STATISTICS

Czech July foreign trade balance in CZK 7.2 bln surplus, above expectations

Slovak GDP growth slows to 7.6% in Q2, in line with flash estimate

COMPANY NEWS

MANUFACTURING

Czech CKD Group wins CZK 1.8 bln contract from Russian MMK to build oxygen plants

TRANSPORTATION

State carrier Czech Airlines widens H1 loss slightly to CZK 178 mln, expects fiscal year profit

REAL ESTATE

Dutch-Czech developer CTP Invest gains permission to expand third Brno industrial park

PRESS: Czech developer Sekyra rolls back foreign expansion plans, citing bear market

Prague modern office stock take-up nearly doubled in H1, led by manufacturing/construction – DTZ

Czech industrial property services firm CTY Development to deliver first Prague office building in 2009

PRESS: Prague-listed developer ECM Real Estate Investments faced no liquidity crisis

Israeli developer AFI Europe agrees with Czech town on terms of Pardubice mall extension

Czech investment group Realita stops offering shares in property fund, citing bear market

Regional developer Orco Property Group shares rally as liquidity fears subside – analysts

Number of loans via Czech building societies up by 40,000 in H1 - ministry

Czech developer RPG Real Estate to invest EUR 700 mln into Moravian portfolio of 44,000 flats

ENERGY NEWS

OIL & PETROCHEMICALS

Czech retail fuel prices drop; top-selling Natural 95 down to CZK 31.24/liter

COAL

Central European energy co. NWR sees stable output volumes in H2 2008, electricity costs rising

EMERGING MARKETS NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Russia proposes int’l police forces in security zone around South Ossetia

Russian Foreign Minister to visit Poland on September 11

No additional Russian troops sent to Poti area – Russian Foreign Ministry

Moscow rejects EU claims that intervention in Georgia was disproportionate

U.S. Vice President Cheney to visit Georgia, meet with Georgian President Saakashvili

Russian peacekeepers not to remain beyond South Ossetia, Abkhazia – Russia

FINANCIAL MARKETS

EQUITIES

Prague bourse PX index down 7.02% w/w Friday; energy holding NWR biggest loser

Bratislava Stock Exchange (BSE), Indices, 29/08-05/09/2008

Prague Stock Exchange (PSE), SPAD trading, 29/08-05/09/2008

FIXED INCOME

Prague Stock Exchange (PSE) Treasury bonds, Direct trading, 29/08-05/09/2008

CURRENCY

Czech National Bank (CNB) foreign exchange rates, 29/08-05/09/2008

National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) foreign exchange rates, 29/08-05/09/2008

MONEY MARKET

National Bank of Slovakia, BRIBOR rate fixing, 29/08-05/09/2008

Czech National Bank, PRIBOR and PRIBID rate fixing, 29/08-05/09/2008

CALENDAR

Czech Republic – calendar of upcoming events, 08-15/09/2008

Nb: This news report features only the headline of each news.