Slovakia - Factors To Watch on July 8

                                
 BRATISLAVA, July 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 PARLIAMENT SESSION
                                
 The new parliament, created on results of June 12 general
election, will hold its official initial session, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 RADICOVA REPLACES FICO
                                
 President Ivan Gasparovic will officially appoint Iveta
Radicova as prime minister, after an official resignation of
Prime Minister Robert Fico and his centre-left cabinet.
                                
 
                                
 MAY INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish May industrial output
data, 0700 GMT. Analysts expected industrial output to rise by
20.5 percent on the year.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA'S MIKLOS SAYS NO QUICK FIX TO BUDGET
                                
 Slovakia's incoming finance minister is ready to start
negotiating with EU peers on Monday about the new government's
resistance to a bailout plan for other euro zone states, he told
Reuters in an interview.
                                
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 SLOVAK PRESIDENT TO APPOINT NEW PM ON THURSDAY
                                
 Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic will appoint incoming
centre-right Prime Minister Iveta Radicova on Thursday, his
office said.
                                
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 PRESIDENT SETS SEPT VOTE ON PARLIAMENT SIZE
                                
 Slovakia's president on Wednesday set Sept. 18 as the date
for a referendum on cutting parliament's size by a third and on
five other questions aimed at reducing costs and improving
political transparency.
                                
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 OUTGOING FINMIN EXPECTS TAX HIKES
                                
 The outgoing Finance Minister Jan Pociatek said he expected
the incoming centre-right government to hike taxes despite
pledges not to. Pociatek saw expenditures rising next year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 7
                                
 
                                
 RADICOVA TO TRAVEL TO BUDAPEST IN JULY
                                
 The incoming Prime Minister Iveta Radicova will meet her
future Czech counterpart Petr Necas in Bratislava on July 19.
and both will travel to Budapest on July 20. to meet with
Hungary's PM Viktor Orban.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
 CITIES IN FINANCIAL TROUBLES
                                
 Slovak cities have asked the government for a financial
injection worth 141 million euro, due to a massive drop in
revenues - mostly from drop in income tax revenues.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
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