMT-CEN-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    CROWN ERM-2 PARITY 
    Analysts expect the crown's parity rate in the ERM-2 
exchange rate mechanism to be revalued one more time before 
Slovakia enters the euro zone. Market watchers say the parity 
after the second revaluation would be the conversion rate at 
which the crown will be swapped for euros. 
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    MILK PRICES 
    The cost of milk products is rising and retail price growth 
is exceeding growth of producer prices, the agriculture ministry 
said. The ministry said retailers had hiked milk products prices 
by 20-30 percent, while producers lifted prices by 4.4 percent. 
    Sme, page 6 
     
    HEALTH CARE SECTOR 
    Vladimir Meciar, leader of HZDS party and a coalition 
partner of Prime Minister Robert Fico, said the ruling coalition 
would seek a way to limit profits of firms operating in the 
health care sector. 
    Sme, page 2 
     
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