Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Feb 6

    Here are news stories, press 
repors and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial 
markets on Tuesday. 
     
    REPO TENDER 
    The central bank will hold the regular two-week repo tender 
to drain crown liquidity from the money market. 
     
    PARLIAMENT SESSION 
    The parliament will resume its regular monthly session, 9 
a.m. (0800 GMT). 
     
    SHIFTING SLOVAK CROWN PARITY NOT URGENT-C.BANKER 
    Shifting the central parity rate of the Slovak crown in the 
ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism is not an urgent issue, central 
bank (NBS) Governor Ivan Sramko said on Monday. 
    [ID:nL05547454] [RTRS-FRX-EUR-SK] 
     
    SLOVAKIA MULLS BUILDING NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 
    Slovakia is considering the construction of a new nuclear 
power station to meet rising demand for power due to its rapid 
economic growth, economy ministry officials said on Monday. 
    [ID:nL05259333] [RTRS-ELG-NUC-EMRG-SK] 
     
    SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 13.80 BLN WORTH OF 3-YR BOND 
    Slovakia sold 13.80 billion crowns ($514.3 million) worth of 
3-year, zero-coupon state bonds in an auction on Monday, the 
Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency said. 
    [ID:nL05546571] [RTRS-DBT-GVD-SK] 
     
    CROWN UP WITH REGION, EYES REPO TENDER 
    The Slovak crown firmed against the euro as other central 
European currencies gained on Monday, and traders said further 
near-term trend would depend on the result of the central bank's 
repo tender on Tuesday. 
    [ID:nL05611188] [RTRS-MMT-FRX-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    FICO EYES CHINESE INVESTMENT 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico has presented Slovakia as a 
location for Chinese investors. The daily Sme reports that Fico 
had steered clear of human rights debate during the first day of 
his visit to China. 
    Sme, page 3 
     
    SAMSUNG TO LURE ADDITIONAL INVESTORS 
    The new plant of South Korean Samsung Electronics 
 in central Europe could lure five additional 
investment projects totalling 7 billion crowns ($260 million). 
Samsung is expected to decide on a location of its new LCD plant 
in the coming weeks. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    SLOVAK AIRLINES TO GO BANKRUPT 
    The Slovak Airlines will enter bankruptcy procedures after 
the majority shareholder, Austrian Airlines , pulled 
out from the airliner following a row with the Slovak government 
over the Slovak operator's debt. 
    Pravda, 8 
     
    United States and other Group of Seven countries, see 
. For a diary of forthcoming Slovak events, double 
click [SK/DIARY], and a calendar of east European economic 
indicators, see [CONV/DIARY]. 
     
    News editor of the day: Peter Laca on +421 2 5341 8402; fax: 
+421 2 5341 8403 
    E-mail: editorial@reuters.sk 
    Reuters Messaging: martin.dokoupil.reuters.com@reuters.net 
     
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 Slovak equities      [SK-E]  E.Europe equities           [.CEE] 
 Slovak money         [SK-M]  Czech debt                  [CZ-D] 
 Slovak Indicators  [SK-ECI]  Emerging forex          [EMRG/FRX] 
 Eastern European     [EEU]   All emerging markets        [EMRG] 
 Hot stocks           [HOT]   Stock markets                [STX] 
 Market debt news     [DBT]   Forex news                   [FRX] 
 TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets                         [TOP/EMRG] 
 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST] 
 
 ((Compiled by Martin Santa; Bratislava Newsroom; Email: 
editorial@reuters.sk; +421-2-5341-8402)) 
 ($1=26.92 Slovak Crown) 
  

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