Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 8

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish July industrial output
data, 0700 GMT. Analysts forecast annual industrial output
growth of 4.4 percent.
                                
 
                                
 CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish July construction output
data, 0700 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 BOND AUCTION
                                
 The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
will auction 10-year state bonds.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA COULD RE-NATIONALISE RUSSIA-EU GAS PIPELINE
                                
 Slovakia's prime minister said on Friday his government
could re-nationalise the main Russia-EU gas pipeline from its
Western shareholders, his latest salvo against private firms
ahead of euro zone entry on Jan. 1.
                                
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 CPI MIGHT PEAK IN AUG, ENERGY IN FOCUS
                                
 Slovakia's annual inflation is expected to have accelerated
to an almost two-year high in August, but analysts said the
longer outlook hangs on whether regulators approve higher energy
prices or not.
                                
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 FOURTEEN KILLED AS SLOVAK BUS CRASHES IN CROATIA
                                
 As many as 14 people died when a Slovak bus crashed on
Sunday on the main Croatian highway connecting the capital
Zagreb and the Adriatic city of Split, state radio reported
citing hospital sources.
                                
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 C.BANK FOREX RESERVES DROP TO $18.5 BLN
                                
 The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
edged down to $18.507 billion as of Sept 3, from $18.815 billion
on Aug 26, the bank said on Friday.
                                
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 FICO STEPS UP PRESSURE ON SPP
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico has asked the gas monopoly SPP to
withdraw its request for a 19.8 percent hike in gas prices for
households or his cabinet would draft a law to prevent such a
hike. The government may also impose addition tax on SPP or gain
management control in the company, Fico said.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 COMMISSION SLAMS POST OFFICE MONOPOLY
                                
 The European Commission will start an anti-monopoly
procedure against Slovakia due to a law that strengthens the
position of state-run Post Office by allowing it to provide
hybrid post services.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 JUSTICE MINISTER'S APPOLOGY
                                
 Justice Minister Stefan Harabin, who survived a
no-confidence vote last Thursday, has apologised in public for
his anti-Semitist remarks in parliament during the no-confidence
motion.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
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