Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 3

PRAGUE, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Tuesday:

CONFIDENCE VOTE

Civic Democrat Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's government is due to call for confidence at a lower house session starting at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT).

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The session starts with a debate to be followed by the actual confidence vote, expected later on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Leading Czech newspapers report Topolanek is highly unlikely to receive enough support in the 200-seat house to win confidence for his minority government which he wants to serve as interim until an early election.

If Topolanek's government does not survive a confidence vote, President Vaclav Klaus is likely to call for an interim semi-caretaker government to be formed to govern until early elections, newspapers report.

Since a June 2-3 general election parliament has been deadlocked, with leftist parties and Topolanek's Civic Democrats together with their rightist allies each controlling 100 seats.

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INDUSTRY MINISTER

Industry Minister Martin Riman holds a news conference on industry and innovation in the years 2007-2013 at 9:30 a.m. (0730 GMT).

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SEPTEMBER PMI

The Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for the Czech manufacturing sector edged down in September but remained positive, driven by strong growth of new orders and output.

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- For real-time economic data releases and consensus market forecasts, double click on <ECONCZ>.

END-SEPTEMBER BUDGET

The central state budget showed a 1.49 billion crown ($67.06 million) surplus for January-September.

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PUBLIC BUDGET REPORT

The statistics bureau has revised the 2005 public finance deficit to 3.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) from a previous estimate of 2.6 percent.

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PM SAYS ALL OPTIONS OPEN ON CEZ

The Czech government has yet to decide on the form of a planned offering of about 7 percent stake in power utility CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was quoted as saying in a newspaper.

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CEZ MULLS SHARE BUYBACK

State-controlled Czech power producer CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> said on Friday it is considering a plan to buy back as much as 10 percent of its stock from the open market, boosting the stock in early trade on the Prague bourse.

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Overview of past economic data and market forecasts <CZ/ECON15> For Instant Views of key economic data click on [CZ/INSTANT] For summary of economic data and forecasts <CZ/ECON01> For diary of forthcoming Czech events [CZ/DIARY] For calendar of east European economic indicators [CONV/DIARY] TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets [TOP/EMRG] TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch [TOP/EAST]

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