Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 27

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AT ECONOMIC FORUM
                                
 ECB Governing Council member and Slovak central bank
Governer Jozef Makuch will give a speech on the Slovak economic
outlook in 2011 at an economic forum in Bratislava, 0830 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK FINMIN TO GIVE A SPEECH
                                
 Slovak finance minister will give a speech on fiscal
austerity measures at an economic conference, 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK FISCAL TIGHTENING TO HIT GROWTH-CBANK GOV
                                
 Slovakia's fiscal consolidation will be a short-term drag on
growth, but the process is necessary and has been started in a
positive way, central bank Governor Jozef Makuch said on
Wednesday.
                                
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 STRONGER FISCAL FRAMEWORK WILL KEEP EURO AFLOAT-MAKUCH
                                
 A stronger fiscal coordination among euro zone countries
will form a sufficient basis for the survival of the single
currency, European Central Bank Governing Council member Jozef
Makuch said on Wednesday.
                                
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 SLOVAK NOV CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT 34 MLN EUROS
                                
 The Slovak current account showed a preliminary deficit of
34 million euros in November, compared with a 205 million euro 
deficit in the same period of 2009, the central bank said on
Wednesday.
                                
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 BAN OF PROFIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCES IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
                                
 The Slovak Constitutional Court said the ban on profit for
health insurance, which had been approved in 2007 by the
government of former Prime Minister Robert Fico,was
unconstitutional.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK FINMIN SAYS FISCAL GAP TARGET IN 2013 ACHEAVABLE
                                
 Slovakia will reach a fiscal gap target of 3 percent of GDP
by 2013, and in case additional measures are needed to be done,
the finance ministry will take them, the finance minister said
in reaction to the Slovak central bank governor who said the
target should be reached in 2013 or 2014. 
                                
 Sme, page 9
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Petra Kovacova in Bratislava)