Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Dec 3

                                
 PRAGUE, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

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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/]
                                

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 PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech Finance Mininstry to release debt issuance
calendar for the first quarter of 2010 along with 2010 Funding
and Debt Management Strategy report (0900 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Hungarian forint led regional gains on
Wednesday, as an improving outlook for central Europe pushed it
beyond technical resistance levels, while 15-year Czech bonds
firmed after Prague's last tender this year.
                                
 Story: [ID:nGEE5B10DV] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 BOND TENDER: The Czech finance ministry sold less than it
had offered in a 15-year government bond auction on Wednesday,
cutting back its final planned sale of the year after nearing
its borrowing target.
                                
 Story: [ID:nGEE5B11SE] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 2009 GDP: The Czech economy will likely contract 4.1 percent
to 4.2 percent in 2009, Finance Minister Eduard Janota said in
Parliament on Wednesday. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG003809] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 ORCO TALKS: Orco Property Group's <ORCOsp.PR> <ORCO.PA>
talks with U.S. investment group Colony Capital on a capital
hike have ended after the real estate group failed to meet debt
restructuring conditions. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nGEE5B109P] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
 ==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 CSOB SHARES: A Belgian paper De Tijd reported that KBC
<KBC.BR> banking group has picked five investment banks to
handle its share issuance of Czech unit CSOB: JP Morgan, Credit
Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs, KBC Securities and UBS.
                                
 E15, page 10
                                
 
                                
 ORCO CAPITAL: Orco Property Group <ORCOsp.PR> <ORCO.PA> is
not looking for a new investor for capital after talks with
Colony Capital ended, its Czech director Ales Vobruba said.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 CZECHS IN AFGHANISTAN: Defence Minister Martin Bartak is
proposing to add another 100 Czech soldiers to its mission in
Afghanistan. 
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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