Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 4

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 4 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 
                                
 FINMIN ON STATE BUDGET
                                
 Finance Minister Ivan Miklos will hold a news conference to
comment on trends in the state budget, 1100 GMT
                                
 
                                
 CROATIAN PM KOSOR VISIT
                                
 Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova will meet her Croatian
counterpart Jadranka Kosor, news conference 1130 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 GERMANY SAYS ACTION AGAINST LIBYA COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
                                
 Germany is against any foreign military intervention in
Libya, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Thursday.
                                
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 SLOVAK RECOVERY SLOWS IN Q4, FOREIGN DEMAND KEY DRIVER
                                
 Slovakia's recovery slowed in the fourth quarter but the
economy still expanded at a healthy pace driven mainly external
demand, accompanied by a picking up domestic consumption, data
showed on Thursday
                                
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 FRANCE, BRITAIN WARN LIBYA NO-FLY ZONE IS POSSIBLE
                                
 Britain and France warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on
Thursday that escalating violence against his own people could
prompt foreign powers to impose a no-fly zone, but they made
clear no such move was imminent.
                                
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 FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Slovakia 
                                
 The Slovak ruling coalition's majority shrank in February
after a junior government party ousted one of its deputies for
voting with the opposition.
                                
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 HIGHER FUEL PRICES
                                
 Diesel and petrol fuels prices could rise by up to 4.5 euro
cents per litre in reaction to soaring oil prices on the world's
markets.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 AT&T TO ADD NEW JOBS IN SLOVAKIA
                                
 AT&T Inc <T.N>, which has two sites in Slovakia with some
2000 employees, was expected to add hundreds of new jobs, the
economy ministry said without elaborating on further details..
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 14
                                
 
                                
 RAILWAYS TO CUT 5,000 JUBS
                                
 Three state-run railway companies were expected to lay-off
some 5,000 jobs by 2014, out of current 31,000 workers, in order
to comply with planned restructuring plans aimed to return the
companies back to profit.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Martin Santa in Bratislava)