PRAGUE, May 4 (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 hour)
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PRAGUE - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April due out
at 0730 GMT.
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PRAGUE - End-April budget balance data and a detailed
calendar for the issuance of domestic state bonds in the sixth
month of 2009.
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PRAGUE - EU - Japan Summit (Troika) with Czech President
Vaclav Klaus, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso,
European Union (EU) High Representative for the Common Foreign
and Security Policy Javier Solana and Japanese Prime Minister
Taro Aso.
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PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. News
conference due at 1100 GMT.
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NORTH KOREA-JAPAN: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said on
Sunday the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme
should start again as soon as possible and they are the most
practical way of addressing the issue.
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NATO EXPELLS TWO RUSSIANS: NATO has expelled two Russian
diplomats over a spy scandal, a move Moscow's ambassador said
was intended to set back efforts by Russia and the United States
to repair relations.
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UNEXPECTED CABINET CANDIDATES: Czech Prime Minister
designate Jan Fischer surprised his political backers on
Thursday, picking unexpected names for his cabinet in a twist
that could deepen a crisis undermining the country's European
Union presidency.
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LUKASHENKO NOT COMING TO PRAGUE: Belarussian President
Alexander Lukashenko will not attend a European Union summit
next week aimed at boosting ties with six ex-Soviet states, two
Czech EU presidency sources said.
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ORCO STARTS TALK ON CAPITAL HIKE: Real estate firm Orco
Property Group, which last month sought court protection from
creditors, said it has started talks on a reserved capital
increase with Colony Capital that could give the U.S. group a
majority stake.
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FX: Emerging European currencies edged down on Thursday to
go into a long holiday weekend, cutting an early rise after the
dollar rebounded and signals in the region should more economic
pain.
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OUTPUT FALLS: Czech industry fell by double digits for the
fifth straight month in March, data showed on Thursday, and
officials hiked the 2010 public deficit forecast by half due to
a fall in growth that has undercut tax revenues.
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NWR MAY CUT OUTPUT: Czech miner New World Resources <NWRS.L>
<NWRSsp.PR> may cut production and postpone investments
including its 800 million euro ($1.06 billion) project in Poland
if the market situation deteriorates, chief financial officer
said.
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RATE POLL: A darker economic outlook will likely lead the
Czech central bank (CNB) to cut interest rates by 25 basis
points at its May 7 meeting, a Reuters poll showed.
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FISCAL GAP: The Czech Finance Ministry submitted a 2010
budget expenditure framework to the government targeting a
public sector budget deficit of 4.6 percent of gross domestic
product, it said.
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==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
NEW GOVERNMENT: Leaders of the two main parties will propose
on Monday new candidates for key ministerial posts, including
candidates for the finance minister and industry minister posts.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
JANOTA CONSIDERED FOR CABINET POST: Deputy Finance Minister
Eduard Janota is a candidate for the finance minister post in
the new caretaker government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer, the
paper reports citing unnamed sources.
Lidove Noviny, page 1
ARCELORMITTAL: World's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal
<ISPA.AS> is considering to curb drastically production in its
Czech and Polish operations or sell them to a Chinese investors,
the weekly reports, citing unnamed sources.
Euro, page 34
LISBON TREATY: Parliament's upper house, the Senate, should
be able to approve the Lisbon treaty on Wednesday, outgoing
Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra said.
CEZ: Czech power group CEZ <> plans to take part in
privatisation tenders to buy two heating plants in Poland, CEZ
Polska chief Petr Ivanek said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
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