PRAGUE (ČIA) – The Ministry of Finance (MF) is not expecting any negative impact on prices or risk surcharges of Czech national bonds in respect of the lower rating of some eurozone members. The decline was not unexpected, the ministry said. An increased interest of foreign investors in high-quality national bond issuers, including the Czech Republic, may be expected on the other hand, said Ondřej Jakob, a spokesman for the Ministry of Finance. The ministry does not expect any changes in issue sizes of “usual” national bonds or national savings bonds this year.