Slovakia - Factors To Watch on April 21

                                
 BRATISLAVA, April 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories,
press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak
financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 ECB CONCERNED OVER SLOVAK INFLATION OUTLOOK
                                
 The European Central Bank (ECB) is seriously concerned about
the Slovak inflation outlook, Bloomberg News reported on Friday,
citing sources familiar with a draft ECB report on Slovakia's
application to adopt the euro next year.
                                
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 PM SAYS BALANCED BUDGET POSSIBLE IN 2010
                                
 The Slovak government may speed up fiscal deficit reduction
and have balanced public finances in 2010, one year earlier than
currently targeted, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday.
                                
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 MARCH JOBLESS RATE FALLS TO 7.6 PCT
                                
 Slovakia's unemployment rate fell to a record low of 7.59
percent last month from 7.84 percent in February, the Labour
Office said on Friday .
                                
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 CBANK FOREX RESERVES RISE TO $20.1 BLN
                                
 The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
rose to $20.116 billion as of April 16, from $20.010 billion on
April 9, the bank said on Friday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 EURO ADOPTION
                                
 Deputy Finance Minister Frantisek Palko has reiterated
Slovakia will meet all Maastricht criteria for euro adoption in
a sustainable manner.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
 SLOVNAFT DIVIDENDS
                                
 Slovak refinery Slovnaft <SNFT.BV>, a unit of Hungary's MOL
<MOLB.BU>, will pay 5.5 billion crowns ($268.2 million) in
dividends this year. The dividend payment equals to 267 crowns
per one share.
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
 SE INVESTMENTS
                                
 Slovenske Elektrarne, a unit of Italy's utility ENEL
<ENEI.MI>, said it would finance further investment projects
from its own resources. ENEL has pledged to finish the third and
fourth blocks at the nuclear power plant Mochovce.
                                
 Pravda, page 29
                                
 
                                
 EU TREATY DEAL
                                
 The ethnic Hungarian party SMK has negotiated with Prime
Minister Robert Fico's Smer party before the vote on the Lisbon
Treaty, former SMK leader, Bela Bugar, said. SMK Chairman Pal
Csaky denies making any deals with the government for supporting
the EU treaty.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
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