Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 21

...   The government holds its regular weekly meeting. Ministers 
are expected to debate update of the euro convergence programme 
and a draft adjusting business conditions for retail chains. 
     
    KAZACHSTAN PRESIDENT 
    Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets his Slovak 
counterpart Ivan Gasparovic during a visit to Slovakia. 
     
    SLOVAK PM THREATENS TO DISSOLVE RULING COALITION 
    Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened on Tuesday to 
throw a junior partner out of his ruling coalition in a row over 
land transfers, putting the government's future in doubt. 
    [ID:nL20868606] [RTRS-POL-SK] 
     
    SLOVAKIA ON TRACK TO MEET EURO CRITERIA-OFFICIALS 
    Slovakia is on track to meet all euro entry criteria 
sustainably despite a jump in inflation and uncertainty about 
budget methodology, finance ministry and central bank officials 
said on Tuesday. 
    [ID:nL20163154] [RTRS-MCE-CEN-SK] 
     
    ECB'S BINI SMAGHI:EURO DOESN'T GUARANTEE SUCCESS 
    Joining the euro zone is not a recipe for automatic economic 
success, European Central Bank Executive Board member Lorenzo 
Bini Smaghi said on Tuesday. 
    [ID:nL2037058] [RTRS-ECB-CEN] 
     
    SLOVAK OCT JOBLESS RATE FALLS TO 7.92 PCT 
    Slovakia's unemployment rate fell to 7.92 percent in October 
from 8.30 percent in September, the Labour Office said on 
Tuesday. 
    [ID:nPRG000599] [RTRS-JOB-SK] 
     
    SLOVAK CBANK DRAINS SKK 163.2 BLN IN REPO TENDER 
    The Slovak central bank (NBS) accepted all bids in a regular 
two-week repo tender on Tuesday, draining 163.243 billion crowns 
($7.21 billion) from the market, NBS data showed. 
    [ID:nL20383608] [RTRS-CEN-INT-SK] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    FICO THREATENS WITH EARLY ELECTIONS 
    Prime Minister Robert Fico threatens the HZDS party, a 
junior coalition member, with early elections if it does not 
acknowledge responsibility in a row over land transfers. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    SMER READY FOR EARLY ELECTIONS 
    The Smer party of Prime Minister Robert Fico is ready to 
face a break-up of the ruling coalition and early elections, 
deputy PM Dusan Caplovic said. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 2 
     
    SLOTA BACKS JURENA 
    Jan Slota, leader of the far-right SNS party, does not fear 
a break-up of the ruling coalition. He also backed Agriculture 
Minister Miroslav Jurena in a row over land transferr. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1 
     
    JURENA PAST 
    Agriculture Minister Miroslav Jurena used to be sitting in a 
supervisory board with an executive of a firm close to the HZDS 
party, which got land for a fraction of its market value. 
    Sme, page 2 
     
    COMPLICATED TAX SYSTEM 
    Slovakia's tax system is one of the most complicated in the 
European Union despite a flat 19 percent tax, 
PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Bank said. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1 
     
    BUSINESS SENTIMENT WORSENS 
    Business sentiment in Slovakia worsened in July-September 
for the fifth consecutive quarter due to a new labour code, 
which raised layoff costs and boosted unions' power, the Slovak 
Business Alliance said. 
    Sme, page 7 
     
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