Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Feb 9

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 DEC FOREIGN TRADE BALANCE DATA
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish December foreign trade
balance data, 0800GMT. Analysts surveyed by Reuters expected a
104 million euro deficit.
                                
 
                                
 WEEKLY GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 Government will hold its regular meeting, with a debate on
possible privatisation of state-run heating companies on agenda,
0900 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 UNIONS' PROTESTS
                                
 Trade unions will suspend public transportation in the
northern Slovak town Zilina to protest against planned changes
to the labour code.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK DEC OUTPUT RISES ABOVE FORECASTS
                                
 Slovak industrial output rose by a faster-than-expected 19.7
percent year-on-year in December, after 17.3 percent growth in
November, the Slovak Statistics Office said on Tuesday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA UPS GROWTH OUTLOOK ON EXTERNAL TRENDS  
                                
 Slovakia's economy should rise faster than expected in the
coming two years, driven by foreign demand and investments, with
domestic demand seen starting to pick up only in 2012, the
Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.
                                
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 HUNGARY OUTPUT DISAPPOINTS, SLOVAKIA POWERS AHEAD
                                
 A sudden drop in export demand hammered Hungarian industry
in December, leading to an 11.8 percent drop in output on the
month and a much smaller rise from the same month a year earlier
than analysts had forecast.
                                
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 NEW RULES FOR KYOTO PERMITS DEALS
                                
 The environment ministry eyes new rules for sales of
country's excess carbon emissions traded under the Kyoto
Protocol, with special advantage for Japan. Slovakia has 27
million tonnes of credits available.
                                
 Sme, page 9
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES UP
                                
 Number of new car registrations in Slovakia rose by 22
percent to 4,772 vehicles in January, with Czech car-maker
Skoda, unit of Volkswagen, being the top seller with a 21
percent market share.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 14
                                
 
                                
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