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In this week’s Business News: US real estate giant eyes Czech expansion;
surveys show slowdown in warehouse and shopping developments; bed maker
Linet seeks to crack US market; Plzeňský Prazdroj drops clean beer
campaign; and betting chains combat match fixing.
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In Business News this week: unemployment retreats from the feared 10
percent mark; Czech state debt hits a record level; power giant ČEZ says
it will shift its investment strategy; a controversial power plant is
poised for approval; and financial advisors face a hard sell.
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Current AffairsCzech beer producers protest use of artificial additives
Several Czech brewers, including the makers of Pilsner Urquell, are calling
for tightening of the rules for using an industry quality control label
named České Pivo (Czech Beer). The move comes in reaction to a recent
consumer test of several Czech beers. It revealed that some brewers are
using a chemically modified hops extract – a substance that purists say
has no place in Czech beers, which are known around the world for their
high quality.
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In Business News this week: Unemployment has stopped rising, says the Czech
labour minister; the combined sales of the 10 biggest retail chains in the
Czech Republic fall for the first time; Tax Freedom Day will fall
relatively late for Czechs this year; successful job applicants ask for
salaries nearly 20 percent lower than they later receive from employers;
and food and drinks producers are enjoying healthy sales as Easter
approaches.
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Current AffairsPrince Charles visits revolutionary ‘eco-friendly’ village in Moravia
Britain’s Prince Charles spent a day in Moravia on Monday, and paid a
visit to the country’s first ‘eco-friendly’ village - Hostětín, in
the White Carpathian mountains. Crowds of people lined the streets to greet
the Prince of Wales, known for his passionate interest in sustainable
development and organic farming. Rob Cameron travelled with the prince on
Monday and has this report.
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Current AffairsLabour offices told to get tough on work permits for foreigners as unemployment bites
Local Czech labour offices have been instructed to take a tougher line on
permits for foreigners seeking work in the country or those wanting to
prolong their existing permits. The instruction is a direct result of
the mounting number of jobless Czechs. We look at the new recommendation
and who it affects.
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SpotlightŽatec – the home of hops
For centuries, the northern Bohemian town of Žatec has been the centre of
hops growing in the country. Known as the home of hops and beer, the town
is now trying to cope with a decline in its traditional industry. It
recently launched a multi-million euro tourism project called Temple of
Hops and Beer – but it is also slowly coming to terms with recent history
that saw the town’s original German population replaced by Czechs in the
aftermath of WWII.
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