PRAGUE, Oct 14 (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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EIB TO BUY CZECH BONDS: The European Investment Bank will
buy up to 13.67 billion crowns ($783.4 million) worth of
domestic Czech government bonds, the Finance Ministry said on
Tuesday.
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CZECH ENERGY PLANS: The Czech Republic should ease
restrictions of coal mining limits and lean more heavily on
nuclear power in coming decades to ensure it meets future energy
demand, a government minister urged on Tuesday.
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CEE MARKETS: The Romanian leu trimmed losses after
parliament voted to topple the government, but it stuck near
seven-month lows and the price of insuring the country's debt
rose on concerns over the country's IMF package.
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CARBON DEAL: The Czech Republic signed a deal on Tuesday to
sell an additional 3.5 million carbon emissions credits to
Austria, the Czech environment ministry said.
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POWER AUCTION: The Czech grid operator CEPS published the
following results on Tuesday of a monthly auction for
cross-border power capacity for November.
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LISBON TREATY: The Czech Constitutional Court will hold a
hearing on Oct. 27 on a challenge that has been delaying
ratification of the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, a
spokesman said.
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CSA: The supervisory board of state-owned Czech Airlines
(CSA) ordered the company to draw savings measures including
large job cuts to keep the company afloat, the airline said on
Tuesday.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 1163,3 1163,3 -1,72 35,55
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,916 25,933 0,07 3,13
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,408 17,463 0,31 8,93
U.S. Equities <> 9871,06 9885,8 -0,15 12,47
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
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LISBON TREATY: The Czech government wants President Vaclav
Klaus to pledge that he will sign the Lisbon treaty as soon as
the Constitutional Court rules on the document, likely on Oct.
27. and the government negotiates with the EU guarantees that
the treaty would not open the way to property claims by Germans
forced out of the country after World War Two. Klaus rejects to
make that pledge until he is sure the cabinet will negotiate the
guarantees.
Mlada fronta Dnes, page A2
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