Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 9

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Nov 9 (Reuters)  - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 SEPT INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistic Office will publish September industrial
output data, 0800 GMT. Analysts forecast a 8.5 percent drop on
the year, after a 5.7 percent decline seen in August.
                                
 
                                
 SPECIAL GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold a special meeting to debate its
anti-crisis measures, 1030 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA TIGHTENS BORDER WITH FLU-HIT UKRAINE
                                
 Slovakia said on Saturday it would close all but one road
border crossing with Ukraine on Sunday because of Ukraine's flu
epidemic.
                                
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 SRAMKO URGES SOUND FISCAL POLICIES, REFORMS
                                
 Central bank governor, and the ECB's governing council
member Ivan Sramko reiterated need for sound fiscal policies and
actions to cut the overall public finance deficit to comply with
the EU's Growth and Stability Pact, to avoid an excessive public
debt.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 7
                                
 
                                
 FICO ON TAXES, STRATEGIC COMPANIES
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico reiterated there were no plans to
alter the tax system. Fico said the state could, if applying the
new law on strategic companies in bankruptcy, keep such
businesses instead of selling, if decided so.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA EYES NEW FDI PROJECT FROM JAPAN
                                
 Industrial park Kechnec, near Slovakia's second largest city
of Kosice, eyes a research-development investment project
related to aviation industry, coming from Japan, which would
create some 3,000 jobs.
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES SLUMP AS CAR SCHEMES OUT
                                
 Car sales fell by 36.5 percent on the year in October to
5,979 sold cars, down from 9,412 vehicles in the same period
last year, hit from the fading effects of the car-scrapping
schemes.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 NO FURTHER CO2 DEALS WITH INTERBLUE GROUP
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico said there will be no further
deals with little-known U.S.-based Interblue Group, on the sale
of Slovakia's excess CO2 allowances under the Kyoto Protocol.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
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