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26-06-2009 16:02 | Jan Richter

Photo: CTK In Business news this week: the Czech Republic is counting the costs of the flash floods hitting northern Moravia; the Czech Nation Bank keeps its key interest rate unchanged; a new runways at Prague’s Ruzyně Airport promises around 17,000 jobs; energy giant ČEZ is going to build a new gas-fired power plant; and the Investor of the Year awards are handed out.  More

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15-05-2009 15:22 | Chris Johnstone

In Business News today: how production braked in the auto sector; good and bad news on inflation and jobs; a new turn in a massive clean-up tender; Vietnamese skills come to the fore; and the battle over the television tax.  More

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03-04-2009 16:22 | Chris Johnstone

In Business News this week, Škoda Auto looks to Saturday working; foreign workers’ visa freeze; Prague airport privatisation problems; Czech agriculture’s new master; hiring and firing dismissal overhaul still on course; and the developing taste for non-alcoholic beer.  More

Current AffairsVolatility of crown problem for Czech firms, says Škoda executive as fall of government raises questions over euro adoption date

02-04-2009 15:42 | Ian Willoughby

Radek Špicar One consequence of the fall of the government last week is increased uncertainty over when the Czech Republic will adopt the common European currency. A target date for joining the euro had been promised for November, but the cabinet that made that pledge will probably be long gone by then. More

Letter from PragueApartment hunting in Holešovice

22-03-2009 03:05 | Jan Richter

The economic crisis is hitting hard. Every day, fresh numbers show what branch of the industry is in trouble, what exports have dropped, and how much the unemployment rate has risen, again. But looking to buy real estate gives you a very different perspective on those figures. Although I’m far from enjoying the crisis, there is one particular number I really want to see as low as possible. It’s the price of apartments in Prague.  More

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06-03-2009 16:02 | Chris Johnstone

Škoda Yeti, photo: CTK In Business News this week, car producers rev up at the Geneva auto show; a major arms contract is finally sealed; the government’s anti-crisis programme drives on; the mobile phone market slows; but the only way is up for power giant ČEZ.  More

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27-02-2009 16:21 | Chris Johnstone

In Business News this week: an extraordinary media intervention by the national bank; Škoda Auto steps up a gear; Green Cards look less rosy; another high speed rail link is mooted; a new contender is linked to Czech Airlines’ sale; and farmland disappears fast from the map.  More

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