Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Jan 28

                                
 PRAGUE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 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/]
 
===========================MORNIG NEWS==========================
                                
 NWR SALES: Mining group New World Resources <NWRS.L>
<NWRSsp.PR> said on Friday it has agreed a 13 percent rise in
the average price for thermal coal sales in 2011.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004662] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-COA]

=============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 CO2 THEFT: The Czech carbon registry operator OTE said on
Thursday it does not expect to reopen for at least six weeks
following the theft of at least $7 million euros of emissions
permits in its system.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70Q2NV] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CO2]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ CO2 THEFT: Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> said on
Thursday it had detected two unauthorised transfers of its
emissions permits, totalling 700,000, in a cyber attack on the
Czech registry last week.  
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70Q0G6] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CO2]
                                
 
                                
 CBANK ATTENDANCE: Six of the seven Czech central bank
governing board members will attend the Feb. 3 rate-setting
meeting, with only Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl expected to be
absent, the bank said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRA005430] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 POWER PRICES: There is further room for long-term power
prices to rise following an increase over the past few months
fuelled by higher gas and coal prices, CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> sales
chief Alan Svoboda said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004660] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 MORGAGE LENDING: The volume of new Czech mortgage loans to
households grew 15 percent in 2010, the first yearly rise since
a peak in 2007, government data showed on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70Q1KW] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Hungarian bond yields fell at a debt auction
and the forint outperformed its central European peers on
Thursday on optimism about fiscal reforms promised by the
government for next month.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70Q0HL] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Less demand headed into the weekend and ample
supply helped drive down Czech day ahead power prices on
Thursday despite lower wind generation in the region and colder
temperatures, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70Q25R] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 SAZKA DEBT: Sazka management is negotiating a three-month
moratorium with creditors, of which half would agree.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
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