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In Business News: The government debt has reached almost 40 percent of the
GDP; unemployment in January rose to 9.1 percent; the Czech state loses an
estimated 25 to 30 billion crowns every a year on account of tax evasion;
union representatives have rejected a 2.5 percent salary bump offered by
car manufacturer Škoda Auto; the sale of winter clothing and apparel –
including winter wear for dogs – has jumped markedly in the cold snap. More
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In this week’s business news: An increase of the lower category VAT has
gone into effect, Czech online discount sites see steep increases in sales,
hard liquor consumption is on the decline, Škoda Auto has sold a record
number of cars in 2011, and the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection
Authority says that 15 percent of food products it inspected in 2011 failed
to meet its quality standards. More
One on OneVít Klepárník of new think tank CESTA: left should no longer be a dirty word
A group of Czech intellectuals including political analyst Jiří Pehe,
sociologists Jan Keller and Tereza Stöckelová, and others, felt that ever
since the fall of communism, political discourse in the country has been
dominated by a right-wing agenda, articulated by a number of liberal and
conservative institutes. To provide alternatives and to oppose these views
from a left-wing wing perspective, these intellectuals established in
January a new political think-tank called Cesta, or Path. In this edition
of One on One, RP spoke to one of Cesta’s founders, political analyst
Vít Klepárník. More
Current AffairsCzech MPs approve direct presidential election
After years of debate, the lower house of the Czech Parliament on Wednesday
voted in favour of direct presidential elections. A last-minute deal
between the coalition and the opposition Social Democrats ensured
sufficient support for the motion; if approved by the Senate, it will allow
Czechs to elect their president directly for the first time in 2013 when
Václav Klaus leaves office. More
Current AffairsPlan to save euro met with mixed reactions among officials and pundits
While the Czech Republic has not yet made a final decision as to whether to
contribute 3.5 billion euros to the IMF package intended to save the common
European currency and the eurozone, the Czech Foreign Minister says the
country can either join the majority of EU countries in their efforts and
remain in the centre of further integration, or face marginalization in the
union. More
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