Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Dec 28

                                
 PRAGUE, Dec 28 (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 + 1 hours)

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 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies............................[CEE/]
                                
 
=============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Eastern European currencies held broadly steady
on Monday, at the start of the final trading week of the year
and dealers said trading would likely stay muted as investors
held onto profits.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6BQ05T] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech spot power firmed on Monday in slow trade
following the Christmas holidays and a return to temperatures
well below freezing.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6BQ0RM] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2010
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>     25.342     25.357    0.06       3.71
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     19.161     19.271    0.57      -4.27
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,216.3    1,216.3     -0.57       8.86
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 11,555.03  11,573.49    -0.16      10.81
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

 ==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 SAZKA: A major debtholder in lottery group Sazka, real
estate investor Radovan Vitek, wants to have power of attorny in
the company. His plan, if supported by shareholders, for the
group is an investment of up to 3 billion crowns and to sell its
ownership in O2 Arena.
                                
 The indebted Sazka is the subject of takeover bids by other
investors, including the owner of betting group Fortuna
Entertainment Group <FOREsp.PR>.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 DEBT PERCEPTION: In a survery, 76 percent of Czechs consider
the rise in national debt to be a serious problem, while 51
percent do not agree with the government's savings measures.
                                
 Pravo, page 14
                                
 
                                
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