PRAGUE, June 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Friday.
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CEZ IN BULGARIA: Central Europe's biggest utility CEZ <
> has delayed plans to build an 880 megawatt gas-fired plant in Bulgaria due to an unclear regulatory landscape, the company said on Thursday.Story: [
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BUDGET LIMITS: The Czech Republic's likely next prime minister said the incoming cabinet must take all necessary steps to keep the 2010 budget deficit from rising above a target of 5.3 percent of gross domestic product.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European assets firmed on Thursday, tracking a stronger euro as risk appetites revived and shrugging off the impact of a weak Hungarian bond auction.
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RISING YIELDS: The Czech 52-week Treasury bill yield jumped to 1.23 percent on Thursday, 13 basis points more than in an auction two weeks ago, on rising supply worries, dealers said.
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CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead contracts fell more than 7 percent on Thursday as big industrial consumers tempered demand ahead of the weekend and on an expected rise in wind generation capacity, traders said.
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DIRECT ELECTIONS: Czech centre-right parties expected to form the next ruling coalition agreed on Thursday to amend the constitution to end a parliament-based presidential selection process in favour of direct elections.
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NOT GOING ABROAD: Czech central bank Governor Zdenek Tuma denied a report on Thursday that he would head a new European Union financial supervisory body after he leaves his job in the bank at the end of the month.
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> -- 1132.7 2.29 1.38 vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.703 25.682 -0.08 2.34 vs Dollar <CZK=> 21.238 21.219 -0.09 -15.57 U.S. Equities < > 10172.53 9899.25 2.76 -2.45 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT ==========================PRESS DIGEST==========================VOTE DATES: President Vaclav Klaus will announce next month the exact dates for autumn municipal and Senate elections, likely to be in October.
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