Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Oct 28

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 PM RADICOVA IN BRUSSELS
                                
 Prime Minister Iveta Radicova will attend a meeting of the
Europan Union's leaders in Brussels.
                                
 
                                
 AUG CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT 421 MLN EUR
                                
 Slovakia's current account showed a deficit of 421 million
euros ($587 million) in August, steeper than July and compared
with a 16 million euro surplus in the same period of 2009, the
central bank said on Wednesday.
                                
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 DINAMO ZAGREB ORDER FOREIGN PLAYERS TO LEARN CROATIAN
                                
 Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb will introduce mandatory
Croatian language lessons for the growing corps of its foreign
players, the club said on Wednesday.
                                
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 PENSION REFORMERS TO FIGHT ON FOR EU BUDGET LEEWAY
                                
 Led by Poland, European Union countries that have overhauled
their pension systems may press at an EU summit this week for
leeway on their budget deficits and debt that would reflect full
costs of the reform, diplomats say.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA EYES HONEYWELL'S INVESTMENT
                                
 The U.S. Honeywell <HON.N>, the world's largest maker of
cockpit electronics, eyes a new investment project in a region
of eastern Slovak town of Presov, creating some 600 jobs.
Slovakia competes with Poland to lure Honeywell's project.
                                
 www.hnonline.sk
                                
 
                                
 HOCHTIEF CUTS PRICE FOR HIGHWAY
                                
 A consortium led by German builder Hochtief <HOTG.DE>
offered a 30 percent discount on a planned highway project in
northern Slovakia, the Transport Minister Jan Figel said.
Slovaks awarded a concession to the consortium in January.
                                
 Under new terms Slovakia would pay an annual payment worth
around 194 million euros, down from original 277 million euros.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 WINE CROP DROPS BY HALF
                                
 Wine crop in Slovakia will be one of the worst in years,
with producers reporting an up to 50 percent drop, due to bad
weather, heavy rains. Price were not expected to rise.
                                
 Sme, page 9
                                
 
                                
 PRICES OF HIGHWAY STAMP WILL RISE
                                
 The government approved a 40 percent hike in prices of
highway stamp, effective from next January. Price of an annual
stamp will rise to 50 euros from current 36 euros.
                                
 www.hnonline.sk
                                
 
                                
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