Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 21

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government of Prime Minister Robert Fico will hold its
regular weekly meeting, 0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 GAS FLOW VIA UKRAINE TO SLOVAKIA RESUMES - MINISTER
                                
 Gas deliveries to Slovakia via Ukraine have resumed, Slovak
Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said on Tuesday.
                                
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 UKRAINE NAFTOGAZ SAYS SLOVAKIA TO RECEIVE GAS FIRST
                                
 Ukraine's energy firm Naftogaz said on Tuesday that Slovakia
will be the first European country to receive Russian gas
supplies after Moscow and Kiev resumed gas flows halted earlier
this month due to a contract row.
                                
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 FINMIN SAYS GAS CRISIS TO HIT GROWTH -AGENCY
                                
 The last month's gas row between Russia and Ukraine will
slow the Slovak economy by up to 1.5 percentage points this
year, the CTK news-agency quoted Finance Minister Jan Pociatek
as saying on Tuesday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA SAYS EUROBOND ISSUE UNLIKELY IN 2009
                                
 The chances of Slovakia selling a foreign-listed eurobond in
2009 are minimal due to unfavourable market conditions and
strong demand for its domestic debt issues, the state debt
agency said on Tuesday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 CRISIS CLOUDS BUDGET OUTLOOK
                                
 Slovakia's slowing economy, hit by global financial crisis,
is putting the 2009 state budget outline in doubts, with
analysts saying government needs more prudent fiscal policy to
meet the projected public finance deficit.
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 LABOUR MARKET TIGHTENING
                                
 Slovakia's labour market, suffering from global economic
turmoil, faces an increased tightening with less jobs available
and rising jobless claims, the Labour Office said. Labour Office
expects further cuts of thousands of jobs in the coming months.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 PRICES RISE
                                
 The Statistics Office survey showed prices of selected 196
monitored goods and services rose by average 0.5 percent in the
beginning of the year, compared with the year-end of 2008. The
Office will monitor prices until the end of June.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
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