Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 2

                                
 PRAGUE, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 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 - Minutes from the September 24 governing board
meeting at 0700 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 ORCO: Real estate developer Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA>
<ORCOsp.PR> will seek to raise up to 77 million euros from
current shareholders even if a deal with a new investors does
not materialise, Chief Executive Jean-Francois Ott said on
Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL1700074] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ IN ALBANIA: Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> will pull
out of a tender to build a 2,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant
in Kosovo unless the government sweetens the deal, a company
official said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL1690857] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies fell on Thursday,
pulled down by the leu as the withdrawal of a party from
Romania's ruling coalition was a reminder of political risks to
the recession-hit region.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL1467828] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 BUDGET: The Czech central state budget showed a 87.3 billion
crown ($5.04 billion) deficit for January-September, a sharp
reversal from a 10.47 billion surplus a year ago.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL1726725] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1152.9    1152.9   -0.36       34.34
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.423    25.385   -0.15        4.97
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  17.456    17.469    0.07        8.67
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  9509.28   9712.28  -2.09        8.35
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 LISBON HEARING: The head of the Constitutional Court said
the complaint by a group of Senators against the Lisbon Treaty
could be heard within a month.
                                
 Pravo, page 2
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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 For summary of economic data and forecasts          <CZ/ECON01>
 For diary of forthcoming Czech events                [CZ/DIARY]
 For calendar of east European economic indicators  [CONV/DIARY]
 TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets                         [TOP/EMRG]
 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST]

 For an economic indicator diary for the euro zone, the United
 States and other Group of Seven countries see         <G7TODAY>

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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)