PRAGUE, March 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday:
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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January current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
Previous stories on Czech data.............[]
Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
Updates on Czech currency.............................[]
=========================== EVENTS =============================
PRAGUE - Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on line in the
European chat at www.eu2009.cz (0900 GMT).
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PRAGUE - Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to give a closing
speech in upper house of Parliament (1130 GMT).
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PRAGUE - Czech Agriculture Minister Petr Gandalovic and EU
Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel to hold a news
conference at 1200 GMT.
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PRAGUE - Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers to continue.
Discussion on current issues on the individual agendas of the
European Security and Defence Policy on the schedule. News
conference at 1200 GMT.
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PRAGUE - EU - Pakistan Ministerial Meeting (Troika). The
meeting to be attended by Czech Foreign Minister Karel
Schwarzenberg, Director for Asia of the European Commission's DG
External Relations James Moran, Policy Unit Director of the
General Secretariat of the EU Council Helga Schmid and Pakistani
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. News conference
at 1355 GMT.
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============================NEWS================================
FX REBOUNDS: Emerging European currencies firmed on
Thursday, with Hungary's forint and Poland's zloty reversing
sharp losses after the Swiss central bank (SNB) sold francs and
cut interest rates.
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FARMERS PROTEST: Thousands of Czech and other European
farmers protested in Prague on Thursday for a way to raise milk
prices and a hike in subsidies to boost incomes hurt by the
global economic crisis.
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GOVT BOND: The Czech Finance Ministry has set the coupon for
a new 10-year government bond at 5.00 percent per annum, it said
on Thursday.
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JUNCKER SEES ECON REVIVAL: The European economy could see a
mild revival at the end of the next year, Luxembourg Prime
Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday.
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SPORITELNA ISSUES BONDS: Erste Bank's <ERST.VI> <>
Czech unit Ceska Sporitelna will issue 2 billion crowns ($94.52
million) in subordinated retail bonds, the bank said on
Thursday.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 677.3 677.3 +0.00 n/a
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 26.520 27.185 +2.51 +1.02
vs Dollar <CZK=> 20.604 21.257 +3.06 -7.35
U.S. Equities <> 7,170 6,930 +3.46 -18.30
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT
===========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
CBANK FCAST: The Czech central bank Vice-Governor Mojmir
Hampl said he did not expect a dramatic change in the bank's
next macroeconomic forecast.
E15, page 12
CSA CASH: Czech airlines (CSA) chief Radomir Lasak said he
did not care whether the air carrier, slated for privatisation
this year, shows a profit or loss. The important thing he said
was that it has enough cash to operate.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
SOCIAL TAX: Labour and Social Affairs Minister Petr Necas
proposes employers can pay social insurance for employees in
gradual instalments as a way to free extra cash for companies
hit by an economic crisis.
E15, page 1
ZENTIVA: Sanofi-Aventis <SASY.PA>, which acquired a 96.8
percent in Zentiva <> as part of its take over bid,
said it would launch a squeez-out procedure in the near future
to gain a full control of the Czech drug maker.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 22
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