Slovakia - Factors To Watch on June 12

                                
 BRATISLAVA, June 12 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 
                                
 PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS
                                
 Private pension funds will hold a news conference to comment
on the Social Ministry's information campaign about the system.
                                
 
                                
 TRADE SURPLUS JUMPS AS IMPORTS COLLAPSE
                                
 Slovakia's foreign trade showed a surprising surplus in
April, but the good headline figure was obscured by an import
slump that pointed to a sharp decline in investment activity.
                                
 [ID:nLB530248] [RTRS-TRD-ECI-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 ENEL'S SLOVAK UNIT EYES $700 MILLION FINANCING
                                
 Slovenske Elektrarne, the Slovak unit of Italy's Enel
<ENEI.MI>, will seek 500 million euros ($702 million) of
external financing to co-fund the construction of its 2.7
billion euro nuclear power plant, the company said on Thursday.
                                
 [ID:nLB201172] [RTRS-ELEU-ELG-UTIL-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 MAY CPI ABOVE FORECASTS
                                
 Slovak consumer prices rose by 0.2 percent month-on-month in
May, above market expectations of stagnation, putting the annual
headline inflation rate at a near four-year low of 2.2 percent,
the Statistics Office said on Thursday.
                                
 [ID:nLB35328] [RTRS-MCE-ECI-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 CORPORATE ON SUMMER HOLIDAYS
                                
 Volkswagen <VOWG.DE> Slovakia, Samsung Electronic
<005930.KS> Slovakia said will hold two-week summer holiday as
scheduled, with analysts saying there shouldn't have a major
impact on economy.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 CO2 DEAL DENTS SLOVAKIA'S REPUTATION
                                
 Government of Prime Minister Robert Fico Slovakia, which
seeks post of the Energy Commissioner in the next European
Commission, could face problems due to an controversial sale of
Kyoto Carbon Credits, media reported.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 UTILITY PRICES
                                
 State Energy Regulator (URSO) said expected gas and
electricity prices for households to fall. Gas prices should
drop significantly in September, but URSO decline to comment on
the size of the drop.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
                                
 
                                
 JOBS AT RISK
                                
 Economy ministry said some 20,000 jobs in Slovakia were at
risk due to impact of the global downturn on country's slowing
economy.
                                
 Pravda, page 50
                                
 
                                
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