Finance Minister B. Sobotka wants the state-owned CEZ to next year pay in full for stakes in regional power distributors acquired in April 2003. The payments (each amounting to CZK 3.735bn) were originally due in June 2004 and June 2005. A CEZ spokesman confirmed yesterday that CEZ would indeed pay the remaining CZK 7.47bn. next year. (CTK). Neutral.
The CEZ supervisory board will discuss the dismissal of CEO J.Mil today, the Czech Press Agency reports. Rumors of such a government-initiated change have been circulating for some time; this is neutral at the moment.
Jiří Soustružník