Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 20

...MEETS C.BANK GOV AND FINMIN 
    Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk visits Slovakia. 
Bajuk to hold a news conference at 1150 GMT with Slovak Finance 
Minister Jan Pociatek and Central Bank Governor Ivan Sramko on 
euro adoption. 
     
    OCTOBER JOBLESS DATA 
    The National Labour Office will publish October unemployment 
data, 1000 GMT. 
     
    PM FICO MEETS KAZAKH NAZARBAYEV 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico will meet Kazakhstan President 
Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1700 GMT. 
     
    SRAMKO BELIEVES SLOVAKIA TO BE JUDGED EURO-READY 
    Slovak inflation will be far below the reference value when 
the country's readiness for euro adoption is assessed by 
European authorities next year, Slovak central bank chief Ivan 
Sramko said on Monday. 
    [ID:nL19336575] [RTRS-EUR-GVD-MCE-SK] 
     
    IMF SAYS GLOBAL MKT TROUBLES EXPOSE RISKS FOR CEE 
    Turbulence on global financial markets has made fast-growing 
east European economies more vulnerable and heightened the need 
for domestic policy discipline, a senior IMF official said on 
Monday. 
    [ID:nL1916333] [RTRS-EEU-EMRG-EUROPE-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    COALITION MEETING 
    Leaders of ruling coalition had interrupted and adjourned 
Monday's meeting without elaborating on the discussion. Prime 
Minister Robert Fico' coalition has faced a row due a land deal 
in which the state may have lost tens of millions of dollars. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    VOLKSWAGEN ADDS SKODA OCTAVIA MODEL TO SLOVAK 
    Germany's car group Volkswagen  said will add the 
Skoda Octavia model to production at its Slovak plant near 
capital Bratislava in first quarter of 2008, to substitute 
production of Volkswagen Polo model. 
    Pravda, page 18 
     
    NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE 
    The opposition leaders agreed will initiate a no-confidence 
vote against the Agriculture Minister Miroslav Jurena. 
    Sme, page 3 
     
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Group of Seven countries, see . For a diary of 
forthcoming Slovak events, double click [SK/DIARY], and a 
calendar of east European economic indicators, see [CONV/DIARY]. 
     
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