PRAGUE, March 22 (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 hour)
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PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session
(www.vlada.cz/en/default.htm). News conference due at 1300 GMT.
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MLADA BOLESLAV - Skoda Auto, a unit of Germany's Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE>, to release 2009 results. News conference at 1000 GMT.
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PRAGUE - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to
visit the Czech Republic.
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CEE MARKETS: The Czech crown firmed on Friday and held near
multi-month highs with peers in the region as new worries over
Greece's debt failed to dent appetite for emerging Europe's
assets.
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TEMELIN: Czech utility CEZ <> has reconnected its
1,013 megawatt Unit 2 at its nuclear power plant Temelin as
planned, the company said on Friday.
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EU WASTE: Danes, Cypriots and the Irish produce the most
waste per capita in the whole European Union, while the Czechs,
Poles and Slovaks the least, data from the EU's statistics
office showed.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> 1188.9 1188.9 -1.62 6.41
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.385 25.38 -0.02 3.55
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.795 18.708 -0.47 -2.27
U.S. Equities <> 10741.98 10779.17 -0.35 3.01
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
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CSOB IPO: CSOB's parent group KBC <KBC.BR> decided it will
take on risk connected with a potential arbitration loss in the
case of the IPB bankruptcy, a source told Euro magazine. This
information will be in the bank's IPO prospectus.
Separately, Hospodarske Noviny wrote that the option of a
direct sale of CSOB to another bank remained on the table.
Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE> and BNP Paribas <BNPP.PA> are potential
buyers. KBC said selling its Czech unit outright was nonsense.
Euro, page 16
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
ENIRONMENT MINISTER: Prime Minister Jan Fischer proposed
that Agriculture Minister Jakub Sebesta should also lead the
Environment Ministry until the May election after its minister,
Jan Dusik, resigned.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A3
ELECTION: Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek said he would
prefer forming a centre-left government after the May election,
while an alternative would be a minority government. He
reiterated he did not see the Communists joining the government.
E15, page 3
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