Slovakia - Factors To Watch on June 17

                                
 BRATISLAVA, June 17 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 COALITION MEETING
                                
 Leaders of the three ruling coalition parties will hold a
meeting to debate current political issues, 0700 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 C.BANK REPO TENDER
                                
 The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender.
                                
 
                                
 INFLATION HITS 20-MO HIGH, PEAK IN SIGHT
                                
 Slovakia's annual inflation hit a 20-month high in May on a
food price jump. Analysts see price growth peaking by autumn.
                                
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 ENEL BOOSTS SLOVAK MOCHOVCE NUCLEAR PLANT CAPACITY
                                
 Italy's utility Enel <ENEI.MI> has boosted the installed
capacity at Slovakia's nuclear power plant Mochovce by seven
percent to ease the country's electricity import needs.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 TRADING INVESTIGATION
                                
 The central bank will start an investigation of an alleged
leak of information which triggered unusual massive buying of
the Slovak crown on the market hours before the revaluation of
the currency's central parity on May 28.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 HIGHER GAS PRICES
                                
 Gas prices for households could jump between 10 and 20
percent in autumn due to record high oil prices, said an
official at gas firm Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel.
                                
 Pravda, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA-HUNGARY TENSIONS
                                
 Tensions between Slovakia and Hungary, based on political
rhetoric and discrepancies on both sides, continue as Hungary's
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany did not comment on invitation
from Prime Minister Robert Fico for a visit.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 FUEL PRICES
                                
 Fuel prices are expected to rise by 0.4 crown ($0.02) per
liter. Diesel prices will exceed the 44 crown/litre mark for the
first time ever.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 INFLATION CRITERION
                                
 Slovakia has continued to meet the Maastricht inflation
criterion, as the 12-month average annual inflation was 2.6
percent in May, well below the threshold of 3.6 percent.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 SELECTED FOOD PRICES FREEZE
                                
 The agriculture ministry aims to freeze 20 basic food items,
including beef and pork prices, milk, butter, eggs, flavor,
apples, potatoes and crystal sugar after the euro adoption next
January. The government needs to debate such measure.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
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