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 Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 PM TO MEET SMALL BUSINESSES
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will meet representatives of
small businesses to debate measures against economic crisis.
                                
 
                                
 PRESIDENT TO MEET OECD'S GURRIA
                                
 President Ivan Gasparovic will meet OECD Secretary General
Angel Gurria.
                                
 
                                
 GROWTH DOWN TO 2 PCT, BUT NO RECESSION -OECD
                                
 The euro zone's newest member Slovakia will slow much faster
than previously expected in 2009 but will still manage growth of
2 percent and safely avoid the recession hitting its
contempories, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development said on Monday.
                                
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 OECD'S GURRIA: WE MUST FIGHT PROTECTIONISM
                                
 Countries should fight economic protectionism and a policy
of open markets is the only one that can be successful, the head
of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
said on Monday.
                                
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 CENTRAL EUROPE GROWTH EVAPORATES, OUTLOOK BLEAK
                                
 The global economic crisis knocked central Europe to its
knees in the fourth quarter, dashing hope it would escape
without pain, a Reuters poll showed on Monday.
                                
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 SLOVAK DEC OUTPUT RECORDS BIGGEST SLUMP IN DECADE
                                
 Slovak industrial output recorded its biggest slump in a
decade in December due to global economic weakness, data showed
on Monday, and analysts saw no early recovery in the newest euro
zone member's economy.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA SELLS 126.4 MLN EURO WORTH OF 336-DAY T-BILLS
                                
 Slovakia sold 126.4 million euros ($163.2 million) of
336-day treasury bills at auction on Monday, the finance
ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) said.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 FICO SLAMS PROTECTIONIST IDEAS
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico has criticised remarks by French
President Nicolas Sarkozy that French car factories should make
cars in France, saying Slovakia could take retaliatory measures
against such protectionist plans. Fico said Slovakia could "send
home" SPP shareholder, Gaz de France, if France makes
protectionist measures.
                                
 PRAVDA, PAGE 35
                                
 
                                
 CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT
                                
 Slovak construction output rose by a real 12.7 percent
year-on-year in December, putting the January-December annual
rise at 120 percent, the Statistics Office said.
                                
 Pravda, page 35
                                
 
                                
 BONUSE POLICIES ADJUSTS TO CRISIS
                                
 The volume of employees' bonuses fell by 7 percent on the
year in January, a survey conducted by Merces.sk showed.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 CRISIS, WEATHER HIT TOURISM
                                
 Ski resorts in Slovakia's top winter tourism area, the High
Tatras, recorded a 40 percent decline in the number of visitors.
The tourist industry is suffering from the impacts of global
financial crisis and unfavourable weather conditions.
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
                                
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