Slovakia - Factors To Watch on March 9

                                
 BRATISLAVA, March 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 
                                
 WEEKLY GOVERNMENT MEETING
                                
 The government will hold its wekly meeting. The cabinet will
debate a new debt-management strategy for the 2011-2014.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA MAY CUT POWER PRICES IN JULY -REGULATOR
                                
 Slovakia may cut residential electricity rates in July to
help consumers deal with rising inflation, the country's energy
regulator said on Tuesday.
                                
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 SLOVAK JAN OUTPUT RISES TOUCH BELOW FORECASTS 
                                
 Slovak industrial output rose slightly less than expected by
17.1 percent year-on-year in January, after 19.7 percent growth
in December, the Slovak Statistics Office said on Tuesday.
                                
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 200 MLN EUR RAIL TANDER SCRAPPED
                                
 The Public Procurement Office (UVO) has ordered to scrap a
200 million euro ($277.7 million) railway tender, won by Skanska
<SKAb.ST>, citing violation of rules of procurement as reason.
Skanska objected this as unjustified.
                                
 Sme, page 9
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES RISE
                                
 Sales of new cars in Slovakia jumped by 21.6 percent on the
year to 4,803 in February, influenced mainly by a low
comparative annual base as it still lags behind levels seen
before the crisis, car industry association said.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK TELEKOM TO LAY-OFF 766 JOBS
                                
 The fix-line mobile and internet services provider Slovak
Telekom, unit of Deutsche Telekom <DTEGn.DE>, plans to lay off
766 jobs this year instead of previously intended 280, in order
to save 2 million euros.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 UMC SLOVAKIA TO ADD JOBS
                                
 Slovakia's electronics company UMC, producing LCD and LED
TVs, plans to hire 400 new workers and double its production by
2014 to 3 million units, from 1.2 million in 2010, to comply
with rising global demand.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Martin Santa in Bratislava)