Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 9

...Central bank Governor Ivan Sramko and Deputy Finance 
Minister Frantisek Palko are scheduled to speak at a conference 
on euro adoption. 
     
    COALITION ON BUDGET 
    Ruling coalition leaders and Finance Minister Jan Pociatek 
are expected to meet in the northern Slovak town of Stary 
Smokovec to debate the 2008 state budget draft, 1500 GMT. 
     
    REPO TENDER 
    The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender. 
     
    CAR PLANT HOLIDAYS PUSH SLOVAK OUTPUT BELOW FCAST 
    Slovak industrial production growth slowed more than 
expected in August as car manufacturers took traditional summer 
holidays, data released on Monday showed, but analysts said 
output was likely to rebound. 
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    AUG CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT DIPS 1.7 PCT Y/ 
    Slovak construction output eased by a real 1.7 percent 
year-on-year in August after 4.8 percent annual growth in July, 
the Statistics Office said on Monday. 
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    CROWN HITS 3-WEEK HIGHS, MORE GAINS SEEN 
    The Slovak crown gained 0.6 percent to reach three-week 
highs against the euro on Monday, and dealers expected more 
strengthening on the back of positive sentiment on emerging 
markets. 
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    PRESS DIGEST 
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    PPP PROJECTS 
    The finance ministry is still analysing the impact of the 
planned private public partnership projects for highways 
construction on state finances. 
    Sme, page 7 
     
    SCHENGEN AREA 
    Austria will back Slovakia's bid to enter the Schengen Area. 
European Union interior ministers are expected to decide on 
enlargement of the borderless area in November. 
    Pravda, page 4 
     
    TREND ACOUNTS FROZEN BY COURT 
    A district court in Bratislava has blocked bank accounts of 
Slovakia's leading economic weekly Trend due to a lawsuit filed 
by an investment firm Bartolomei Finance. Bartolomei said it 
suffered financial damage of some 140 million crowns because of 
a critical article in Trend. Trend denies any wrongdoing. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 13 
     
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