PRAGUE, March 30 (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 + 2 hour)
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PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session. Public
finance's consolidation on the schedule. News conference to
follow.
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PRAGUE - Israeli President Shimon Peres to visit the Czech
Republic. News conference at 0930 GMT.
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LISBON APPROVAL BY JUNE: Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said
on Sunday he expected the Czech upper house of parliament to
approve the European Union's Lisbon treaty by June despite the
fall of his centre-right minority cabinet.
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EARLY ELECTIONS: Leaders of the two biggest political
parties agreed the Czech Republic should hold an early election,
a first step to overcoming a political crisis brought on by a
no-confidence vote in the government.
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POLITICAL FIX: Opposition leader Jiri Paroubek said on
Friday he will start talks on supporting a new government to
lead the Czech Republic to an early election following the fall
of the centre-right cabinet.
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CEE FX STAY WEAK: Emerging European currencies fell on
Friday, led by the Polish zloty and the Hungarian forint, as
stocks dipped globally and political uncertainty hurt the
region.
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HITACHI LEAVING: Japanese electronics maker Hitachi <6501.T>
will close a Czech plasma television manufacturing plant due to
falling prices and demand in the economic slowdown, the local
unit said on Friday.
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BSE CASE FOUND: Czech state veterinarians said on Friday
they had found a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE) in a cow in the north of the country and they would cull
around 200 related cattle.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 787.7 787.7 +0.00 -100.00
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 27.490 27.450 -0.15 -2.55
vs Dollar <CZK=> 20.785 20.747 -0.04 -7.93
U.S. Equities <> 7,776 7,925 -1.87 -11.40
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT
===========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
PRIVATISATIONS TO GO ON: The fall of the government is not a
reason to stop planned privatisations, Finance Minister Miroslav
Kalousek said. He also said he expected costs connected with
state bonds will rise because of the no-confidence vote.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
ORCO DEBT: Orco Property Group <> wants to
renegotiate terms for payment of 440 million euros in bonds and
a delay in paying 100 million euros of other debt.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
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