Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 23

                                
 PRAGUE, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 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 - Conference "Reasons, Consequences and Solving of
the Financial and Economic Crisis" with Czech central bank (CNB)
board member Vladimir Tomsik (0700 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Financial forum "Crisis as a Chance for Change?"
with Finance Minister Eduard Janota, Czech central bank (CNB)
Vice Governors Miroslav Singer and Mojmir Hampl, former Finance
Minister Miroslav Kalousek (0745 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Prime Minister Jan Fischer to meet leaders of
parliamentary parties at 1300 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Polish equities showed their biggest gain in
almost two months on Tuesday, while a weaker dollar boosted
central European currencies, with the leu leading gains after
the approval of an IMF loan tranche.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLM173344] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
                                
 ORCO BONDS: Bond holders in Orco Property Group will vote on
Thursday on an improved debt restructuring offer, the real
estate developer said on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLM176072] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
                                
 CME LOAN: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) <CETV.O>
<CETVsp.PR> said on Tuesday it had repaid a 127.5 million euro
revolving loan with the EBRD.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG003642] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PUB]
                                
 
                                
 KLAUS ON CLIMATE MEETING: Czech President Vaclav Klaus
sharply criticized a U.N. meeting on climate change on Tuesday
at which U.S. President Barack Obama was among the top speakers,
describing it as propagandistic and undignified. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nN22362015] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 GAS STORAGE: Ceska Plynarenska won regulatory rights to
study building a new gas storage mine, which would cost 12
billion crowns ($706.3 million) and hold 300 million cubic
metres of natural gas.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A8
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST]

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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)