PRAGUE, May 13 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday:
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to continue a
session. Constitutional law on shortening electoral term for the
lower house and package of anti-crisis measures on the schedule.
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PRAGUE - 3-year government bond auction <CZ1002505=>.
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PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <> to release first quarter
results. News conference with CEO Martin Roman and CFO Martin
Novak at 0645 GMT. Also to hold an annual shareholders' meeting.
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PRAGUE - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Czech
central bank (CNB) to hold a news conference on the IMF's 2009
Spring Regional Economic Outlook (0930 GMT).
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PRAGUE - Ministerial meeting EU - Rio Group in attendance of
27 European Union's Foreign Ministers and 23 Foreign Ministers
from Latin America and the Caribbean.
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CEE INFLATION EBBS: Inflation eased in Romania and the Czech
Republic in April, statisticians said on Tuesday, adding to a
host of indicators that underscore the depth of
economic woes afflicting eastern Europe.
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DATA GLOOM: Czech consumer prices dropped in April, putting
year-on-year inflation at its lowest point since February 2007,
while the unemployment rate jumped as recession bit into the
central European economy.
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FINANCING NEEDS: The IMF cut estimates of external financing
needs for a string of countries in central and Eastern Europe on
Tuesday, painting a less bleak picture of a region with heavy
exposure to western-based lenders.
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EU SUMMIT CHAIR: New Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said
on Tuesday he wanted to chair a European Union summit next
month, hoping to prevent any attempt by eurosceptic President
Vaclav Klaus to take it over.
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NEW COACH: Former international defender Frantisek Straka
has been appointed coach of Czech Republic, the Football
Association (FA) said in a statement on Tuesday.
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CSSD CONDITIONS: The Social Democrats put together a list of
21 conditions needed for the caretaker Prime Minister Jan
Fischer's government to win a confidence vote, including halting
preparations of the Prague Airport sale.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
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