PRAGUE, Dec 9 (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 hours)
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Q3 gross domestic product at 0800 GMT.
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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.
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PRAGUE -The lower house of parliament to continue a session.
Third reading of 2011 budget draft on the schedule.
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SENATE APPROVES BILLS TO STOP SOLAR BOOM: The upper house of
the Czech parliament approved on Wednesday taxes on solar power
revenues and carbon dioxide emissions permits granted to
electricity firms in response to a boom in expensive solar
energy.
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EU PENSION EXEMPTIONS ON CASE-BY-CASE BASIS: Any budget
exemptions the European Union may grant to member states to
account for deficit-swelling pension reforms will probably be
assessed on a case-by-case basis, a deputy Czech Finance
Minister said on Wednesday.
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CME'S SARBU SELLS SHARES: Television broadcaster central
European Media Enterprises (CME) <CETV.O> <> Chief
Executive Adrian Sarbu has sold shares in the firm worth $1.01
million, the company said in a regulatory filing.
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PUBLIC WORKERS' STRIKE: Czech public sector workers striked
against the government's austerity measures on Wednesday, in a
rare labour unrest in the central European country.
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5-YR BOND WELL BID: The Czech Finance Ministry sold 5.10
billion crowns ($268.7 million) worth of 3.40/15 government
bonds <CZ1002737=> in the first, competitive round of bidding at
an auction of on Wednesday.
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CZECHS WILL NOT JOIN EU CRISIS MECHANISM: The Czech Republic
will not take part in any future permanent European financial
aid mechanism, the government agreed early on Wednesday.
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LEFTISTS LAUNCH COURT CHALLENGE OF SAVINGS:The Czech leftist
opposition has filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court
demanding that it strike down the government's key budget
savings laws approved last month, party leaders said on
Wednesday.
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JOBLESS RATE UP: The Czech unemployment rate rose to 8.6
percent of the workforce in November, the Labour Ministry said
on Wednesday, in line with the forecast in a Reuters poll
<CZ/ECON04> <CZ/ECON15> <ECONCZ>.
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CEE MARKETS: Poland and the Czech Republic drew strong
demand at their final debt auctions of the year on Wednesday as
investors favoured emerging markets over troubled euro zone
countries.
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CEE POWER:Czech day-ahead power prices tumbled on Wednesday
as temperatures rose and wind power in the region was expected
to increase, while gas and coal boosted the Cal '11 contract.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,014 25,037 0,09 4,95
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18,785 18,882 0,51 -2,22
Czech Equities <> 1,165,9 1,165,9 -0,78 4,35
U.S. Equities <> 11,372,48 11,359,16 0,12 9,06
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT
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REAL ESTATE MARKET: The Czech real estate market has
recovered from the crisis and real estate transactions for the
whole of 2010 are expected at 600 million euros, up by 6 percent
year on year, King Sturge said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
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