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The Czech government approved an updated convergence programme for euro
adoption, but still no target date in sight; The Czech National Bank board
raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.5
percent and Czechs are making more money - the average wage in the Czech
Republic is up by 7.6% year-on-year.
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One on OneMike Short, the head of Pilsner Urquell
Our guest in this week’s edition of One on One is Pislner Urquell’s CEO
Mike Short (61). Mr Short, originally a nuclear engineer, joined the South
African beer producer SAB Miller in 1990 after a career stretching from
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aerospace division of Rolls-Royce to the submarine service of the Royal
Navy. Before becoming the head of the top Czech beer producer in 2005, Mr
Short was the head of a brewery in Hungary, another member of the SAB
Miller group. Is the submarine service a good starting point for a career
in the beer making industry? That was my first question for Mike Short. More
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Ratatouille is not only filling cinemas –it has started off a craze among
Czech kids for pet rats! Wondering what the underworld looks like? The town
of Jihlava organizes pre-Christmas tours of Hell. And, two adventurous
Czechs travel far from their homeland to lay a sun-dial on the bed of the
Red Sea. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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In Business News: with the Czech crown going below 18 to the US dollar, it
is now exceedingly difficult for Czech firms to export to America; a new
study finds the Czech tax system one of the most complicated and burdensome
in the EU; Meinl European Land, owner of over 100 shopping centres in the
Czech Republic, is expanding further; Heineken is reportedly hoping to
acquire another slice of the Czech drinks market; and the country’s
breweries are expecting a merry Christmas.
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Current AffairsCzech kosher beer goes to Israel
When the famous Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal wrote about the Nymburk brewery
in his novel “Cutting It Short”, he probably didn’t expect that one
day its beer would make it as far as the Caribbean. Now, beer from Nymburk
is also heading for another market. One of its products, which recently
received a kosher certificate, will now be sold in Israel.
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Current AffairsSurvey maps Czechs' relationship with golden beverage
Ask any Czech to name the country's most famous beverage, there's no doubt
the answer, with only the fewest of exceptions, will be "Beer".
Not only do Czechs drink more of the stuff per capita than anybody else,
Czechs are also very proud of their brewing history, which includes the
world's original Pilsner. For four years running the independent CVVM
agency has been conducting polls mapping the Czechs' relationship to beer;
the latest results were released on Wednesday. More
Current AffairsPilsner Urquell ups its number of beer vending machines
Great Czech inventions include everything from the contact lens to lager
beer and now...the beer vending machine. Following a successful six-month
trial, the world famous brewer Pilsner Urquell has just announced that it
is introducing more of its new pivoautomaty - machines which dispense cans
of beer, just like soft drinks machines elsewhere. With the network of
machines expanding - potentially even abroad - the 'smart' beer vending
machine, which reads customers' ID cards and only sells to the over 18s,
could be coming soon to a station or stadium near you.
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If a Czech were to create a robot what would it do? Tap beer of course!
Visitors to the Olomouc town library can now admire the smallest cookbook
ever shown in the Czech Republic. And, showing off your Mini - the owners
of British Mini cars hold their tenth annual car jamboree. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsHappy Beer Days: new beer and music festival opens in Smichov
The Prague district of Smichov is enjoying an eventful month. Friday sees
the start of its second festival in just two weeks. Lightheartedly named
'Happy Beer Days', it is to take place under the patronage of two Prague 5
councilors and has as its main sponsor the prestigious beer producer
Staropramen, whose brewery is in the area. If the festival is successful,
the organizers hope it will become an annual occurrence, attracting more
and more visitors. Joshua Singer has the story.
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