Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 29

                                
  PRAGUE, March 29 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)

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 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 - Euro conference with ECB's Ewald Nowotny and Czech
central bank Governor Zdenek Tuma.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session
(www.vlada.cz/en/default.htm). News conference due at 1200 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - European Commander Admiral James Stavridis,
commander of the U.S. European Command, to meet Czech chief of
the general staff Vlastimil Picek (press foyer at 0940 GMT) and
Czech Defence Minister Martin Bartak (press foyer at 1230 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DEF]
==========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 JANOTA ON BOND: The Czech Republic is preparing a 1 billion
euro bond and hopes the European Union's agreement to help
Greece will improve market conditions and allow the issue to go
ahead, the Czech finance minister said on Saturday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62Q02M] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 OBAMA, MEDVEDEV TO MEET IN PRAGUE: U.S. President Barack
Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sealed an agreement
on a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty during a phone call
on Friday, the White House said. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nN26155622] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Romanian central bank knocked the leu off
14-month peaks on Friday, with dealers citing intervention, and
other central European assets lost on
profit-taking before a round of central bank meetings next
week.    
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62P0FM] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>   1210,7      1210,7    1,15     8,36
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,423    25,412     -0,04      3,4
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    18,896     18,833   -0,33      -2,82
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10850,36  10841,21   0,08       4,05
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 CORPORATE SECTOR: About 20 percent of Czech companies were
not able last year to pay their invoices on time, a Deloitte
survey of 200 companies showed.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, saturday, page 14
                                

                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
                                
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