Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Dec 9

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular weekly meeting, but has no
major economic items on agenda, 0900 GMT. European Central Bank
Governing Council member Ivan Sramko scheduled to attend the
meeting.
                                
 
                                
 PM FICO TO ADDESS PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will address the parliament's
committee for European issues on agenda of Dec. 10-11 EU Summit,
1300 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS TAKE BACK SLOVAK PM'S PARTY
                                
 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico received a boost ahead of
a 2010 election on Tuesday when the Party of European Socialists
restored his leftist party's full membership after suspending it
in 2006.
                                
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 OCT OUTPUT DOWN 3.8 PCT Y/Y, MATCHES FCAST
                                
 Slovak industrial output fell by 3.8 percent year-on-year in
October, following a revised annual drop of 5.6 percent in
September, the Slovak Statistics Office said on Tuesday.
                                
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 EU OKAYS SLOVAK BANK CAPITAL INJECTIONS, GUARANTEES
                                
 Slovakia received European Union regulatory approval on
Tuesday for its plan to provide capital injections and
guarantees to financial institutions hurt by the credit crisis.
                                
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 CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT NOSEDIVES IN OCT
                                
 Construction output plummeted by 22.0 percent on the year in
October, with analysts saying the sector's situation could
further deteriorate in the next year due to unwinding impacts of
the crisis.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS PRAISE THE EURO ADOPTION
                                
 Majority of Slovaks judge the euro adoption as a positive
step which also makes the country more attractive for foreign
investors and helps to tame impacts of the crisis. 57 percent of
surveyed Slovaks think the euro has pushed prices up.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 LOWER ELECTRICITY PRICES FOR BUSINESSES
                                
 Average electricity prices for businesses will fall by 24
percent, effective from January, the distribution utility
Zapadoslovenska Energetika (ZSE) said. This cut includes only
ZSE's clients.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
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