Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 16

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Oct 16 (Reuters)  - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 
                                
 OMV AND SLOVAKIA ON OIL-GAS SUPPLIES
                                
 OMV <OMVV.VI> will sign a memerandum with its Slovak
counterparts on cooperation on oil-and-gas deliveries via
Bratislava-Schwechat pipeline.
                                
 
                                
 ECB SEES POSITIVE Q3, VARIES ON STRENGTH
                                
 The euro zone economy has climbed out of recesison in the
third quarter, the Italian and Slovak central banks said on
Thursday, but there is a difference of opinion about the
strength of the recovery.
                                
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 ECB'S SRAMKO: LOW REFI DEMAND SHOWS STABILISATION
                                
 Lower demand at the European Central Bank's 12-month
refinancing tender is a sign that the money market is
stabilising, ECB governing council member Ivan Sramko said on
Thursday.
                                
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 SLOVAKS MULL LAW TO ALLOW CBANK CHIEF NEW TERM
                                
 A Slovak parliamentary committee proposed a legal change on
Thursday that would allow central bank chief and European
Central Bank governing board member Ivan Sramko to serve another
five-year term.
                                
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 SEPT CPI AT RECORD LOWS, HITS ZERO
                                
 Slovak EU-norm consumer prices fell by 0.1 percent on the
month in September, putting the annual inflation rate at an
all-time low of zero percent, the Slovak Statistics Office said
on Thursday.
                                
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 SLOVAKS CELEBRATE AFTER REACHING FIRST WORLD CUP FINALS
                                
 Slovakia's World Cup-bound squad were welcomed home by
cheering fans at Bratislava airport on Thursday as the Group
Three winners celebrated taking the country to the finals for
the first time.
                                
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 POCIATEK REBUFFS EC'S OUTLOOK MODEL
                                
 Finance Minister Jan Pociatek criticised the European
Commission recommendation for a more swift fiscal tightening,
debt cuts and social reforms, saying the EC's model does not
reflect nature of small and wide-open economies like Slovakia.
                                
 Sme, page 12
                                
 
                                
 JUSTICE MINISTER SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE
                                
 Justice Minister Viera Petrikova survived a no-confidence
vote on Thursday, initiated by the opposition parties due to
state of freedom in Slovak judiciary system.
                                
 Sme, page 10
                                
 
                                
 STATE OF DEMOCRACY
                                
 Slovakia's state of democracy has not worsened over the past
quarter, private think-tank Institute for Public Affairs' (IVO)
report showed. Negative trends, however, remain.
                                
 Sme, page 10
                                
 
                                
 NAFTA'S EXPLORATION
                                
 Slovak oil company Nafta said was exploring new possible oil
and gas sites, in eastern part of the country.
                                
 Hospodarske Novny, page 16
                                
 
                                
 
                                
 
                                
 
                                
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