Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 28

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Oct 28 (Reuters)  - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular weekly meeting (0900 GMT).
                                
 
                                
 AUGUST CURRENT ACCOUNT
                                
 The central bank will publish preliminary August current
account data (0900 GMT).
                                
 
                                
 PM FICO TO ADDRESS A COMMITTEE
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will address the parliament's
committee for international relation ahead of the European
Council meeting in Brussels, Oct. 29-30 (1330 GMT).
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS START REPORTING INDUSTRIAL ORDERS
                                
 Slovakia's Statistics Office said on Tuesday it would start
coverage of new industrial orders on a regular monthly basis,
beginning in November.
                                
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 CHEMLON HUMENNE LAYS OFF ALL WORKER
                                
 Chemical company Chemlon Humenne, in eastern Slovakia, will
lay off all its 308 workers as it struggles to settle a 3.3
million debt with Chemes Humenne. Chemlon is an important
employer in Humenne, some 480 km east from capital Bratislava.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 HIGHER '09 BUDGET DEFICT APPROVED
                                
 Parliament has approved widening of the 2009 central state
budget deficit to 3.127 billion euro, from the original ceiling
of 1.009 billion euro, as state revenue suffer from the
contracting economy.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
 SMER RETAINS LEAD IN POLL
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico's party Smer retained lead in a
popularity poll, conducted by private polling agency Focus.
Major opposition party SDKU remained the second most popular.
The opposition Christian Democrat took the third place.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 RYANAIR ADDS NEW ROUTES FROM BRATISLAVA
                                
 Irish budget airline Ryanair <RYA.I> said will add new
routes to Italy's Bologna and the United Kingdom's Liverpool
from capital Bratislava, as of October 28.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 FUEL PRICES
                                
 Prices of petrol fuels are expected to rise by 1.5
euro-cent/litre and diesel fuels by 1.0 euro-cent/litre, as of
Wednesday.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
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