Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 26

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 The government will hold a regular weekly meeting, 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS KEEP RATES FLAT, SEEN TRACKING ECB INTO EURO
                                
 The Slovak central bank kept its interest rates on hold on
Tuesday, in line with market expectations that it will follow
monetary decisions in the euro zone before joining the single
currency bloc in January.
                                
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 CBANK GOV: NO DEBATE ON RATE CHANGE TUESDAY
                                
 The Slovak central bank was unanimous in opting to keep
interest rates on hold on Tuesday as none of its board members
proposed any change to borrowing costs, central bank Governor
Ivan Sramko said.
                                
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 JAN-SEPT C/A SHOWS SKK 84.0 BLN DEFICIT
                                
 Slovakia's current account showed a preliminary deficit of
84.0 billion crowns ($3.56 billion) from January to September,
compared with 59.6 billion crown gap in the same period last
year, the central bank said on Tuesday.
                                
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 END-AUG FOREIGN DEBT FALLS TO $52.8 BLN
                                
 Slovakia's gross foreign debt fell to $52.823 billion at the
end of August, from $56.985 billion at the end of July, the
central bank said on Tuesday.
                                
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 C.BANK DRAINS SKK 183.6 BLN IN REPO TENDER
                                
 The Slovak central bank (NBS) accepted all bids in a regular
two-week repo tender on Tuesday, draining 183.620 billion crowns
($7.79 billion) from the market, NBS data showed.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 HEALTH INSURERS' BUDGETS
                                
 The junior government party, HZDS, has pushed through in
parliament an amendment to a government bill cancelling a
controversial clause giving the government power to approve or
reject budgets of private health insurance companies.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 KUBIS TO NATO
                                
 Foreign Minister Jan Kubis is a possible candidate for the
post of NATO Secretary General after the term of Jaap de
Scheffer expires.
                                
 Pravda, page 1
                                
 
                                
 CHILDREN BENEFITS
                                
 The parliament approved a 25,000 crown ($1,071) benefit for
a second and third-born children.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 TIPOS CLAIM
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico is under pressure from the
opposition to prevent the payment of 2.0 billion crowns ($85.65
million) for a lost lawsuit of the state-run bookmaker Tipos
against a private Czech businessman.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
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