Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 14

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 Q3 gross domestic product estimate, October producer prices
and September foreign trade prices data at 0800 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 Czech currency.............................[CZK/]
=========================== EVENTS =============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Minutes from the November 6 governing board meeting
at 0800 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet
his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski. News conference at
0915 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs
Alexandr Vondra to meet Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw
Sikorski and Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - UEFA president Michel Platini to visit the Czech
Republic. Scheduled to meet Czech Deputy Prime Minister for
European Affairs Alexandr Vondra and Czech Football Union
President Pavel Mokry. Presspoint at 1400 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-SOCC]

                                
 PRAGUE - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet
his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic. News conference at 1430
GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
========================== TOP NEWS ============================
                                
 CZECHS SEEK TO SPEED UP EU INTEGRATION: The Czech Republic,
which takes the EU presidency from France next year, will try
speed up entry talks with Croatia to boost the EU's ties with
the Balkans, the Czech foreign minister said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLD117917] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL PLANS SHUTDOWN: Czech oil firm Unipetrol
<UNPEsp.PR> plans a shutdown at its Kralupy refinery next year,
company officials said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG001107] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-OIL]
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROLS SEES BUYBACK IN Q1: Czech downstream oil group
Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> will wait until the end of the first
quarter of 2009 before it makes a decision on a share buyback,
Unipetrol's chief executive said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG001106] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-OIL]
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL EXPECTS GOOD MARGINS: Czech downstream oil group
Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR> expects margins in its key petrochemical
segment to be favourable in the fourth quarter, but demand
remains a question, the company said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG001105] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-OIL]
                                
 
                                
 ECM TAKEOVER: The Czech central bank gave the go-ahead on
Thursday for the closely-held ECM Group to launch a bid to take
private its development arm, ECM Real Estate Investments
<ECMPsp.PR>, which it had floated in 2006.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLD408635] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]

                                
 POWER AUCTION RESULTS: The Czech grid operator CEPS
published the following results on Thursday of a monthly auction
of cross-border power capacity 
                                
  Story: [ID:nLD457219] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  25.270   25.140   -0.51         +4.87
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  19.776   20.204   +2.18         -8.10
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  08,835   08,283   +6.67        -33.39
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

====================== PRESS DIGEST ===========================
                                
 CSA SALE: Iceland Air <ICEAIR.IC> is interested in Czech
national air carrier CSA which is slated for sale in coming
months. The airline would fit well in its portfolio, an Iceland
Air official said.
                                
 Mlada fronta Dnes, page B1
                                
 
                                
 POWER PRICES: E.ON <EONGn.DE> plans to raise electricity
prices by 14 percent to 16 percent as of the next year. Gas
prices should rise by 5 percent.
                                
   Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B1
 
                                
 ECM OFFER: Private firm ECM Group released a takeover offer
for developer ECM Real Estate Investments, offering 303 crowns a
share and valid until Dec. 12.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 28

                                
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