Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 2

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 2 (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
(ARDAL) to auction 4-year, 5.3 percent state bonds.
                                
 
                                
 INFLATION SLOWS, POST-EURO ENTRY RISE ABSENT
                                
 Slovakia's annual inflation slowed for the fourth month in a
row and hit a 13-month low in January as any risk of price jumps
after euro adoption at the start of the year was countered by
the global economic downturn.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA APPROVES 33 MLN EURO CAR SALES SUBSIDY
                                
 The Slovak government will spend 33 million euros to
subsidise sales of new cars as part its effort to ease the pain
of economic crisis by boosting domestic demand, Prime Minister
Robert Fico said on Friday.
                                
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 POLISH MOUNTAINS A BARGAIN BASEMENT FOR SLOVAKS
                                
 The euro may be the shelter Poland's government seeks from
eastern Europe's currency storm, but residents here are basking
in the zloty's weakness.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
                                
 State's nuclear association (JAVYS) said prefer Slovak
companies as contractors for the new planned nuclear power plant
in Jaslovske Bohunice worth up to 6 billion euros. Slovaks
negotiate with Czech utility CEZ as key partner of the project.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 ELETRONIC TOLL
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico called for disclosure of details
of the 852 million euro ($1.08 billion) electronic toll contract
won by a consortium led Spanish operator Abertis French unit
Sanef. Slovak Highway Company rejected to publish the deal.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 SLOVNAFT'S NET PROFIT NOSEDIVES
                                
 Slovak refinery's Slovnaft <SNFT.BV>, unit of Hungary's
utility MOL <MOLB.BU>, net profit dropped by 90 percent to 25.8
million euro in 2008, hit by drop in world's oil prices, swings
in foreign exchange rate and petrochemicals products' prices.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 WHIRLPOOL CUTS JOBS
                                
 Appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. <WHR.N> will cut 130 jobs at
its Slovak site due to falling foreign demand.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 FISCAL DISCIPLINE
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico reiterated government reluctance
to boost fiscal deficit above 3 percent of GDP, despite slowing
economy adding he was ready to cut state's spending.
                                
 Pravda, page 36
                                
 
                                
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