PRAGUE, April 27 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday:
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)
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Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
Previous stories on Czech data.............[]
Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
Updates on CEE currencies.............................[]
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PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session, to
debate a banking bill. News conference at 1100 GMT.
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PRAGUE - Ministerial conference on "Building Migration
Partnerships". The news conference to be held on Tuesday at 1030
GMT with Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer, European
Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot, Swedish Minister for
Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billstrom and French Minister
of Immigration, Integration, National identity and Solidary
development Eric Besson.
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PRAGUE - The last trading day for shares in Zentiva
<> on the Prague Stock Exchange.
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=============================NEWS===============================
WORLD ON ALERT OVER SWINE FLU: Governments around the world
kept a wary eye on Sunday on the spread of a new type of swine
flu that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico and infected
around a dozen in the United States.
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*(For full coverage of the flu outbreak, click on [])
ECON PICTURE MORE DIRE: The Czech Republic faces a darker
economic environment than a few months ago but the central
bank's careful approach has given it room to manoeuvre on
interest rates, a top central banker said on Friday.
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ECON CONTRACTION DEEPER: The Czech Finance Ministry
downgraded its forecast for the central European country's
economy to a contraction of 2.3 percent in 2009, from 2 percent
earlier, a spokesman said on Friday.
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GOVT NEARER: Czech leaders have nearly completed selection
of a new caretaker cabinet and the interim administration will
be appointed on May 8, they said on Friday.
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CEE FX UP: Central European currencies rebounded on Friday
after falls earlier this week but the zloty <EURPLN=>
underperformed due to concerns over Poland's plans to join the
euro zone.
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CZECHS KICK OUT DUKE: Czech police released former Ku Klux
Klan leader David Duke early on Saturday and expelled him from
the country, his lawyer said.
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CEZ: Albania's parliament has approved the sale of 76
percent of power distributor DSO to Czech power company CEZ
<>, deputy energy minister Enno Bozdo said.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2008
Czech Equities <> 0,000.0 0,834.1 +0.00 n/a
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 26.740 26.740 +0.00 -0.90
vs Dollar <CZK=> 20.274 20.263 +0.00 -10.33
U.S. Equities <> 08,076 07,957 +1.50 -39.11
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
ANTI-CRISIS MEASURE: The cabinet will debate measures on
Monday aimed to boost lending to exporters. Banks should be able
to receive state subsidies to provide cheaper loans to
companies.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B1
SOUTHERN CORRIDOR SUMMIT: The "Southern Corridor" summit
will show that the Nabucco pipeline project is becoming a
reality, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said in
an interview.
E15, page 16
OIL FROM RUSSIA: Czech oil pipeline operator MERO proposes
to build a communication system among operators of the Druzhba
pipeline in countries through which it runs, in a bid to make
oil transfers more transparent.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
HYUNDAI: Hyundai Motor <005380.KS> plans to make 160,000
cars in its Czech unit this year and start an extra working
shift. Car production can be boosted thanks to scrap subsidies
introduced in the auto maker's key markets.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
AHOLD: Retailer Ahold <AHLN.AS> will shut 21 stores in the
Czech Republic to boost profitability, the company's spokesman
said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
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