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Current AffairsMoravian steel giant offers record-high severance pay
North Moravia, already suffering from severe industrial decline, has been
dealt another blow, with the region's largest steelmaker about to begin
laying off 2,000 people. But Ispat Nova Hut is offering workers an
unusually generous severance payment of up to 25 months' salary.
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MagazineMagazine
Czech supermodel Eva Herzigova unveils her first clothing collection in
Paris. The thief whose passion for fresh rolls got him behind bars. And,
sleep specialists from around the world meet in Prague to discuss sleep
disorders - including those brought about by snoring husbands. Find out
more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsPost Bellum project seeks to give Czechoslovak WW II veterans due respect
"Voices of Heroes", a unique oral history project, seeks to
honour the aging men and women who left occupied Czechoslovakia to serve
in foreign armies during teh Second World War. Brian Kenety reports.
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Business NewsBusiness News
The Czech foreign trade balance last month reached its highest monthly
surplus in a decade. The government has announced the privatisation of two
coalmining companies. The telecommunications regulator has cut
fixed-to-mobile interconnection rates. The number of tourists visiting the
Czech Republic was up last year, while the number of bankruptcies was
down. A poll suggests few Czechs will go choose to work in other EU
countries after accession. And the governor of the Czech National Bank has
called for changes in euro adoption criteria.
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One on OneIvo Lukacovic - trailblazing Internet whiz-kid turned serious businessman
Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is Ivo Lukacovic, founder and
managing director of the Czech Republic's first ever Internet portal -
seznam.cz. Eight years ago, aged just 22, Ivo dropped out of college to
set up Seznam. Now it's one of the country's best known websites, and Ivo
employs 150 people.
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Current AffairsFew surprises in list of most popular web searches published by internet portal
The Czech Republic's biggest internet portal has just published a list of
the most frequent searchwords used on its website in 2003. Although the
results are similar to those published in many other countries, one or two
specifically Czech areas of interest were also featured.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The election of Miroslav Kalousek as the head of the junior coalition
Christian Democratic Party makes the headlines in all today's papers.
Photos of Mr. Kalousek wearing a broad grin share front page space with
reports on the terrorist attack in Riyadh.
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Press ReviewPress Review
There's only one star of today's Press Review, and that is of course the
Japanese robot Asimo. Yes, robot fever has hit the Czech Republic this
week, and the papers are full of him. Asimo shaking hands with Prime
Minister Vladimir Spidla, Asimo standing proudly by the side of Japanese
PM Junichiro Koizumi, Asimo declaring a toast of friendship between robots
and humans: could this be the most successful official visit ever to the
Czech Republic?
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