Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 23

                                
 PRAGUE, April 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 + 1 hours)

 ======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 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 Czech currency.............................[CZK/]

========================= EVENTS ===============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Ceska Sporitelna <ERSTsp.PR>, a unit of Erste Bank
<ERST.VI>, to hold annual shareholders' meeting.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Coal mining firm New World Resources to hold a news
conference about its upcoming IPO (0700 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-COA]
                                
 
                                
 BRNO - Constitutional court to discuss a petition against
social reforms.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Four group of
countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary)
meet their Swedish and Ukrainian counterparts. News conference
at 1215 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Finance Ministry to publish quarterly update of its
macroeconomic forecasts on its Website www.mfcr.cz (1200 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
================= ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS ========================
                                
 TEMELIN SHUTDOWN: Czech nuclear power plant Temelin will
shut its Unit 2 for refuelling on May 9, its owner CEZ
<CEZPsp.PR> said on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL22540020] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 PHILIP MORRIS TARGET: Wood&Co cut its target on Czech
cigarette maker Philip Morris CR <TABKsp.PR> to 6,400 crowns,
from 7,200 crowns, the company said on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL22804911] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BEV]
                                
 
                                
 ZENTIVA SHARES DROP: Shares in Czech generic drugs maker
Zentiva <ZNTVsp.PR> dropped 5.9 percent in morning trade on
Tuesday ahead of its first-quarter revenue report due on
Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL22642378] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRU]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX> 1,545.8  1,562.8   -1.09        -14.84
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  25.040   25.070   +0.12         +5.83
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  15.661   15.670   +0.07        +16.04
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  12,720   12,825   -0.82         -4.11
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
                                
 
================== PRESS DIGEST ================================
                                
 NWR LISTING: Czech coal miner New World Resources (NWR) will
probably offer its shares in London, Warsaw and Prague in a week
starting on May 12.
                                
 E15, page 8
                                
 
                                
 CEZ SHARE SWAP: The Prague city council is interested in a
planned share swap in which the state would acquire a small
stake in power firm CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> in exchange for some 14
percent stake in local utility Prazska Energetika (PRE).
                                
 E15, page 9
                                
 
                                
 TEMELIN SHUTDOWN: Nuclear power plant Temelin will close its
Unit 2 for roughly two months on May 9 for refuelling.
                                
 E15, page 12
                                
 
                                
 AAA AUTO OUTLOOK: Czech used car dealership AAA Auto
<AAAAsp.PR> is very likely to return to profit this year after a
120 million-crown loss in 2007, Chairman Vratislav Kulhanek
said.
                                
 E15, page 15
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
 
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 (Reporting by Martin Dokoupil)