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In this week’s Business News: falling fortunes for Sazka, foreign labour
leaves Czech market, threats and promises in ad revenue battle, insurance
payouts double in 2010, and Czech company lines up British army contract. More
Current AffairsImmigration activists protest against degrading conditions for non-EU work applicants
There is nothing that foreigners in the Czech Republic dread more than a
trip to the foreign police. The horror stories are endless – long lines,
no English, unpleasant officials and a general lack of efficiency. On
Thursday morning an NGO in support of the rights of migrants organized a
protest event outside one of Prague’s foreign police offices to highlight
the degrading conditions foreign nationals are subjected to in order to be
able to live and work in the Czech Republic.
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Current AffairsLower house passes wide-ranging amendment to law on foreigners
In response to directives from the European Commission, the lower house of
Parliament has passed new legislation regarding the employment and
residence of foreigners in the Czech Republic. Foreigners will be required
to have sufficient health insurance and their residency permits will have
to have biometric information, such as fingerprints. Also, foreigners
facing deportation will be able to request an asylum hearing. To find out
more about the new bill and what it will mean for foreigners in the Czech
Republic, Radio Prague spoke to Lucie Sládková who heads the
International Organisation for Migration. More
Current AffairsCzech government shakes up employment rules for foreign workers
The Czech government has moved to crack down on foreign workers who
overstay their welcome in the country. At the same time it has set up a new
system for attracting qualified foreign workers.
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Business NewsBusiness News
In this week’s Business News: a big win for Budweiser - the Czech one,
that is; the new labour minister wants to toughen up on non-EU workers; the
state forestry company sees big profits for the first half of 2010; ČEZ
finally wants done with its Chvaletice power plant; and the antimonopoly
office owes interest to Shell for imposing illegitimate fines.
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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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Talking PointAmended labour law comes too late for former RFE/RL employees
Two former foreign employees of the Prague-based, US broadcaster RFE/RL are
fighting a legal battle against their former employer, accusing the radio
station of discrimination. The argument is related to their contracts with
the radio station, and the way the Croatian and Armenian nationals were
fired. They claim that they and hundreds of other RFE Prague-based
employees from non EU countries find themselves in a legal vacuum. But it
seems that they fell into a gap in the system – which in the meantime has
been fixed.
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