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Current AffairsGerman chancellor non-confrontational on EU fiscal compact during visit to Czech capital
On a brief working visit to the Czech Republic, German chancellor Angela
Merkel met with Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas and President Václav
Klaus in Prague on Tuesday. Two issues dominated the agenda: a new EU
fiscal compact that is being pushed by Germany as well as differing
approaches to energy policy in both countries. More
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In Business News: Industry and Trade Minister confirms that Czech Republic
will try and further expand nuclear energy production; Rusatom Overseas
signs memorandum with potential subcontractors on Temelín; Škoda Auto
sees significant increase in sales in foreign markets; One-third of Czechs
will be unable to save a single crown a month this year, poll suggests; and
Czech nanotechnology firms make mark in Japan. More
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In this week’s business news: Czech banks are getting ready to sign off
on what could be the largest-ever club deal, negotiations between Škoda
Auto management and unions continue, the Czech Agrarian Chamber’s
president has said that egg prices will stabilize, the cost of fuel has hit
a record high and the American coffee retailer Starbucks has opened its
first Czech branch outside of Prague. More
Current Affairs“Radioactivists” – a documentary at the One World festival explores Japanese protests in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
As part of this year’s edition of the One World International Human
Rights Film Festival, which is currently on in Prague, the German-produced
independent documentary Radioactivists – Protest in Japan provides a rare
and up-close look at Japanese protests in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear
disaster. It is being shown in the Youth Quake category, which features
films that portray young people’s struggle for change in countries around
the world. I asked co-director Clarissa Seidel, who made the film together
with her good friend Julia Leser, about Japanese protest culture and
whether she was at all interested in the country prior to the film project. More
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