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Current AffairsNew coalition government taking shape
The three parties in the feuding Czech coalition have raised hopes that
they will re-unite and form a new government under a different PM. After
months of bickering, triggered by a scandal involving PM Stanislav Gross'
private finances, the Social Democrats, the Christian Democrats and the
Freedom Union appear to have found an acceptable way of easing the
embattled PM out of office and getting back to work with pretty much the
same team of ministers as before.
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"Shipwrecked" Czech foreign minister rolls up his trouser legs
and wades to a fishing boat! A town invites professional sniffers to
analyze its air. And Czech palaeontologists are excited over a rare find -
a fossilized fish that's 90 million years old. Find out more in Magazine
with Daniela Lazarova.
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Cabinet rejects Civic Democrats' proposal for 15 pct corporate tax rate;
Mittal Steel, blocked from Vitkovice tender, threatens to renew claims
against the steelworks, launch arbitration against the state; Ireland's
Markland has bought Kotva; IT Minister may face charges over establishment
of private company Testcom Servis; Czech breweries, malt houses, post
record export sales
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Current AffairsPrague EU housing ministers meeting addresses future of high rise flats
The percentage of people living in high rise flats in former Eastern Bloc
countries such as the Czech Republic is twice as high as in the 15
"old" European Union states. Indeed a full 40 percent of Czechs
live in prefabricated flats, known as panelaks, many of which are in bad
repair and in need of major investment. The future of high rise flats was
the theme of a Prague meeting of EU housing ministers, hosted by the Czech
Republic's regional development minister, Jiri Paroubek. He spoke to me at
the
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Czech Rep got more out of EU than it paid in; Slovak gov't promises to pay
CSOB debt; Jobless rate at 10-month high; Five preliminary bids made for
Cesky Telecom; Budweiser battle may go to Human Rights court; Cash
registers to become mandatory; Jablotron's oversize mobile phone a huge
success
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Former Finance Minister off to prison; Minimum Social benefits to be cut in
2006; Prague richest 'region' in 'new Europe'; World Bank predicts less
inflationary pressure for 2005; Beer union asks AgMin to axe Budvar ad
campaign; TCPA to begin production at Kolin this month; Germany's Aral to
quit check market
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In this week's edition: the quality of Czech beer,
"commercialisation" of Prague, bounced e-mail messages sent to
Radio Prague. Listeners quoted: Lindley Becker, USA; Colin Rose, UK.
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EU wants Czechs to give up 'golden shares'; State budget for 2005 signed
into law; Eurotel ordered to pay 48m crown fine; Eurotel ordered to pay
48m crown fine; Record-high Czech beer exports in 2004
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