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In Business News this week: It looks like the national bank will postpone
cutting interest rates; Plans to privatise Prague Airport have attracted no
small amount of interest; over a quarter of a million foreigners are
currently working in the Czech Republic; the insurer Lloyd’s is set to
enter into the Czech market, and the discord between piano makers Petrof
and their former American distributor continues.
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In Business News: Prague is set to get its second international airport
within three years; after years of letting people go, Czech banks are now
hiring again; the famous Czech piano-maker Petrof has avoided bankruptcy
after a legal challenge from an American distributor; the Environment
Ministry has given the green light for the cultivation of genetically
modified flax; total Czech fuel consumption had grown by almost 40 percent
since the year 2000; and the consumption of meat has fallen by 17 percent
since 1989.
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ArtsSkoda prototype, regional Hradec Kralove logo awarded national prizes for outstanding design
The sound of jazz by a skilled trio of musicians greets visitors at one of
the most highly regarded events of the season: the awarding on Thursday of
the Czech national prize for the year's outstanding design. Traditionally
the event, organised by the Design Centre in cooperation with the Quality
Council of the Czech Republic and titled Excellent Product of the Year -
is held at Prague's Bethlehem Chapel, and it is nothing if not
prestigious. It draws hundreds of designers as well as government
ministers, manufacturers and business insiders to get a look at, as well
as to applaud, the year's best. More
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The town of Bozi Dar is experiencing a gold rush! Students empty barrels of
slime outside the Czech government headquarters. And - sorry about the
inconvenience! - motorway construction workers give a stork a new home for
the price of 6,000 euros. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsThe best and the worst places to live in the Czech Republic
An old saying goes, "in Prague is bliss" but a recent study shows
that in fact, Hradec Kralove is the place to live in the Czech Republic.
This town located about 100 km east of Prague scored very well on ten
quality of life indicators including employment, housing, crime and
quality of the environment. In contrast, the city of Louny, placed 60 km
north-west of Prague was dubbed the worst place to live. More
SpotlightHradec Kralove Solar and Ozone Observatory
This week I've come to the east Bohemian town of Hradec Kralove, to the
Czech Republic's only solar and ozone observatory, which was established
over half a century ago, in 1951. My guide is a physicist named Karel
Vanicek, who has been working here since the mid 1970s. Of course ozone
depletion is now a well-known problem and I asked Mr Vanicek when he and
his colleagues in Hradec first began to notice that the ozone layer was
starting to disappear.
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