Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 9

                                
 PRAGUE, April 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)

======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 March inflation data at 0700 GMT.
                                
 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/]
=========================== EVENTS =============================
                                
 PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
===========================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 GOVERNMENT: Czech President Vaclav Klaus will appoint
non-partisan Jan Fischer prime minister on Thursday, ending a
political crisis that toppled a minority centre-right cabinet
and undermined the country's EU presidency.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL8944770] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 STIMULUS: Parties from the outgoing Czech centre-right
coalition have agreed with the leftist opposition Social
Democrats to support proposals on measures to fight the economic
crisis, a Social Democrat official said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL8216486] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 SOCCER: The Czech Football Association fired national team
coach Petr Rada and expelled six players including striker Milan
Baros on Wednesday after a string of poor results and a wild
party following a loss to Slovakia last week.    
                                
 Story: [ID:nL8932339] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-SOCC]
=============================NEWS=============================
                                
 GROWTH: Czech central bank chief Zdenek Tuma said on
Wednesday he believed the country's economy could gradually pick
up next year.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL8504383] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 ORCO: Developer Orco Property Group <ORCOsp.PR> <ORCO.PA>
may withdraw its shares from some of the stock markets at which
it is listed, Web site ihned.cz reported on Tuesday citing the
company's chief executive.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL847298] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
                                
 ORCO RESULTS: Developer Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA>
<ORCOsp.PR> showed a net loss of 390.6 million euros ($515.2
million) in 2008 due to a drop in asset value, the firm said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL866576] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX> 0,000.0  0,813.5   +0.00           n/a
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  26.525   24.965   -5.88         -0.09
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  19.950   18.447   -7.53         -8.92
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  07,837   07,790   +0.61        -40.92
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
 ==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 ORCO LISTING: Orco Property Group <ORCOsp.PR> chief
Jean-Francois Ott said Orco shares could be withdrawn from some
markets on which it is listed but they should definitely remain
in Prague and Paris.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B4 
                                
 
                                
 GENERALI: Italy's insurer Generali <GASI.MI> is planning to
participate in a joint venture of Czech privately owned
financial groups PPF and J&T.
                                
 E15, page 1
                                
 
                                
 LISBON TREATY: Senators of the ruling Civic Democrats will
vote to approve the Lisbon treaty despite earlier objections
against the document, the party's Senator Jaroslav Kubera said.
                                
 E15, page 4
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
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  (Compiled by Jana Mlcochova)