Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 28

                                
 PRAGUE, March 28 (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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 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/]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 SAZKA INSOLVENCY: Czech lottery firm Sazka filed for
insolvency under pressure from creditors late on Friday, the
company said in a statement.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE72P07H] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GAME]
                                
 
                                
 ASYLUM: The Czech Republic has granted political asylum to a
Belarussian politician who challenged President Alexander
Lukashenko, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE72M2DL] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Romanian leu and the Hungarian forint hit
multi-month highs on Friday on an improving economic outlook and
after Budapest's biggest ever foreign bond issue amid optimism
over fiscal reforms.  
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE66S0OD] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech power for the next working day rose on
Friday as a number of nuclear and coal-fired power plants went
offline for planned maintenance, joining a number in Germany
already suspended due to the Japan crisis.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE72O1D8] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2011
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>     24.491     24.51     0.08       2.04
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     17.409     17.322   -0.5        6.74
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,245.4    1,245.4      0.44       1.68
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 12,220.59  12,170.56     0.41       5.55
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 CEZ SOLAR PLANTS: CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> invested 10.4 billion
crowns ($596.7 million) into solar power plants last year. It
operates plants with capacity of 125.2 megawatts, giving it a
6.4 percent share of the market.
                                
 Tyden, page 52
                                
 
                                
 POLISH CARGO TENDER: State-owned rail cargo firm CD Cargo
will look at submitting a bid for half of Polish counterpart PKP
Cargo, although it is still not certain who it will partner with
in the tender.
                                
 E15, page 1
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.

                                
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