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30-12-2011 15:33 | Jan Richter

In Business news this week: Czech crown falls to its lowest to the dollar since July 2010; Česká spořitelna withdraws from legal battle over bankrupt lottery firm Sazka; Czech foreign debt reaches 49 percent of GDP; sales of alcoholic beverages took another slump this year; and Czech Republic’s Vietnamese community launches its own discount website. More

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18-11-2011 15:20 | Jan Richter

In Business News this week: the economy slows down suggesting even bleaker outlooks; the Czech crown loses its lustre for investors; Czech banks lose billions in the Greek debt crisis; President Klaus vetoes a bill introducing criminal liability for corporations; firms increasingly introduce loyalty programmes to keep customers; and Czech Post will launch “great parcel revolution”. More

Current AffairsVsetín faces Roma exodus

09-11-2011 16:31 | Pavla Horáková

Photo: the town of Vsetín In late 2006, Jiří Čunek, then mayor of the eastern town of Vsetín and later Christian Democrat chairman, made a controversial decision to move several hundred Romany rent-defaulters out of a dilapidated block of flats in the town centre and relocate them in a complex of portacabins on the outskirts of Vsetín. Now, five years on, most of them are choosing to move even further – as far as the United Kingdom. More

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05-08-2011 15:46 | Jan Velinger

In Business News: Prague bourse sees trading drop in face of worries over new economic downturn; Czech Railways weighs the controversial purchase of 16 new trains at the cost of five billion crowns; leading commercial vehicle manufacturer DAF acquires a 19-percent stake in Tatra trucks; sources report that at least two firms have applied to launch exploratory operations in search of new shale gas reserves. More

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