Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on July 20

                                
 PRAGUE, July 20 (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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============================EVENTS==============================    PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet due to hold a session, to debate
a report on the situation in the Roma community, financial
markets supervision reprot. News conference due at 1230 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
=========================TOP NEWS===============================
                                
 HYUNDAI: Hyundai Motor Co <005380.KS>, South Korea's top
automaker, will invest 130 million euros ($183.4 million) in its
Czech unit over the next two years, a spokesman said on Friday.
                                
 Story [ID:nLH731018] related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 CO2: The Czech Republic expects to sell most of its
available 100 million tonnes of surplus greenhouse gas emissions
rights this year to European Union governments and private
companies, a government official said on Friday.
                                
 Story [ID:nLH99767] related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CO2]
                                
 
                                
 PENALTY TAX: The main Czech leftist party Social Democrats
will penalise those who cannot prove the origin of money used to
acquire assets with a new anti-money laundering law, if they win
the October parliamentary elections.
                                
 Story [ID:nLH627270] related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>   0        944,2    0             n/a
 vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,845   25,877   -0,12         -3,39
 vs Dollar    <CZK=>    18,252   18,333   -0,44         -4,51
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>   8743,94  8711,82   0,37         -0,37
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

=========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 FDI: Foreign direct investment in the Czech Republic rose
year on year by 7.2 billion crowns to 36 billion crowns ($1.96
billion) in the first quarter.
                                
 E15, page 3
                                
 
                                
 CAR SALES: Sales of trucks fell by 55 percent in the first
half of the year to 2,544 vehicles, Czech Car Importers
Association said.
                                
 Pravo, page 1
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL: Pressure on margins in the petrochemical segment
is hurting Czech refiner Unipetrol's <UNPEsp.PR> performance
this year, Deputy Board Chairman Marek Serafin said. He
reiterated Unipetrol had no plans to pay out dividend from 2008
profit. 
                                
 Pravo, page 5
                                
 
                                
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