Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 26

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 26 (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)

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 PRAGUE - Conference "The First Year of the Lisbon Treaty -
 Evaluation of the Experience So Far".
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
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 PENTA FINANCING ENEA BID: Czech and Slovak financial group
Penta Investments will help to finance a potential purchase of
state-controlled utility Enea <ENAE.WA> by Poland's richest man
Jan Kulczyk, the fund's head of investments said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AO1UY] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 ORCO RESULTS: Czech real estate firm Orco Property Group
<ORCO.PA> revenue grew to 65 million euros in the third quarter
from 55 million a year ago, the company said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004529] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Hungarian assets fell across the board on
Thursday on government plans to push private pension fund
holders back into the state pension scheme and as the euro zone
debt crisis continued to dampen sentiment in central Europe.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AO08N] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CO2 PLAN: The Czech Industry Ministry opposes a proposal to
reduce the allocation of free CO2 credits to industry in 2013, a
deputy minister said on Thursday, which could benefit
state-controlled utility CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AO14P] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CO2]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech spot power prices continued their gains as
cold weather was expected to continue across the region, but the
longer end of the curve saw a small correction due to lower
commodity prices in Europe, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AO1CR] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
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 EURO OPT-OUT: The government is considering whether the
Czech Republic, as a non-euro zone country, should contribute
money to any bailout mechanism in the euro zone.
                                
 Two unnamed cabinet memberts said President Vaclav Klaus was
pushing the government to negotiate an 'opt-out' clause on the
euro for the Czech Republic.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A9
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.

                                
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