Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 5

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Nov 5 (Reuters)  - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 QUESTION HOUR
                                
 Parliament will continue its October session, Prime Minister
Robert Fico and ministers scheduled to answer deputies'
questions during the regular question hour, 1300 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS APPROVE '10 BUDGET, BRING OUT CONSOLIDATION
                                
 The Slovak parliament approved the state budget for 2010 on
Wednesday, designed to kick-off fiscal tightening in the
election year and cut the public finance deficit to 5.5 percent
of gross domestic product (GDP).
                                
 story [ID:nL4171303] related news [RTRS-GVD-DBT-POL-SK-LEN]
                                
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 WEISS TAKES SLOVAKIA OUT OF THE SHADOWS
                                
 Slovakia's appearance at the 2010 World Cup finals will
finally bring soccer out of the shadows of ice hockey in the
small central European country, said coach Vladimir Weiss.
                                
 story [ID:nL4632301] relared news [RTRS-WCUP-SOCC-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKS APPROVE LAW ALLOWING CBANK CHIEF NEW TERM
                                
 The Slovak parliament approved a legal change on Wednesday
allowing the outgoing central bank governor and European Central
Bank governing board member Ivan Sramko to serve another
five-year term.
                                
 story [ID:nL4210535] related news [RTRS-CEN-ECB-PLCY-SK-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 EU CLEARS CEZ, JAVYS TO BUILD SLOVAK NUCLEAR PLANT
                                
 European Union competition regulators approved on Wednesday
plans by Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> and Slovak energy
company JAVYS to build and operate a nuclear power plant in
Slovakia. 
                                
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 SLOVAKIA REPLACES NOV.30 AND DEC.14 BOND AUCTIONS
                                
 Slovakia will replace November 30. and December 14. bonds
auctions with another maturities, finance ministry's Debt and
Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) said on Wednesday.
                                
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 LAW ON STRATEGIC COMPANIES UNDER FIRE
                                
 Parliament will debate the economy ministry's draft law,
allowing the state to force owners of strategic companies in
bankruptcy to sell the business to the state. Investors, lawyers
and opposition slammed such a legislation. The ministry said
would adjust the text.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK TELEKOM SALE DETAILS TO GO PUBLIC
                                
 The Highest Court ruled there was no reason not to disclose
details of to sale of country's fix-line operator Slovak Telekom
to Deutsche Telekom, which holds a controlling 51 percent share.
Slovaks sold the stake in 2001, but the cabinet rejected to go
public with the deal.
 Sme, page 9
                                
 
                                
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Group  of Seven countries, see <G7TODAY>. For a diary of
forthcoming Slovak events, double click [SK/DIARY], and a
calendar of east European economic indicators, see [CONV/DIARY].
                                
 
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