Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 4

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Nov 4 (Reuters)  - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 BUDGET DEBATE, VOTE
                                
 Parliament will continue its October session, 0800 GMT. The
house will go on with a debate on the 2010 state budget draft,
expected to vote later in the day.
                                
 
                                
 WEEKLY GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular weekly meeting, no major
economic items on agenda, 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 ATLAS ESTATES SELLS SLOVAKIA INVESTMENTS, CUTS DEBT
                                
 Atlas Estates Ltd <ATLE.L>: 
                                
 * Sale of Atlas Investments in Slovakia
                                
 * Realise E8 million in net proceeds from the sale of the
Slovakia portfolio 
                                
 * Reduce the group's overall debt by some E20.5 million 
                                
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 EU SEES 2010, 2011 RECOVERY, SETS FISCAL CLOCK TICKING
                                
 Economic growth in the European Union will accelerate over
the next two years, the European Commission said on Tuesday,
setting the stage for the bloc's 27 member states to cut budget
deficits from 2011 at the latest.
                                
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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON SLOVAK DEFICIT
                                
 The European Commission sees Slovakia's overall fiscal
deficit at 6.0 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) next
year, up from 5.5 percent seen by Prime Minister Robert Fico's
cabinet. Fico cited lack of latest data as reasons for the
difference.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SUPPORT FOR CENTRE-RIGHT PARTIES ATOMIZED
                                
 Support for Slovak centre-right, currently all in
opposition, parties starts to atomize, highlighting a need to
form wider coalition, an opinion poll by MVK agency showed.
Fico's Smer party retained its lead with 42.3 percent.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 MAKYTA PUCHOV TO LAY-OFF HALF OF ITS WORKERS
                                
 Textile company Makyta Puchova, north-east from capital
Bratislava, will lay-off 654 workers, out of its 1,300 due to
lack of orders and higher minimum wage for the next year,
approved by the government last week.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
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calendar of east European economic indicators, see [CONV/DIARY].
                                
 
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