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Business NewsCzechInvest in London attracts British and Irish capital to the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has attracted record volumes of foreign direct
investment over the past few years. One of the reasons why the Czech
Republic has been so successful in attracting foreign investors is the
generous investment incentives and an all-inclusive assistance the Czech
government provides to investors through its agency CzechInvest whose nine
offices are scattered around the world. Ian Willoughby recently spoke to
CzechInvest's director of operations in the UK and Ireland, Rene Samek, at
his office on London's busy Harley St. Mr Samek started by outlining
CzechInvest's raison d'etre.
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Current AffairsVelehrad: a "spiritual refuge" for Czechs in London
Every day, Father Jan Lang leads a Czech mass in an upstairs room at the
Velehrad religious, cultural and social centre on London's leafy Ladbroke
Square. Velehrad has been a welcoming meeting place for young Czechs - and
Slovaks - for many years and also serves as a hostel. Father Lang is in
his 80s, and I asked him how long he'd been in London.
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