Slovakia - Factors To Watch on May 27

                                
 BRATISLAVA, May 27 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 COALITION MEETING
                                
 Leaders of the three ruling coalition parties will meet to
debate the fate of the Special Court designed to deal with
organised crime and corruption, 0630 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular weekly meeting, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 PM ON ECONOMY
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will address an international
conference on global economy, 1530 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 MARCH CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT 158 MLN EUROS
                                
 Slovakia's current account showed a preliminary deficit of
158 million euros ($220.7 million) in March, compared with a
revised 79 million euro gap in February, the central bank said
on Tuesday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 SPECIAL COURT
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico has proposed changing the name of
the Special Court, strengthening its powers and abolishing
security clearance for judges following last week's rulling by
the Constitutional Court that the Special Court was
unconstitutional.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 COALITION TALKS
                                
 Marek Madaric, Vice-Chairman of Prime Minister Robert Fico's
SMER party, said he would talk to opposition SDKU's leader
Mikulas Dzurinda about possible coalition cooperation after 2010
general election. Fico said would not negotiate with Dzurinda.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 FUEL PRICES TO RISE
                                
 Prices of petrol fuels will rise by 2.5 euro-cents per litre
as of Wednesday, rising for the third consecutive month. Diesel
fuels prices will stay flat.
                                
 Pravda, page 8
                                
 
                                
 GEOX CONSIDERING SHUTTING PLANT
                                
 Italy's shoe-maker <GEO.MI> Geox is considering closing its
plant in Slovakia and cutting 471 jobs. Geox declined to
comment.
                                
 Pravda, page 36
                                
 
                                
 NO RETAIL BONDS
                                
 The finance ministry said no retail bonds were planned in
the near future, adding they the ministry would prefer selling
treasury bills. 
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
                                
 
                                
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