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Current AffairsFew surprises in list of most popular web searches published by internet portal
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.
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Press ReviewPress Review
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.
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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?
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Business NewsBusiness News
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.
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Czech government faces another arbitration. New calls for privatisation of
remaining state assets. Parliament passes law to speed up energy market
liberalisation. Pilsner Urquell brewery found guilty of
compeititon-blocking practices. Government would like mobile operators to
pay for UMTS licences as soon as possible. Central Bank intercepts an
increasing number of forged euros. Consumer confidence has been on the
rise. Czech foreign debt decreases.
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Current AffairsNew internet ethics code to change Czech web
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.
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Current AffairsTax filing made easier through the internet
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.
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MagazineCzech brewers want "more people to drink less beer"
Czechs are the worlds biggest beer drinkers and breweries are doing good
business - so why should they try to change anything? The answer is
"ethics" says Ivan Sima secretary of the association of Prague
breweries. Czech brewers want more people to drink their beer "in
moderation", and they have worked hard to present the golden brew as
something more than a pub drink. In this week's Magazine DL talks to Mr.
Sima about a new code of ethics which the country's leading brewers have
adopted, Czechs drinking habits, why most Czech pubs sell only one brand
of beer and whether beer from a can can possibly taste as good as beer
from a bottle.
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Current AffairsTop brewers adopt new code of ethics
The country's five leading brewers are setting a new trend in the business
- they have drafted and adopted a strict new code of ethics that goes
beyond the regulations set by the law on advertising. Commitment to this
new code of ethics is voluntary and the smaller brewers in the country -
of which there are many - have so far failed to respond to an appeal to
support the initiative. Its advocates claim that although sales and profit
margins are important there are certain boundaries that should not be
crossed. Czechs are the world leaders in beer consumption per head - which
is fine as far as brewers are concerned - but they are less happy with the
fact that many teenagers are regular beer drinkers and some children start
drinking it even before they are in their teens. Although it may prove
difficult for them to influence consumer habits the country's leading
brewers are determined to give it a try. Ivan Sima is secretary of the
association of Prague breweries:
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Business NewsInternet business success story
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.
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