Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Feb 10

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 QUESTION HOUR
                                
 Prime Minister Iveta Radicova and ministers will answer
deputies' queries during a regular 'question hour' in the
parliament, 1300 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 PM, TRADE UNIONS DEBATE ON LABOUR CODE
                                
 Radicova, Labour and Social Affairs Minister Jozef Mihal
will meet with trade unions to debate planned changes to the
country's labour code, 1100 GMT
                                
 
                                
 UNIONS' PROTESTS
                                
 Trade unions will inform about protests against planned
changes to the labour code in central Slovak town Banska
Bystrica, 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK DEC TRADE DEFICIT WIDER THAN EXPECTED
                                
 Slovak foreign trade balance swung into deficit of 193
million euro ($263.4 million) in December, compared with a
revised 46.4 million euro surplus in November, the Statistics
Office data showed on Wednesday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA NAMES LEAD MANAGER FOR FEB SYNDICATION
                                
 Slovakia has mandated three joint lead managers for a
planned tap of a syndicated issue of 2016 bonds, expected later
this month, the finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management
Agency (ARDAL) said on Wednesday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA EYES HEATING COMPANIES' PRIVATISATION
                                
 Slovakia plans to sell majority stakes in six state-run
heating companies, the finance ministry said on Wednesday,
citing positive impact on budget revenue, and contribution to
fiscal tightening as reasons.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA EYES SALE OF 27 MLN TONNES KYOTO CREDITS
                                
 Slovakia plans to sell 27 million tonnes of available Kyoto
carbon credits in several tranches to buyers from the EU, Japan,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the environment ministry said
on Wednesday.
                                
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 COALITION CLASHES AGAIN, SPLITS ON DUAL CITIZENSHIP
                                
 The centre-right coalition of Iveta Radicova slipped into a
fresh row triggered by renegade coalition deputies, who rejected
to back the coalition's amended law on dual citizenship.
                                
 Bela Bugar, leader of the junior government, mostly ethnic
Hungarian, Most-Hid said this could eventually led to a minority
government.
                                
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 (Compiled by Martin Santa in Bratislava)