Czech Republic - Factors To Watch On June 11

PRAGUE, June 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Friday.

ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)

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VACCINATIONS: Foreigners without Czech health insurance will able to register for COVID-19 vaccination, which they will have to pay for, as the system opens for them on Friday.

EP AGAINST PM: The European Parliament on Thursday called for a halt in EU funding to the business empire of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis over conflicts of interest.

COVID-19: The health ministry recorded 248 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, down from 351on the same day a week ago and 538 two weeks ago.

The official death toll has risen to 30,211, increasing by 9 on the day, which includes revisions to previous days, according to ministry data.

Daily deaths have fallen from peaks of over 200 in March.
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INFLATION: Czech headline inflation slowed in May to a rate of 2.9% - after jumping above 3% and outside the central bank's tolerance range in April - but the softening was not enough to deter chances of an upcoming interest rate hike.

CEE MARKETS: The Czech crown eased on Thursday after a lower-than-expected domestic inflation reading, even as running with heart rate monitor hike expectations remained intact, while Central Europe's recovery stokes worries of rising prices in the region.

FRENCH OPEN: Czech Barbora Krejcikova reached the French Open final as she beat Greek 17th seed Maria Sakkari 7-5 4-6 9-7 on Thursday in a nail-biting, see-saw contest in which she saved a match point and overcame a wrong line call that held up her celebrations.

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RETAIL ACQUISITION: Sluggeria investment group of PPF, Daniel Kretinsky, Patrik Tkac and Jakub Havrlant acquired FAST, which runs Planeo Elektro electronics retail chain and owns Sencor and Philco brands of electronics, for an estimated price of 6-8 billion crowns ($288.35 million - $384.47 million).

Sellers were the two sons of the founder of FAST who inherited the company.

Pravo, page 17; Hospodarske Noviny, page 16

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