PRAGUE, June 28 (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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PRAGUE - President Vaclav Klaus to name Civic Democrat
Chairman Petr Necas as new prime minister. (0800 GMT)
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PRAGUE - Cabinet to hold regular meeting.
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NEXT PM: Czech President Vaclav Klaus will name Civic
Democrat leader Petr Necas as the next prime minister on Monday,
ushering in what should be the strongest government in a decade
to tackle economic reforms.
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NEXT CBANKER: The next Czech central bank vice-governor will
be appointed from within the board and a new board member will
come from the banking sector, President Vaclav Klaus said on
Sunday.
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CEE MARKETS: A ruling by Romania's top court against some
government austerity measures threw up new risks to the
country's aid programme on Friday, sending the leu to a 6-1/2
month low and building pressure on emerging European assets.
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CEE POWER: Czech power prices for the next working day
dropped nearly 1 percent on Friday as power plant capacity in
neighbouring Germany was expected to rise in the coming week.
Story: [] Related news: []
CABINET CLEARS WAY FOR NEW GOVT: Czech President Vaclav
Klaus accepted the resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Jan
Fischer on Friday but asked him to stay on until a new cabinet
takes power following a May election.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
Czech Equities <> --- 1130.6 -0.64 1.19
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.722 25.718 -0.02 2.26
vs Dollar <CZK=> 20.757 20.923 0.79 -12.95
U.S. Equities <> 10143.81 10152.8 -0.09 -2.73
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
==========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
SHOPPING ABROAD: Czech companies bought 916 firms abroad in
the first five months of 2010, almost three times as many as in
the same period a year ago.
Hospdodarske Noviny, page 18
EURO ADOPTION: President Vaclav Klaus said he did not expect
the country to adopt the euro before 2016.
Hospdodarske Noviny, page 24
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