EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Sept 30

                                
 (Adds KGHM, MOL)
                                
 WARSAW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 KGHM
                                
 Trade unions at Poland's copper miner KGHM <KGHM.WA> hold
news conference at 0800 GMT. Newspaper Parkiet reports without
giving sources that the unions decided to take the next step
towards a potential strike.
                                
 
                                
 MOL
                                
 The Hungarian Crude Oil Association (MÁSZ), whose members
include MOL <MOLB.BU>, OMV <OMVV.VI>, Lukoil, Shell and Tesco
<TSCO.L>  is asking the government to withdraw its bill on the
"Robin Hood" energy tax, writes Nepszabadsag's Hungary Around
the Clock service.
                                
 
                                
 ZENTIVA, SANOFI
                                
 The Czech central bank clears Sanofi-Aventis <SASY.PA> to go
ahead with its higher bid for Czech drugs maker Zentiva
<ZNTVsp.PR>.                                     [nPRG001027]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGE, WARSAW BOURSE
                                
 The Warsaw bourse has made a highest bid for a controlling
stake in the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE), offering 200 million
euros ($287 million), a Czech daily reports, citing a source
close to the sale.                                 [nLU95582]

                                
 CEZ
                                
 Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> has placed a bid for a 76
percent stake in the sole Albanian power distributor Operatori i
Sistemit te Shperndarjes (OSSH).                 [ID:nWLA0421]
                                
 
                                
 HOLCIM ESTIMATE
                                
 Swiss cement maker Holcim <HOLN.VX>, which plans to reach a
level of investment of 650 million euros by the end of the year
in Romania, sees double-digit yearly increases in domestic
cement consumption in the coming years, Ziarul Financiar writes.
                                
 
                                
 HELLENIC PETROLEUM
                                
 The Bulgarian commission for protection of competition
allows fuel distributor Eco Bulgaria, unit of Greece's largest
oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum <HEPr.AT>, to buy 100 percent of
its competitor Opet/Aygaz for 32 million euros, writes Dnevnik.
                                
 
                                
 BULGARTABAK
                                
 The two most profitable cigarette mills of the Bulgarian
state producer Bulgartabak <BTHG.BB> will be ready to be
privatised by the end of November, writes Dnevnik.
                                
 
                                
 OTP
                                
 Hungary's largest bank OTP <OTPB.BU> aims to join Warsaw's
main WIG20 index <.WIG20> in the middle of 2009 after a dual
listing on the Polish stock exchange by year-end  [ID:nLT275880]
                                
 
                                
 AERO VODOCHODY
                                
 Romania's privatisation agency AVAS rejected on Monday a bid
by Czech firm Aero Vodochody to buy the state's majority stake
in aircraft maker Avioane Craiova SA.             [ID:nLT565183]
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European stock index futures tumbled in early trade,
pointing to a sharp drop at the open in Europe after U.S.
lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a $700 billion emergency rescue
plan for the embattled financial sector.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 The Dow industrials plunged on Monday in their biggest
decline ever after U.S. lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a $700
billion financial bailout, spooking investors who fear for the
future of global markets and the U.S. economy.
                                
 The Dow lost 778 points, its largest point decline in
history, and posted its biggest daily percentage slide since the
1987 stock market crash. The benchmark S&P 500 also had its
worst day in 21 years after the House voted down the bailout
plan by a count of 228 to 205.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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 Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20>     Istanbul ISE National 100 <.XU100>
 Budapest SE Index <.BUX>  Bucharest Beti <.BETI>
 Prague PX <.PX>           Zagreb Crobex <.CRBEX>
 Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX>      Ljubljana SBI20 <.SBI>
 
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 FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3>
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