Slovakia - Factors To Watch on May 11

                                
 BRATISLAVA, May 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 MARCH INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish March industrial output
data, 0700 GMT. Analysts forecast a 21.2 percent decline,
following a 28.2 percent drop in February.
                                
 
                                
 SMER'S CONFERENCE
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer party will hold a
conference on party's future policies, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 FITCH AFFIRMS SLOVAKIA'S RATINGS AT 'A+'; OUTLOOK STABLE
                                
 Fitch, on Thursday, has affirmed the Republic of Slovakia's
Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default ratings
(IDR) at 'A+', Short-term foreign currency IDR at 'F1' and
Country Ceiling at 'AAA'. 
                                
 The Outlooks for Slovakia's Long-term IDRs are Stable
                                
 [ID:nnWLA3551] [RTRS-AAA-GVD-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 EU GETS 89,085 TONNES GRAIN INTERVENTION OFFERS
                                
 European Union farmers offered 89,085 tonnes of grains,
including 63,225 tonnes of barley, to the bloc's intervention
stores in the week to May 3, official data showed on Thursday.
                                
 [ID:nL7101294] [RTRS-GRA-FOD-EU-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 C.BANK ON PUBLIC FINANCE GAP
                                
 Central Bank Governor, and the ECB's Governing Council
member, Ivan Sramko said Slovakia's public finance deficit could
rise to near 5 percent of GDP this year, if economy contracts by
2.4 percent and the government fails to cut spending.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 6
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK TELEKOM REVENUES DROP IN Q1
                                
 Slovak dominant fix-line operator Slovak Telekom, unit of
Deutsche Telekom <DTEGn.DE>, said revenues in the January-March
period fell by 2.6 percent to 244.5 million euro.
                                
 
                                
 BANKS TIGHTEN CREDIT ACCESS FOR SME
                                
 Slovakia's banks have tightened access to credit for
selected sectors' small and medium enterprises, which are
significantly exposed to impacts of the slowing economy.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
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