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26-05-2012 02:01 | Daniela Lazarová

In Magazine this month: a drunk driver caught by police puts his dog in the driver’s seat. The famous Paris wax museum Musée Grevin is to open to the public in Prague and a Czech engineering and development company promises to unveil an electric powered flying bike in the autumn. More

SpecialRadio Prague’s great radler tasting special

01-05-2012 02:01 | Jan Richter

Czech beer is considered part of national heritage and has long been just as popular abroad as it has been at home. But over the last several years, beer consumption in the Czech Republic has been on a slow but steady decline which prompted all major breweries to look for new ways of attracting the pampered Czech beer drinker. In our beer special today, we examine a new hit on the market – low-alcohol fruit beers, or radlers, put out by three biggest beer producers – Pilsner Urquell, Staropramen, and Heineken. More

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28-04-2012 02:01 | Daniela Lazarová

In this edition of Magazine: a security guard hand-cuffs himself by accident; a man is arrested after failing to notice that his passport contains an inconceivable expiry date and Brno tests a pissoir for dogs. More

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20-04-2012 15:59 | Christian Falvey

The government approves the final draft of the state financial statement; problems with EU funding could increase the state budget by nearly 33 billion; the Finance Ministry is set to issue household bonds pegged to the inflation rate; Czech arms manufacturers can now compete for US tenders; Czechs are drinking less beer than ever before. More

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06-04-2012 15:57 | Jan Richter

In Business News this week: Czech industrial production speeds up; most Czech companies want to hire employees as contractors; Saturday shifts at Škoda Auto end over labour dispute, the North American brewing giant Molson Coors buys Staropramen; and Prague’s Ruzyně airport marks 75 years since the first landing. More

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30-03-2012 16:12 | Sarah Borufka

In this week’s business news: The Czech Republics foreign debt has reached 1.873 trillion crowns, a survey finds Czech salaries are above the international average, a shortage of white eggs is likely to hit the country over Easter, the popularity of specialty brews is on the rise and Prague’s Four Seasons hotel goes on sale. More

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03-02-2012 15:29 | Sarah Borufka

In this week’s business news: Prime Minister Petr Nečas announces estimated additional cuts of 26 billion crowns to the state budget; a Czech MEP has praised the country’s refusal to join the fiscal compact; the Agriculture Minister is set to dismiss the CEO of a state-owned brewery; the country’s nuclear energy exports reach a record level; and, a poll finds that the majority of Czechs consider the current economic situation poor indeed. More

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13-01-2012 15:47 | Sarah Borufka

In today’s business news: Consumer prices have risen by 4.7 percent following a VAT hike, the American Anheuser-Bush purchases the Budějovický měšťanský brewery in hopes of improving its chances in an ongoing trademark dispute, public health insurer VZP may see a budget deficit of up to three billion Czech crowns in 2012, regular and diesel fuel reach record prices, and the forecast for the Czech construction sector for 2012 is the worst among the Visegrad Four. More

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31-12-2011 02:01 | Daniela Lazarová

In Magazine: a bride spends her wedding night in a drunk tank, Czechs sample cocktails in the form of a snack, a communist councilor turns up the heat with nude pics and finally – the real golden brew -beer containing 24 carat gold. More

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