Prime Minister Milos Zeman said that, apart from the Enel/Iberdrola consortium and Electricite de France, there is now a third company "unofficially" interested in CEZ privatization. This follows other government officials’ indication that the direct sale of CEZ and six distributors is a possibility. We believe, however, that a direct sale before the May/June Czech general election is very unlikely.
(Jiri Soustruznik)