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In Business news this week: Czech crown falls to its lowest to the dollar
since July 2010; Česká spořitelna withdraws from legal battle over
bankrupt lottery firm Sazka; Czech foreign debt reaches 49 percent of GDP;
sales of alcoholic beverages took another slump this year; and Czech
Republic’s Vietnamese community launches its own discount website. More
Current AffairsPrague Archbishop celebrates mass for Vietnamese community
One of the many Christmas masses celebrated over the past weekend was a
mass for the Vietnamese community celebrated by Prague Archbishop Dominik
Duka in Prague’s Žižkov district. It was dedicated to the Feast of the
Holy Family and attended by over a thousand Vietnamese who have embraced
the Christian faith. More
Current AffairsYoung Vietnamese equally at home in Hanoi and Prague
Prague’s sizeable Vietnamese community recently held its first ever day
of Vietnamese culture, an open event in the centre of town which drew a
mixed crowd of Vietnamese and Czechs. What has been a rather closed society
appears to be slowly opening up to outsiders, as Czech-born Vietnamese
become increasingly confident about their identity and Czechs learn there
is more to Vietnamese people than an army of convenience store proprietors. More
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In this week’s business news: Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek has
presented three different options for state budget cuts, the Labor Ministry
has announced a tender for the new welfare payment cards, direct flights
between Prague and Abu Dhabi will be launched in September, for the third
time this year, a Czech travel agency files for bankruptcy, and a Czech
daily writes that Vietnamese small business owners are often blackmailed
into paying protection money. More
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