Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 21

                                
 PRAGUE, April 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)

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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/]
============================EVENTS==============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Seminar "Transatlantic Economic Council - The
Platform for tackling barriers in the EU-USA trade relations"
with Czech Confederation of Industry chief Jaroslav Mil (0730
GMT) and Deputy Prime Minister for the European affairs Alexandr
Vondra (0740).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]

                                
 PRAGUE - RWE Transgas, a unit of German utility RWE
<RWEG.DE>, to hold a news conference on 2008 results with CEO
Martin Herrmann and CFO Dirk Simons at 0900 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to meet his
Korean counterpart Han Seung Soo. News conference at 0915 GMT.
                                
Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - EU-Turkey Ministerial Meeting. The EU-Turkey
relations, Turkey's progress in the accession negotiations with
the EU, energy security and other topical regional and
international issues on the schedule. News conference at 1330
GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR>, a unit of
Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> should present trading statement.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PETC]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, Czech central
bank board member Pavel Rezabek, and Slovak central bank board
member Ludovit Odor to speak at conference on impacts of global
economic crisis.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
 
=============================NEWS===============================
                                
 CSA PRIVATISATION: The Czech government picked Air
France-KLM <AIRF.PA> and a consortium made up of Czech companies
Unimex and Travel Service <ICEAIR.IC> to advance to the second
round of a tender to buy national carrier Czech Airlines.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLK90118] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 DEEP FISCAL GAP: The Czech public sector deficit could rise
to as much as 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) this
year, far above the euro adoption threshold, Finance Minister
Miroslav Kalousek said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLK169851] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 FX FALL: Investors cut back on riskier holdings on Monday as
optimism over the global economy faded, pushing the Polish zloty
to a one-week low and wiping out its gains from news of an IMF
credit line last week.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLK603009] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
 ==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 POLITICAL PREFERENCES: A CVVM poll showed that leftist
opposition Social Democrats would win 28 percent of the vote in
elections to the European Parliament, the ruling Civic Democrats
would get 26 percent, and the Communists 13 percent.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page 2

                                
 IMF: The Czech cabinet approved a 1.03 billion euro loan to
the IMF to be tapped from the country's foreign exchange
reserves. The central bank Governor Zdenek Tuma said there was
an agreement with the IMF that if need be the fund would return
the money immediately.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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