Slovakia - Factors To Watch on July 6

                                
 BRATISLAVA, July 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 BOND AUCTION
                                
 The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity management Agency
will auction 2-year, zero-coupon, state bonds.
                                
 
                                
 PM SEES 2009 FISCAL GAP AROUND 6 PCT GDP
                                
 Slovakia's public finance deficit will be around 6 percent
of gross domestic product this year, three times as much as
originally planned due to shrinking budget revenues, Prime
Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday.
                                
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 2009 GRAIN CROP SEEN DOWN 17.4 PCT Y/Y
                                
 Slovakia expects a 17.4 percent annual fall in the total
grain harvest this year, the Slovak Statistics Office said in
its regular crop estimate on Friday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 FICO ON SLOTA'S WEALTH
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico said his coalition partner Jan
Slota has enriched himself in politics, adding he thinks the
same about former Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda and former
Finance Minister Ivan Miklos. Slota has accused unnamed foreign
secret service of conspiring against him.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 FICO ON EMISSIONS
                                
 Fico said the government was ready to cancel the contract
with Interblue Group which gave the little-known company rights
to sell Slovakia's excess carbon emission rights if there is an
evidence of wrongdoing.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 KIA SLOVAKIA PROFIT UP
                                
 Kia Motors Slovakia, the factory of South Korean car group
Kia Motors Corp <000270.KS>, said its net profit rose by 70
percent on the year to 49.9 million euro, while revenues
increased by 24 percent to 2.2 billion euro.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES RISE ON SCRAP SCHEMES
                                
 Car retailers sold 10,372 vehicles in June, up from 8,678 in
the same period last year, registering the best monthly figure
in the past four years. Retailers benefited from introduction of
the scrap subsidy on old cars.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 BANKRUPTCIES TO RISE
                                
 The number of bankruptcy and restructuring cases in Slovakia
is expected to rise by 55 percent this year and affect up to 900
businesses, Euler Hermes forecast showed.
                                
 Sme, page 8
                                
 
                                
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