Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 23

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 
                                
 FICO WITH INVESTORS
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico will meet representatives of
French investors in Slovakia, 1600 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 ECB'S SRAMKO POINTS TO POSSIBLE CUT TO FORECASTS
                                
 European Central Bank current economic forecasts may have to
be revised down, the bank's newest Governing Council member,
Ivan Sramko, said on Thursday.
                                
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 EU EXEC RAIDS SLOVAK TELEKOM, ALLEGES ABUSE
                                
 The European Commission said on Thursday it had raided
Slovak Telekom on suspicion the firm may have abused its
dominant market position.
                                
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 EU GETS 34,382 T GRAIN INTERVENTION OFFERS
                                
 European Union farmers offered 34,382 tonnes of grains,
including 25,382 tonnes of barley and 9,000 tonnes of wheat, to
the bloc's intervention stores in the week to Jan. 18, official
data showed on Thursday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
                                
 Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Special
Representative for Bosnia, will succeed Jan Kubis as Slovakia's
foreign minister, sources say. Prime Minister Robert Fico and
Lajcak declined to comment.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 PENSION SYSTEM
                                
 Some 90 percent of Slovaks believe the country's pension
system is in crisis, expecting changes including higher
retirement age, a survey commissioned by the insurer AXA.
                                
 Sme, page 6
                                
 
                                
 MORE JOB CUTS
                                
 More than 800 jobs will be lost in eastern Slovakia in the
coming weeks and months. The jobs will be lost in regions with
high unemployment rate of 12 to 16.5 percent.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
                                
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