Slovakia - Factors To Watch on July 23

                                
 BRATISLAVA, July 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 PM FICO MEETS BISHOPS
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will meets officials of
Slovakia's Conference of Bishops, 1030 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 CZECH, SLOVAK POWER MARKET COUPLING TO START SEPT 1
                                
 The Czech and Slovak grid operators said on Wednesday
day-ahead power market coupling would begin on September 1.
                                
 story [ID:nLM371335] related news [RTRS-ELG-CZ-SK-LEN]
                                
 
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 TENT COLLAPSE AT SLOVAK MUSIC FESTIVAL
                                
 District court decided that the marquee, which collapsed at
a music festival in northern Slovakia on Saturday, killing one
person and wounding dozens, will stay at place for further
investigation for another one month.
                                
 Sme, page 5
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA'S PUBLIC DEBT
                                
 Slovakia's public debt could jump to a record 26 billion
euro, or some 1,660 euro per capita, next year if Prime Minister
Robert Fico's government avoid fiscal tightening. Some analysts
warned a reluctance to cut spending would cause broad problems.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 MAY ORDERS PLUNGE, CAR SECTOR BLAMED
                                
 Industrial orders plunged by 3.6 percent on the month in
May, worse than the euro zone's average drop of 0.2 percent and
much worse than the European Union average growth of 0.9
percent. Analysts blame high dependency on car industry.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA'S FARMERS EXPECT DROP IN CROP
                                
 Farmers expect a 25 percent drop in this year's grains crop,
at around 2.27 million tonnes, compared with 2008. Agriculture
Chamber, however, said there was not reason for higher prices as
crop would rank as one of the richest in history even though.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 5 
                                
 
                                
 PSA SLOVAKIA FACES PROBLEMS WITH SUPPLIERS
                                
 PSA Slovakia, unit of Peugeot-Citroen <PEUP.PA>, faces
problem with suppliers which struggle with impacts of global
downturn on production. The assembly plant stopped production
temporarily in the afternoon shift due to missing parts.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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