PRAGUE, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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PRAGUE - 15-year government bond auction <CZ1002547=>.
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PRAGUE - Foreign Minister Jan Kohout to meet his German
couterpart Guido Westerwelle.
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CEZ PROBE: European Commission regulators investigating
Czech power group CEZ <> are likely focusing on issues
surrounding the lignite market rather than the wholesale power
market, a top CEZ official said on Tuesday.
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AIRPORT LAW: The Czech lower house of parliament banned the
government on Tuesday from selling the country's main airport,
approving a bill that stipulates that the owner of the Prague
airport must be the state or a company owned by the state.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies bounced off
overnight lows on Tuesday, led by Poland's zloty<EURPLN=> as
manufacturing output in the region and its Western European
markets improved.
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BUDGET: The Czech central state budget posted a 169.4
billion crown ($9.82 billion) deficit for January-November,
widening from the previous month and a sharp Rise from a 6.52
billion deficit a year ago, the Finance Ministry said on
Tuesday.
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PMI: The Polish and Czech manufacturing sectors grew in
November for the first time in more than a year, data showed on
Tuesday, but economists said the recovery still hinged on
prospects for the euro zone and could prove bumpy.
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CEZ PROBE: Power group CEZ <> and Czech Coal mining
group had been negotiating a swap deal the night before a
European Commission raid on CEZ, putting the deal on hold.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
BOND ISSUANCE: The state will issue state bonds worth 280
billion crowns next year, a similar level to this year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
MOBILE TENDER: Czech operator U:fon is the first interested
bidder for next year's tender for a fourth mobile operator
license.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
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