Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Aug 24

                                
 PRAGUE, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 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============================
                                
 BUDGET: The Czech prime minister will meet with political
leaders to agree on how to rein in the 2010 budget gap to 5
percent of gross domestic product, Finance Minister Eduard
Janota was quoted as saying on Saturday.
                                
 Story [ID:nLM341036] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                

                                
 CSA: Czech Airlines (CSA) showed a net loss of 1.83 billion
crowns ($102.8 million) for the first six months of the year,
almost a double of what was expected by the company, news Web
site idnes.cz reported on Sunday.
                                
 Story [ID:nLN342037] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RES]
                                
 
                                
 TOPOLANEK ATTACKED: Four young men threw stones at former
Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek during a campaign stop
ahead of an October election, injuring him slightly, his
centre-right party said on Friday.
                                
 Story [ID:nLK415185] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Czech crown briefly rose to its highest
level this year on Friday as central European markets got a lift
from rising PMI surveys in the euro zone that lifted prospects
for the region's export economies.
                                
 Story [ID:nLL281975] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>   0        1139,4    0          n/a
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>     25,408   25,424   -0,06      -5,03
vs Dollar    <CZK=>     17,743   17,726    0,1       -7,17
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>   9505,96  9350,05   1,67       8,31
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 UNIPETROL: Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> is looking to sell
its Czech unit Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> and has been in talks with
a big Russian oil company, the weekly reports, citing unnamed
sources. It is also possible that the Czech state would buy
Unipetrol back from the Polish refiner, the weekly said.
                                
 Euro, page 40
                                
 
                                
 FISCAL CONCERNS: Public sector gap is estimated to reach 5.9
percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011, Czech central
bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer said.
                                
 Euro, page 70
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES: Imports of used passenger cars dropped by 40
percent year on year in the first seven months to 85,551.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
                                

                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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  (Compiled by Jana Mlcochova)