Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 7

                                
 PRAGUE, March 7 (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)

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 February foreign exchange reserves data at 0900 GMT.
                                
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============================EVENTS===============================    PRAGUE - The Czech Statistics Bureau (CSU) to organise a
seminar on methodical changes in foreign trade data survey (1200
GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 SAZKA: A major creditor filed an insolvency claim against
the dominant Czech lottery firm Sazka, the second such move
against the indebted company over the past two months, a
spokesman said on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE7230ZH] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GAME]
                                
 
                                
 CARBON MARKET: Officials hope to reopen the Czech carbon
registry by late next week following the January theft of around
7 million euros ($9.8 million) worth of carbon permits from
several accounts, the registry's chief said on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE723183] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CO2]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies recouped earlier
losses against the euro on Friday afternoon as strong U.S.
payrolls data offset the impact of signals from the European
Central Bank that it may raise interest rates soon. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE7230H8] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
            
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech prompt power hit almost a three-month high
on Friday as temperatures remained below seasonal averages and
the region's biggest utility readied to take a combined 1 GW off
the grid for maintenance, traders said. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE7231JS] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 CSOB IPO: KBC <KBC.BR> will decide by March 15 whether to
float a share of Czech bank CSOB as planned, an unnamed source
said.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 TAX PROPOSALS: A proposal to the Finance Ministry on tax
reform would raise the health and social tax by 2 percentage
points. This would help make up losses from a reduction in the
employers' contribution to social tax.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A1, D1
                                
 
                                
 PENSION REFORM: Junior government coalition member Public
Affairs wants the proposed rise in VAT to be better explained to
the public.
                                
 Pravo, page 1
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.

                                
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