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Current AffairsPost Bellum project seeks to give Czechoslovak WW II veterans due respect

25-05-2004 | Brian Kenety

"Voices of Heroes", a unique oral history project, seeks to honour the aging men and women who left occupied Czechoslovakia to serve in foreign armies during teh Second World War. Brian Kenety reports.  More

Business NewsBusiness News

25-03-2004 | Vladimír Tax

The Czech foreign trade balance last month reached its highest monthly surplus in a decade. The government has announced the privatisation of two coalmining companies. The telecommunications regulator has cut fixed-to-mobile interconnection rates. The number of tourists visiting the Czech Republic was up last year, while the number of bankruptcies was down. A poll suggests few Czechs will go choose to work in other EU countries after accession. And the governor of the Czech National Bank has called for changes in euro adoption criteria.  More

One on OneIvo Lukacovic - trailblazing Internet whiz-kid turned serious businessman

24-02-2004 | Rob Cameron

Ivo Lukacovic Rob Cameron's guest in this week's One on One is Ivo Lukacovic, founder and managing director of the Czech Republic's first ever Internet portal - seznam.cz. Eight years ago, aged just 22, Ivo dropped out of college to set up Seznam. Now it's one of the country's best known websites, and Ivo employs 150 people.  More

Current AffairsFew surprises in list of most popular web searches published by internet portal

21-01-2004 | Coilin O'Connor

The Czech Republic's biggest internet portal has just published a list of the most frequent searchwords used on its website in 2003. Although the results are similar to those published in many other countries, one or two specifically Czech areas of interest were also featured.  More

Press ReviewPress Review

10-11-2003 | Vladimír Tax

Miroslav Kalousek, photo: CTK The election of Miroslav Kalousek as the head of the junior coalition Christian Democratic Party makes the headlines in all today's papers. Photos of Mr. Kalousek wearing a broad grin share front page space with reports on the terrorist attack in Riyadh.  More

Press ReviewPress Review

22-08-2003 | Rob Cameron

Junichiro Koizumi, Asimo and Vladimir Spidla, photo: CTK There's only one star of today's Press Review, and that is of course the Japanese robot Asimo. Yes, robot fever has hit the Czech Republic this week, and the papers are full of him. Asimo shaking hands with Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla, Asimo standing proudly by the side of Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi, Asimo declaring a toast of friendship between robots and humans: could this be the most successful official visit ever to the Czech Republic?  More

Business NewsBusiness News

31-07-2003 | Ian Willoughby

Special financial police unit to be set up. Police say Pirate of Prague now regarded as fugitive. Important mines sell-off for later this year. Campaign aims to encourage Czechs to holiday at home. Falkon Capital to recover Russia's Soviet-era debt to Czech Republic. Rents falling in Prague. Three licenses to be issued for fixed wireless access network in Prague.  More

Current AffairsNew internet ethics code to change Czech web

14-04-2003 | Tracy Burns

How many times have you opened your email account to find SPAM cluttering the inbox? How many times have you been searching the web and had to plough through pop-window advertisements disguised as a system messages? Your answer, most likely, is a resounding "much too often." Now the Internet Ethics Code of Advertising, recently put into effect onto Czech websites, is trying to change all that -- and more.  More

Current AffairsTax filing made easier through the internet

13-03-2003 | Martin Hrobský

Preparing your taxes can at times be a complicated procedure, wherever you may live. The multitude of forms, statements, and accounts are enough to give anyone a headache. But, as Martin Hrobsky reports, filing your taxes in the Czech Republic has recently become a little easier.  More

Business NewsInternet business success story

16-01-2003 | Katya Zapletnyuk, Ian Willoughby

Matthew Covey Can a small firm operate a successful business selling music CDs from the Czech Republic? How can e-commerce work successfully now that the Internet bubble has burst? Can a business be tied to a cultural mission? Tamizdat, a Prague-based non-profit firm selling alternative music from Eastern and Central Europe over the Internet is out to prove that all these things are possible. The following report was prepared by Katya Zapletnyuk.  More

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