Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 14

                                
 PRAGUE, March 14 (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 + 1 hours)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 January current account balance data at 0900 GMT.
                                
 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 - Skoda Auto, a unit of Germany's Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE>, to release 2010 results. News conference at 1000 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-AUT]
                                
 
                                
 BRNO - The Court to issue ruling regarding the opposition
complaint against the way government pushed through its reform
laws at the parliament.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
============================WEEKEND NEWS=======================
                                
 CME CEO SHARES: Television broadcaster Central European
Media Enterprises (CME) <CETV.O> <CETVsp.PR> Chief Executive
Adrian Sarbu has sold shares in the firm worth $2 million, the
company said in a regulatory filing.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE72C0AQ] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-STX]
                                
 
                                
 MILITARY POLICE HEAD SUSPENDED: The Czech defence minister
suspended the head of the military police on Saturday after
masked soldiers armed with assault rifles raided Czech public
television, seizing computers, documents and other items.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE72B06Y] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 PENSION MARKET IMPACT: Czech pension reform could support
domestic capital markets in the long run thanks to looser
regulation and new money inflows, but the plan is too modest to
make any sizeable impact in the next few years.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE7211WG] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-STX]
  * TAKE A LOOK on other pension stories: [ID:nLDE71R1QG]
                                
 
                                
 LEGO INVESTMENT: Privately owned Danish toymaker Lego will
invest 1.2 billion crowns ($68 million) to expand production
capacity at its Czech plant, taking on an additional 200
workers, state agency CzechInvest said on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE72A1RX] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 GDP: The Czech economy expanded by 0.3 percent in the fourth
quarter from the previous three-month period, slower than
previously thought and adding to arguments that the central bank
will not hurry to raise interest rates.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE7290SA] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty briefly hit a 3-month low on
Friday after a massive earthquake hit Japan and unrest in Saudi
Arabia prompted investors to sell riskier assets.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE72A0C4] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
    
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech power for the next working day gained on
Friday as wind generation in the region was forecast to ground
to a virtual halt by the end of the weekend. 
                                
 [ID:nLDE72A1SG] 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=>     24.259     24.266    0.03       2.96
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     17.427     17.415   -0.07       6.65
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,217      1,217        0.4       -0.64
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 12,044.4   11,984.61     0.5        4.03
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
                                
 
==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 CEZ COMPLAINT: Coal miner Sokolovska uhelna will file a
complaint at the Czech anti-monopoly office and European
Commission against CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> for abusing its dominant
position.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
 CEZ DIVIDEND: CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> chief Martin Roman reiterated
the company wants keep its dividend policy of paying out 50-60
percent of profit, and that the opinion of the finance ministry,
the main CEZ shareholder, on a dividend from 2010 profits is
reasonable.
                                
 Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek has said he is willing to
accept only a small drop in dividend.
                                
 Euro, page 34, page 1
                                
   
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.

                                
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