Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 12

                                
 PRAGUE, Oct 12 (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 hours)

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 August industrial and construction data at 0700 GMT.
                                
 Harvest estimate due at 0700 GMT.
                                
 August current account balance data at 0800 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 - The Czech cabinet to hold a session. News
conference due at 1130 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Forum 2000 organise conference "Democracy and
Freedom in a Multipolar World" (0730 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 LISBON GUARANTEE: Czech President Vaclav Klaus will demand a
strong and binding guarantee that the EU's Lisbon Treaty does
not destabilise property rights before he signs the pact, his
aide said on Sunday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLB165546] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 LISBON DEMAND: Czech President Vaclav Klaus set out his
terms on Friday for signing the EU's Lisbon reform treaty,
demanding an exemption to protect Prague from post-war property
claims and safeguard the sovereignty of the judiciary.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9120320] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ-MOL DEAL: Hungarian oil and gas firm MOL <MOLB.BU> has
extended an options agreement with Czech power company CEZ
<CEZPsp.PR> until January 2014 from a previous date of 2011, MOL
said in a statement.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9372252] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ IN KOSOVO: Kosovo will scale back plans for a
long-delayed 2,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant due to lack
of interest from foreign investors, the country's minister of
Energy and Mining told Reuters on Friday. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9625673] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ IN ROMANIA: Czech power group CEZ <CEZPspPR> said on
Friday it has taken full ownership of two Romanian distrubutors
after it agreed with Romania's Electrica SA to buy the remaining
19 percent stake in the pair for 145.36 million euros ($214.2
million).
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9621266] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies weakened on
Friday, led by the Polish zloty, on fears that Latvia's woes
might weigh on the region, but the reaction was much milder
than in June when the crisis last flared. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9481548] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1147.5    1147.5    0.4        33.71
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  25.88     25.894    0.05        3.26
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  17.601    17.585   -0.09        7.92
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  9864.94   9786.87   0.8         12.4
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
                                
 
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 BUDGET MAY BE BETTER: Finance Minister Eduard Janota said
estimates for economic output are nearing zero, better than the
0.5 percent contraction seen in the 2010 budget draft, so the
budget gap may be lower than the 163 billion crowns already set.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
 
                                
 ORCO RESTRUCTURING: Some bondholders in Orco Property Group
<ORCO.PA> <ORCOsp.PR> balked at receiving shares in the real
estate group as part of a debt restructuring plan, killing the
deal, CEO Jean-Francois Ott said.
                                
 He said the group still had a six-month creditor protection
so was under no time pressure for a deal, and that the group
would negotiate more with potential investor Colony Capital.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
                                
 
                                
 CSA HELP: Czech Airlines (CSA) supervisory board chief
Vaclav Novak is likely to request 3 billion czech crowns in
state aid for the airline, according to sources. 
                                
 The paper said that CSA president Radomir Lasak has a
restructuring plan that does not count on state aid; the finance
ministr has already ruled out state aid.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
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