PRAGUE, Aug 30 (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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PRAGUE - Latvian President Valdis Zatlers to visit the Czech
Republic. Scheduled to meet Czech President Vaclav Klaus at 0820
GMT, news conference at 0945 GMT.
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TEMELIN UNIT 2 ONLINE: Czech utility CEZ <>
re-connected the second unit at its Temelin nuclear power plant
early on Monday after shutting it on Friday for unplanned
maintenance, a spokesman said.
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3RD C.BANKER TALKS OF RISE: The Czech central bank will
likely raise the main interest rate by 25 basis points at the
end of this year or in early 2011, central banker Robert Holman
was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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STATE JOBS: The Czech state will let go at least 5 percent
of government clerks as part of the government's austerity
drive, Prime Minister Petr Necas said on Sunday.
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CEE MARKETS: Hungary's forint bucked a rebound in central
European assets on Friday and Hungarian bonds also extended
losses amid uncertainty over the country's long-term financing
policy and the global economic outlook.
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CEE ENERGY: Czech day ahead power jumped more than 10
percent on Friday after utility CEZ announced an unplanned
shutdown of a reactor at its Temelin nuclear plant, traders
said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.709 24.735 0.11 6.11
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19.388 19.452 0.33 -5.5
Czech Equities <> 1,151.8 1,151.8 0.33 3.09
U.S. Equities <> 10,150.65 99,85.81 1.65 -2.66
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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FLOOD TAX: Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said he could
agree to a proposal to introduce a special "flood tax", which
could raise up to 5 billion crowns, for only one year in 2011.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page D4
POWER BILLS: Household electricity bills could rise as much
as 22 percent in 2011, mainly due to renewable energy subsidies,
according to a CEZ study.
Mlada Fronta Dnes (Saturday edition), page A1
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