Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 25

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 MEETING OF V4 ENERGY MINISTERS
                                
 Energy ministers from the Visegrad four coutnries --
Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland -- will meet to
discuss the closer energy cooperation (1130 GMT).
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA SELLS 332.8 MLN EUR IN 2013 FLOATING RATE BONDS
                                
 Slovakia sold 332.8 million euros worth of 2-year
floating-rate state bonds in an auction on Monday. The 
bid/cover ratio was 1.67.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA LOOKING AT TAPPING BONDS IN SYNDICATE
                                
 Slovakia' debt agency ARDAL is looking at tapping existing
bonds via syndicate in the coming months, depending on market
conditions, an agency official said on Monday.
                                
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 SLOVAKS SHOULD RETIRE LATER
                                
 The retirement age in Slovakia should be increased from the
current 62 year and pensions should be lowered in order to keep
the pension system sustainable, an analysis by the Labour
Ministry showed.
                                
 Sme, page 11
                                
 
                                
 SPP'S MONOPOL POSITION TO END
                                
 Following Czech firm CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>, Magna EA or Elgas may
become be next alternative gas providers in the market dominated
by Slovak gas utility SPP.
                                
 Sme, page 1 
                                
 
                                
 MINISTRY OF ECONOMY WANTS TO SELL SLOVAK TELEKOM
                                
 State-owned stake in Slovak Telekom should be sold, the
Economy Ministry said.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 1 
                                
 
                                
 ONE SLOVAK WOMAN INJURED AT MOSCOW AIRPORT
                                
 One woman was injured in the bomb attack at the Domodedovo
airport in Moscow, the Foreign Affairs ministry said.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 1 
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Petra Kovacova in Bratislava)