Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 15

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Oct 15 (Reuters)  - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 SEPT EU-NORM INFLATION
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish September EU-norm
inflation data, 0700 GMT. Analysts expected September prices to
rise by 0.1 on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at
0.2 percent.
                                
 
                                
 ECB'S SRAMKO TO ADDRESS A CONFERENCE
                                
 The central bank Governor, and the ECB's Governing Council
member, Ivan Sramko will address a corporate conference on the
economy crisis, 0700 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 ECB'S SRAMKO ON GLOBAL RECESSION
                                
 The central bank Governor, and the ECB's Governing Council
member, Ivan Sramko to deliver a presentation on Slovakia's
economy in times of global recession, 1000 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
                                
 Justice Minister Viera Petrikova will face a no-confidence
vote in the parliament, 1300 GMT, initiated by opposition
deputies, Petrikova is expected to survive the vote.
                                
 
                                
 PM-FICO TV DEBATE
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico is expected to attend a TV-debate
on the state of politics, 1940 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 NERVOUS SLOVAKIA COMPLETE WORLD CUP JOURNEY
                                
 Slovakia reached the World Cup finals for the first time
after grinding out a nervous 1-0 victory in Poland on Wednesday.
                                
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 POWER OUTAGE HALTS OIL FLOWS TO EUROPE VIA UKRAINE
                                
 Russian oil supplies to Europe via Ukraine were suspended on
Wednesday after a power outage on the southern spur of the
Druzhba pipeline, which officials expect to last no more than 24
hours.
                                
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 CARBON EMISSISIONS ALLOWANCES
                                
 Finance Ministry plans to sell carbon emissions credits
worth 66 million euro, it did not provide estimates of the
amount or a price-range.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK TELEKOM, T-MOBILE MERGER
                                
 Dominant fix-line operator Slovak Telekom, managed by
Deutsche Telekom <DTEGn.DE>, plans to merge with its unit, the
mobile network services provider, T-Mobile next year.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 MINIMUM WAGE TALKS
                                
 Government did not approve the social affairs ministry's
proposal to increase the minimum wage by 8.1 percent next year.
Further talks will follow in the near term.
                                
 Sme, page 8
                                
 
                                
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