Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Feb 13

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold a regular weekly meeting in the central
Slovak town of Brezno, 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 EURO CONFERENCE
                                
 Central Bank Vice-Governor, Viliam Ostrozlik, and the
government's representative for euro adoption, Igor Barat, will
address a conference on euro adoption in the eastern Slovak town
of Kosice.
                                
 
                                
 PARLIAMENTARY SESSION
                                
 The parliament will continue its regular monthly session,
0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA SAYS ON TRACK FOR EURO ZONE ENTRY
                                
 Slovakia said on Tuesday it is on track to adopt the euro in
2009 and should have no problem with inflation, as European
Union finance ministers urged the country to continue reforms to
ward off possible price surges.
                                
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 Q4 GDP GROWTH SEEN SLOWING ON WORSE TRADE
                                
 Slovak economic growth probably slowed in the fourth quarter
of 2007 due to worse trade balance, but the rise still remained
one of the highest in the European Union, a Reuters survey
showed on Tuesday.
                                
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 CROWN HITS 2-MO HIGH ON REVALUATION RUMOUR
                                
 The Slovak crown rose to a two-month high against the euro
on Tuesday on market rumours of a possible revaluation of the
currency's central parity rate within the Exchange Rate
Mechanism 2 (ERM-2), dealers said.
                                
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 CBANK DRAINS SKK 106 BLN IN REPO TENDER
                                
 The Slovak central bank (NBS) accepted all bids in its
regular two-week repo tender on Tuesday, draining 106.022
billion Slovak crowns ($4.65 billion) from the market, NBS data
showed.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 PENSION DISPUTE
                                
 People saving on their personal pension accounts are in
danger of being illegally transferred to the pay-as-you-go
system after the government approved a draft law allowing exit
from the private scheme without legally recognised signatures,
the opposition warns.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 IMMUNITY MOTION
                                
 The parliament rejected on Tuesday a proposal by its
Chairman Pavol Paska to narrow the immunity of deputies against
criminal charges.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 MEDIA LAW CHANGES
                                
 The ruling coalition will agree to change the media draft
law, criticised by international human rights and journalist
watchdogs, coalition members of parliament said.
                                
 Pravda, page 4
                                
 
                                
 RETIREMENT AGE
                                
 The government of Prime Minister Robert Fico is not planning
to follow the neighbouring Czech Republic and raise the
retirement age, but such a move appears to be inevitable in the
longer-term future to preserve fiscal stability.
                                
 Pravda, page 6
                                
 
                                
 EURO DECLARATION
                                
 The government and the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and
Industry signed a memorandum on support for euro adoption.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 19
                                
 
                                
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