Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on May 25

                                
 PRAGUE, May 25 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

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 Updates on CEE currencies............................[CEE/]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 FINAL POLL: The final Czech opinion poll ahead of an
election this week showed centre-right parties would likely win
a majority, narrowing the chances of a left-wing government that
could displease markets.
                                
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 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies were mixed on
Monday in quiet trade, with Poland's zloty a touch lower and the
Czech crown rising slightly, but markets are likely to remain
volatile this week amid persistent worries over the euro zone's
fiscal woes.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE64N07D] Related News [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech power prices edged up along the curve on
Monday tracking oil and carbon higher, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE64N13N] Related News [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>   --       1156.6     1.78        3.52
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.622    25.505    -0.46        2.64
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  20.835    20.615    -1.07      -13.38
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10066.57  10193.39  -1.24       -3.47
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

===========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 REGULATION: Central bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer said
the push to further harmonise finacial structures within the EU
is potentially harmful for the bloc and member countries.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 14
                                
 
                                
 FLOOD BONDS: The goverenment proposed issuing 3 billion
crowns ($144.8 million) in bonds to pay for the spring flooding.
Prime Minister Jan Fischer said the government will take new
savings measures in order to keep the budget deficit under its
5.3 percent of GDP target.
                                
 E15, page 3
                                
 
                                
 STEEL: ArcelorMittal Ostrava CEO Augustine Kochuparampil
said the group's revenue fell 40 percent last year and it showed
an operating loss of around 2 billion crowns. He said the group
was not planning in cuts in workforce thsi year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 22
                                
 
                                
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