Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on May 26

                                
 PRAGUE, May 26 (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 + 1 hours)

 ======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 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 Czech currency.............................[CZK/]
                                
 
========================= EVENTS ===============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Komercni Banka <BKOMsp.PR> CFO Pavel Cejka in an
on-line interview on www.patria.cz.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
======================= TOP NEWS ===============================
                                
 HEALTH PROTEST: The Czech Republic's top university
threatened on Friday to shut its medical schools if the
government pushed ahead with health reforms.
                                
 [ID:nL23884716] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-HEA]
                                
 
                                
 POWER TRADE: Czechs and Slovaks agreed to lift borders
between their electricity markets to save costs and ease power
trade, Czech industry ministry said of Friday.
                                
 [ID:L23194495] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
==================== ELSEWHERE IN NEWS =========================
                                
 BRITISH ENERGY NUCLEAR PLANS: British Energy <BGY.L> may
launch a new nuclear power station unit by 2018 if the utility
is able to secure the necessary permits in the next five years,
Chief Executive Bill Coley said.
                                
 [ID:L23731534] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 ROMANIA NUCLEAR PLANT: Romania is eyeing construction of a
new nuclear plant with capacity of between 2,000 and 2,400
megawatts, whose first unit could come on line after 2020, the
head of the state nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica said on
Friday.
                                
 [ID:L23365498] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
====================== PRESS DIGEST ============================
                                
 AIRPORT SALE: The government is likely to approve a plan to
privatise the Prague airport operator Letiste Praha on its first
meeting in June and to start looking for a sale adviser.
                                
 E15, page 1
                                
 
                                
 U.S. RADAR: The government has decided to delay
parliamentary ratification of a planned U.S. radar base in the
Czech Republic to after autumn departure of U.S. President
George W. Bush.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 AAA AUTO RESULT: Czech used car dealership AAA Auto
<AAAAsp.PR> will probably post a loss of between 5.6-6.4 million
euros in the first quarter due to weakening second-hand car
market, analysts said.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
 
 For Instant Views of key economic data click on    [CZ/INSTANT]
 For summary of economic data and forecasts          <CZ/ECON01>
 For diary of forthcoming Czech events                [CZ/DIARY]
 For calendar of east European economic indicators  [CONV/DIARY]
 TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets                         [TOP/EMRG]
 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST]

 For an economic indicator diary for the euro zone, the United
 States and other Group of Seven countries see         <G7TODAY>

 For real-time stock market index quotes click in brackets:
 Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20>  Budapest BUX <.BUX>  Prague PX <.PX>

                                
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(Reporting by Martin Dokoupil)