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Press ReviewPress Review
Just one day to go before the referendum on the Czech Republic's accession
to the European Union, and all of the daily newspapers are understandably
filled with reports on the EU. But, interestingly, they do not dominate
all of the front pages: the headlines of and do deal with the EU referendum, but and 's
first pages focus more on the latest suicide bombing in Jerusalem and the
CSA pilots' strike set for Tuesday.
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Current AffairsCzech Airlines pilots to go on strike over contract dispute
Czech Airlines pilots have announced they will go on strike as of next
Tuesday after management said it would not give in to their demand for 170
percent higher wages in the next two years and improved contracts.
Technical and ground staff are to decide on Monday whether they will back
the pilots' association in a strike that would paralyze Prague's main
international airport.
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MailboxMailbox
This week's topics: Martin's last Mailbox. The history of Czech Airlines.
Prague Autumn Music Festival. The Academy of Sciences. The size of the
Czech Republic. Statistics on crimes. Listeners quoted: Jamy Chan, Peter
Barnet, Leno Necker, Sean Banes.
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Business NewsLabor dispute at Czech Airlines
In this week's economics report we take a look at the current labor dispute
at the national air carrier Czech Airlines (CSA). As if the war in Iraq
and the fear of SARS around the world isn't enough to shrink business for
airlines, CSA now has to deal with a labor dispute between management and
the pilots' association. The dispute between the two parties took a turn
for the worse last Wednesday when pilots' commenced a work slow-down
because of a deadlock in negotiations. The major roadblock is the issue of
new contracts for CSA pilots', the pilots' association is asking for
individual contracts for each pilot where the management of CSA is only
offering one contract which would cover all the employees of Czech
Airlines.
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Current AffairsCSA tries to stand up to low-cost carriers
A return air-ticket from Prague to London for slightly over 2,000 crowns?
No problem if you chose the right company and book early enough. Until
recently this would have been the wildest dream of any traveller.
Throughout the 1990s a return bus ticket was around twice the price. But
after low-cost airlines entered the market, they reduced air-ticket prices
to unbelievable lows. A few years ago, they hit the Czech market and more
are still coming. Among the low-cost carriers operating on the Czech
market are for example EasyJet, BMIbaby, Snowflake, SkyEurope and most
recently Germanwings, all of them tough competition for the Czech
Republic's flagship carrier Czech Airlines. Pavla Horakova spoke to Czech
Airlines' vice president for sales and marketing Vaclav Kral and began by
asking him how Czech Airlines was responding to the boom of low-cost
carriers on the Czech market.
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Business NewsBusiness News
The cabinet has suspended its discussion of the long-awaited fiscal reform
aimed at stopping the growth of the public finance deficit. Pilots working
for the Czech national air carrier, Czech Airlines (CSA) have reportedly
threatened to go on strike to support their wage demands. U.S.
manufacturing conglomerate Honeywell has chosen the Czech city Brno for a
planned global design center. Czech internet users will be able to get a
broadband connection using the ADSL technology with a 3-month delay in
March.
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