Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 9

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 
                                
 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish November industrial output
data, 0800 GMT. Analysts expected industrial output to fall by
0.9 percent on an annual basis in November.
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN TRADE
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish November foreign trade
data, 0800 GMT. The market had expected a trade deficit of 22
million euro in November.
                                
 
                                
 FIRST WEEK OF EURO IN SLOVAKIA SUCCESSFUL - EU
                                
 Slovakia has successfully passed the first week with its new
currency, the euro, the European Union's executive arm said in
Thursday.
                                
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 ECB'S TRICHET-ALL ECONOMIES FACE DEMANDING CIRCUMSTANCES
                                
 Keeping inflation expectations firmly anchored is always a
priority for the European Central Bank, ECB President
Jean-Claude Trichet said on Thursday.
                                
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 ALMUNIA-OUTLOOK BLEAK,EU CAN PRESSURE RUSSIA ON GAS
                                
 The European Union has diplomatic leverage to pressure
Moscow in Russia's dispute with Ukraine over natural gas, the
bloc's commissioner for monetary affairs said on Thursday in the
Slovak capital.
                                
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 GAZPROM REFUSES TO AGREE TO EU GAS MONITORING PLAN
                                
 Russia's Gazprom <GAZP.MM> did not agree with a European
Union proposal to send monitors to check the flow of gas from
Russia via Ukraine aimed at restoring supply to the EU, the
Czech EU presidency said on Thursday.
                                
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 SLOVAKS FIRMS DRAW TOO MUCH GAS, RISK SYSTEM CRASH
                                
 Slovak companies have ignored orders to cut back gas
consumption and are risking a system failure that would cut off
homes and hospitals from heating,  Economy Minister Lubomir
Jahnatek said on Thursday.
                                
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