Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 8

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 JAN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish January industrial output
data, 0800 GMT. Analysts surveyd by Reuters expected the
industrial output to rise by 17.5 percent. 
                                
 
                                
 REGULATORY OFFICE ON ELECTIRICTY PRICES
                                
 The Regulatory Office (URSO) will hold a news conference on
the electricity prices, the creation of the prices in the Slovak
market and the comparison with the prices in the European Union,
0900 GMT. 
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS SELL 208 MLN EUR IN 2013 FLOATING-RATE BONDS
                                
 Slovakia sold 207.5 million euros ($290.3 million) worth of
floating-rate bonds due 2013 in an auction on Monday, the
finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL)
said.
                                
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 TAX AND PENSION SYSTEM CHANGES, LABOUR CODE
                                
 Leaders of the ruling coalition debated possible changes to
the labour code and tax and pension systems, in order to
simplify administration, cut costs and boost net income of
Slovaks.
                                
 The labour code's final draft will now be debated by
ministries, unions, employers.
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 FORMER CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TO INTESA SANPAOLO
                                
 Ivan Sramko, Slovak central bank former governor and
ex-envoy to the OECD, will become an advisor for the Italian
banking group Intesa Sanpaolo <ISP.MI> for the central and
south-east European region.
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 NBU HEAD STEPS DOWN
                                
 The Head of National Security Authority (NBU), Frantisek
Blanarik, stepped down on Monday. Blanarik, appointed in 2006,
faced allegation of suspected cooperation with former communist
intelligence.
                                
 Sme, page 1 
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Martin Santa in Bratislava)