Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Dec 9

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 C.BANK BOARD MEETING
                                
 The central bank's policy-making board will hold a regular
non-monetary weekly meeting. The board may cut interest rates to
bring them in line with euro zone's after the 75 basis point cut
by the European Central Bank last week.
                                
 
                                
 REPO TENDER
                                
 The central bank will hold a regular two-week repo tender to
drain liquidity from the market.
                                
 
                                
 NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
                                
 Construction and Regional Development Minister Marian
Janusek, a member of The Slovak National Party (SNS), will face
a no-confidence vote in parliament, 1500 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 INTERVIEW-SLOVAK PM SAYS CRISIS BOOSTS EURO IMPORTANCE
                                
 Slovakia will be hit by the global financial crisis but euro
zone entry in January should help it avoid deep wounds suffered
by some EU peers outside the euro club, Prime Minister Robert
Fico said on Monday.
                                
 [ID:nL8269526] [RTRS-EUR-POL-DIP-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 EU CONCERNED OVER SLOVAK TELECOM WATCHDOG SACKING
                                
 The European Union's executive arm has asked Slovakia for an
explanation for the dismissal of the head of the country's
telecoms watchdog, a document obtained by Reuters showed on
Monday.
                                
 [ID:nL8282952] [RTRS-TEL-REGS-EU-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 CAR OUTPUT CRASHES, WEIGHS ON SLOVAK INDUSTRY DATA
                                
 A steep dive in Slovakia's car production outweighed growth
in other industrial output in October, bringing home with a
vengeance the impact of global economic slowdown.
                                
 [ID:nL8486573] [RTRS-MCE-CARM-AUT-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 OCT CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT +15.9 PCT Y/Y
                                
 Slovak construction output rose by a real 15.9 percent
year-on-year in October, after a 17.2 percent annual rise in
September, the Statistics Office said on Monday.
                                
 [ID:nL861877] [RTRS-MCE-ECI-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 6.1 BLN OF 308-DAY T-BILLS
                                
 Slovakia sold 6.055 billion Slovak crowns ($257.1 million)
of 308-day treasury bills in an auction on Monday, the finance
ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) said.
                                
 [ID:nL83790] [RTRS-GVD-DBT-MMT-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 SNS ALONE IN DEFENDING JANUSEK
                                
 Neither Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer party nor the
other junior coalition member, HZDS, joined their third partner
SNS in defending Construction and Regional Development Minister
Marian Janusek before the no-confidence vote in parliament on
Monday.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 CHEAPER FUELS
                                
 Petrol fuel prices dropped by some 1.5 crowns ($0.064) per
litre and fell below 30 crowns ($1.28) per litre, the lowest
level since July 2003. Diesel prices fell by some 1 crown per
litre, below 35 crowns per litre.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 VOLKSWAGEN JOB CUTS
                                
 The Slovak factory of Germany's car maker Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE> has cut a number of leased employees in the past few
months due to weakening demand. Volkswagen has initially denied
job cuts but it later confirmed it after some of the former
employees spoke to media.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES DOWN
                                
 Car sales in Slovakia fell by 14.7 percent on the year in
November.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
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