Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 11

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 COALITION MEETING
                                
 The leaders of the ruling coalition will meet to debate the
current political issues, 1500 GMT 
                                
 
                                
 DEMAND FOR SLOVAK BONDS WEAK, RE-FINANCING SOUND 
                                
 A relatively weak demand and higher yields cut volume sold
in Slovakia's benchmark bonds on Monday, but the finance
ministry's debt agency (ARDAL) said it was in a comfortable
re-financing position.
                                
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 NOV TRADE, OUTPUT WELL ABOUT EXPACTATIONS
                                
 Slovak industrial output rose by a faster-than-expected by
17.3 percent year-on-year and foreign trade balance showed a
bigger-than-forecasted 67.0 million euro surplus in November,
the Slovak Statistics Office said on Monday.
                                
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 DIOXIN FEED SPREADS TO FRANCE AND DENMARK
                                
 France and Denmark were the latest countries drawn into
Germany's dioxin food scare on Monday, after an EU official said
tainted animal feed had been exported from Germany to both
countries.
                                
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 E.ON STARTS GAS AND STEAM PLANT IN SLOVAKIA
                                
 German energy firm E.ON <EONGn.DE> said on Monday it had
started operations at its 430 megawatt combined gas and steam
power plant in Slovakia.
                                
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 FINMIN NOT STRICTLY AGAINTS BANK TAX
                                
 Finance Minister Ivan Miklos reiterated he can imagine a
bank tax as a possible solution to cope with impacts of economic
financial crisis, but a discussion within the European Union was
needed at first point.
                                
 Sme, page 9
                                
 
                                
 CARS SALES SLOW IN 2010
                                
 Sale of the new cars in Slovakia shrank to its lowest level
since 2004, effected mainly by expiration of the government's
subsidies programme introduced in 2009.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 14
                                
 
                                
 PRESENCE OF GERMAN DIOXIN IN SLOVAKIA STILL POSSIBLE
                                
 The possibility of dioxin contaminated eggs imported from
Germany in the Slovak market is not yet excluded. The results of
the test should be known today evening or Wednesday morning, the
agricultire ministry said.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 UNIONS AGAINST REFORM OF LABOUR BILL
                                
 The unions reject changes proposed by the government,
businesses for an adjusted labour code, adding they were
prepared to stage protests. Union seek a referendum on planned
changes or possible general strike in March. 
                                
 Sme, page 8
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Petra Kovacova and  Martin Santa in Bratislava)