Slovakia - Factors To Watch on April 20

                                
 BRATISLAVA, April 20 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 SRAMKO ON EURO ADOPTION
                                
 Central bank Governor and member of the ECB's Governing
Council, Ivan Sramko, to speak on Slovakia's euro adoption, 1200
GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVENIA'S PM
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will meet his Slovenia's
counterpart Borut Pahor during his visit to Slovakia, 1215 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 EU OPENS LEGAL PROBE INTO SLOVAKIA TENDER
                                
 The European Commission has begun legal procedures against
Slovakia over a 120 million euro tender related to handling
European Union funds, the commission's office in Bratislava said
on Friday.
                                
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 INVESTORS URGE SLOVAKIA TO CUT TAXES, MAKE REFORMS
                                
 Foreign companies say the Slovak government needs to cut
taxes, improve law enforcement and overhaul the education system
for the country to remain an attractive investment location, a
survey showed on Friday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 FINMIN SEES LIMITED ROOM FOR SAVINGS
                                
 Finance Minister Jan Pociatek said he saw little room for
more savings in the state budget. He said the ministry would
publish its updated economic forecasts in June.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 TRANSPETROL STAKE 
                                
 Slovakia concluded the buy-back of the 49 percent stake in
oil pipeline operator Transpetrol from the stricken Russian oil
giant YOUKOS on Friday, paying $240 million for the stake.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
 TRANSPETROL SHAREHOLDERS
                                
 Slovak enterpreneur Ignac Ilcisin claims to own a 34-percent
stake in Transpetrol, saying the claim was based on several
court rulings. Government has rebuffed Ilcisin's claim.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
 VOLKSWAGEN TO RESTART PRODUCTION
                                
 The Slovak factory of Germany's car group Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE> will restart production on Monday after a two-week
halt, the factory's Head of the unions Zoroslav Smolinsky said.
                                
 Pravda, page 45
                                
 
                                
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