Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Jan 31

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 161-DAY T-BILLS
                                
 The finance ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management Agency
(ARDAL) will auction 161-day treasury bills.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK AND GERMAN MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE TO MEET
                                
 Slovak minister of agriculture Zsolt Simon will meet his
German counterpart Ilse Aigner, press briefing 1300 GMT
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA, HUNGARY SIGN GAS PIPELINE AGREEMENT
                                
 The prime ministers of Slovakia and Hungary signed a deal on
Friday to build a gas pipeline between the two nations as part
of wider plans to boost energy security in central Europe.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA, HUNGARY TO START CITIZENSHIP LAW TALKS
                                
 Slovakia and Hungary will try to ease tensions over 
                                
 dual-citizenship laws with talks starting next month, Slovak
Prime Minister Iveta Radicova said on Friday after meeting her
Hungarian counterpart.
                                
 [ID:nLDE70R1JB] related news [RTRS-DIP-POL-PLCY-CEEU-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 DEXIA SAYS WINS APPEAL OVER SLOVAKIA PAYMENT
                                
 Decision of the Bratislava regional court was in favour of
Dexia and ruling canceled first-instance judgment of May 2010 by
which Dexia banka Slovensko was condemned to pay an amount in
principal of EUR 138 million. The case will revert back to the
First-Instance Court of Bratislava which will have to render a
new judgment.
                                
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 STRABAG BOOSTED BY POLAND, RUSSIAN HOPES
                                
 Austrian construction group Strabag <STRV.VI> could boost
output volume 5 percent in 2011 as brisk growth in Poland helps
offset austerity measures and sluggish economies elsewhere.
                                
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 VW SLOVAKIA EYES SUPPLIER STRIKE-ALERT
                                
 Slovak unit of the German carmaker Volkswagen could be
forced to stop its production as its main seats supplier Johnson
Controls warned with strike of its employees seeking higher
wages.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAK RAILWAYS EYE JOB CUTS
                                
 Slovak Railways said the company has to cut some lines and
lay off number of employees, or miss their plan to avert
widening losses. Slovak prime minister said she wanted to
postpone this measures for later.
                                
 Hospodarske noviny, page 4 
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Petra Kovacova in Bratislava)