Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 5

                                
 PRAGUE, Oct 5 (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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 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/]
                                
 
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 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session. News
conference due at 1130 GMT. Expected to discuss tax amendment
that would allow the issue of government retail bonds.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - The upper house of parliament to discuss on savings
package to cut the 2010 budget deficit (1100 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 SAVINGS PACKAGE: The Czech government will prepare a package
of savings in the spring with the aim to secure fiscal
consolidation in 2011, Finance Minister Eduard Janota said on
Sunday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL4539847] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 KLAUS: Nothing makes Czech President Vaclav Klaus see red
more than European integration and Brussels, a disposition that
is holding up plans for a revamp of the way the European Union
works.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL4109666] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 LISBON: Poland's President Lech Kaczynski looked set to sign
the EU's Lisbon treaty within days, and Czech counterpart Vaclav
Klaus will likely bend to pressure and sign after a pending
court review, politicians said on Saturday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3448801] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 PM ON LISBON: Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer believes the
country will complete ratification of the European Union's
Lisbon Treaty by the end of the year, a statement said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3451622] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 POLITICAL POLL: The Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) keep the
strongest support ahead of an election in mid 2010 but their
lead over the main right-wing Civic Democrats (ODS) narrowed, a
survey showed on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL2245152] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 ECON POLL: A drop in Czech exports and imports continued to
slow in August, bolstered by the German 'cash for clunkers'
scheme which boosted the monthly surplus, a Reuters poll showed
on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL2130434] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 LISBON TREATY AT COURT: Czech president Vaclav Klaus must
not ratify the European Union's Lisbon Treaty until the
country's top court rules on a complaint filed this week against
the document, the court said in a letter to the president.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL2549814] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP] 
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty cut losses on Friday and
lifted other central European currencies after the country's
government signed a deal with Dutch company Eureko, agreeing on
a lower dividend than markets feared.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL279103] 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>  1115,9    1115,9   -3,21       30,03
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,395    25,435    0,16        5,08
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    17,352    17,426    0,42        9,22
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  9487,67   9509,28  -0,23        8,1
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 GOVNERMENT: The leading rightist party Civic Democrats boss
Mirek Topolanek threatened to recall ministers nominated by his
party from the interim government, after Prime Minister Jan
Fischer backed Interior Minister Martin Pecina nominated by the
left. Topolanek wants Pecina to quit.
                                
 Mlada fronta Dnes, page A6
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL: The government should try to buy back refiner
Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> from Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA>.
                                
 E15, page 18
                                
 
                                
 VISA TO CANADA: The Czech foreign ministry plans to shut the
consulate in Montreal in response to Canada's move to impose
visas on Czechs.
                                
 Mlada fronta Dnes, page 1
                                
 
                                
 U.S. AND THE CEE: Top U.S. diplomats plan a trip to the
Czech Republic and Poland to cheer up the nations disappointed
by the U.S. administration decision to shelve plans to build a
missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland.
                                
 Mlada fronta Dnes, Saturday, page 1
                                
 
                                
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 (Compiled by Jana Mlcochova)