Slovakia - Factors To Watch on April 5

                                
 BRATISLAVA, April 5 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 TELEFONICA ON SLOVAK MARKET
                                
 Slovak unit of Spanish telecommunication services provider
Telefonica O2 <TEF.MC> will hold a news conference about
situation on Slovak market.
                                
 
                                
 PARLIAMENT ON OPERATORS' LICENSE EXTENSION
                                
 The parliament is expected to debate a fee for an extention
of licenses for Slovak units of Deutsche Telekom <DTEGn.DE>,
T-Mobile Slovensko and unit of France Telecom <FTE.PA>, Orange
Slovensko.
                                
 
                                
 TRANSPORT MINISTER ON ROAD-TOLL SYSTEM
                                
 Transport minister Jan Figel will address a business forum
on the country's road-toll system, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS TO TAP 2020 BONDS VIA SYNDICATION IN Q2
                                
 Slovakia will likely tap a state bond due 2020 via
syndication in the second quarter, expecting to sell around 1
billion euros ($1.42 billion) worth of the paper, the debt
agency said on Monday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA SELLS EUR 236.5 MLN IN 3-YR BONDS  
                                
 Slovakia sold 236.5 million euros ($336.4 million) worth of
three-year, zero-coupon state bonds in an auction on Monday, the
finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL)
said.
                                
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 KEY POLITICAL RISKS TO WATCH IN SLOVAKIA
                                
 The Slovak ruling coalition's majority shrank in February
after a junior government party ousted one of its deputies for
voting with the opposition.
                                
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 INTESA'S SLOVAK UNIT TO PAY 59.7 MLN EUR DIVIDEND
                                
 Slovak bank Vseobecna Uverova Banka (VUB) <1VUB02AE.BV>, a
unit of Italy's Intesa SanPaolo <ISP.MI>, will pay 59.7 million
euros in dividend from 2010 profit, VUB said in a statement on
Monday.
                                
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 COALITION OUTLINES TAX AND PAYROLL REFORM
                                
 Leaders of the ruling coalition agreed on an outline of the
tax and payroll system changes, designed to make it more simple,
transparent and lower administration burden for employees and
businesses. Businesses, unions and ministries will now comment
on proposed drafts.
                                
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 (Compiled by Petra Kovacova and Martin Santa in Bratislava)