Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Jan 27

                                
 PRAGUE, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

======================== 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 =============================
                                
 VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI>
should release 2008 results.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-INS]
                                
 
============================NEWS================================
                                
 EUROBOND RETURN: The Czech Republic said on Monday it
mandated Barclays Capital <BARC.L>, Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE> and
Ceska Sporitelna <ERST.VI> to manage a euro-denominated bond
issue, giving no signs of the timing or size of the offer.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLQ307274]  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 GROWTH SLIPPING: The Czech central bank governor Zdenek Tuma
said economic growth could be close to zero in 2009 due to the
global slowdown, daily Rzeczpospolita said on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLQ144126] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 CEE FX REBOUND: Most central European currencies recovered
on Monday from fresh lows hit last week, taking a pause from
recent weakening, helped by an improvement in global stocks and
appetite for risk.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLQ141867]  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 PM TO MEET POLAND, UKRAINE LEADERS: Czech Prime Minister
Mirek Topolanek, whose country holds the European Union
presidency, will meet the leaders of Ukraine and Poland on
Wednesday to discuss gas supplies, the Czech government said on
Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLQ381283] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  27.840   27.780   +0.00         -4.61
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  20.980   21.014   +0.16          n/a 
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>   8,116    8,078   +0.48          n/a 
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 INVESTMENT INCENTIVES: The government approved an Industry
Ministry plan to end investment incentives for production
facilities, directing them more to technology and share-service
centres.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
                                
 
                                
 OPPISITION AGAINST AIRPORT SALE: The governor of the Central
Bohemia region, and a leader in the opposition Social Democrats,
wants his region to get a one-third stake in the Prague Airport
ahead of its state sale, and will look at ways to block the
sale.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
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  (Compiled by Jason Hovet)