Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 9

    Here are news stories, press 
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial 
markets on Tuesday. 
     
    C.BANK TO HOLD REGULAR 2-WK REPO TENDER 
    The central bank will hold a regular two-week repo tender to 
drain liquidity from the money market. 
     
    SLOVAKIA SAYS DRUZHBA FLOW HALTED COMPLETELY 
    Oil flow through the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia from 
Russia was halted, as expected, on Monday evening amid a dispute 
between Moscow and Belarus, oil pipeline operator Transpetrol 
said. 
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    C. BANK SEEN FIGHTING TO BUY TIME FOR CROWN 
    Slovakia's central bank looks determined to cap its 
currency's record-breaking rise, but in the long run it may have 
no choice but to revalue the crown's peg to the euro. 
    [nL08802546] [RTRS-FRX-INT-SK] 
     
    PM SAYS ENEL'S DEAL ON HYDRO PLANT INVALID 
    The Slovak government wants to cancel a contract under which 
a unit of Italy's utility Enel  uses the country's 
largest hydro power plant at Gabcikovo, Prime Minister Robert 
Fico said on Monday. 
    [nL08858600] [RTRS-ENG-EMRG-EUROPE-SK] 
     
    DEMAND FOR SLOVAK 5-YR STATE BOND STRONG 
    Slovakia sold 12.456 billion crowns ($470.2 million) worth 
of 5-year, zero-coupon state bonds  in an auction 
on Monday, the Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management 
Agency (ARDAL) said. 
    [nL08818985] [RTRS-DBT-INT-GVD-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    SLOVAKS EYE FDI WORTH SKK 20 BLN - ECONMIN 
    Slovakia's Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said talks on 
four big foreign direct investments worth 20 billion crown 
($755.3 million), including the already announced new Samsung 
investment, were in the final phase. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 13 
     
    UNEMPLOYMENT KEY PROBLEM 
    Slovaks consider unemployment and their economic situation 
as the country's two key problems, an opinion poll conducted by 
the Eurobarometer showed. 
     
    CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS INTRAPARTY CONTEST 
    The chairman of Christian Democrats, Pavol Hrusovsky, and 
ex-Interior Minister Vladimir Palko are expected to compete for 
the party leadership. 
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