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In this week’s business news: Prime Minister Petr Nečas announces
estimated additional cuts of 26 billion crowns to the state budget; a Czech
MEP has praised the country’s refusal to join the fiscal compact; the
Agriculture Minister is set to dismiss the CEO of a state-owned brewery;
the country’s nuclear energy exports reach a record level; and, a poll
finds that the majority of Czechs consider the current economic situation
poor indeed. More
SpotlightThrough Emperor Rudolf’s water tunnel under Letná
The Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II left a deep mark in Czech history. Various
legends and myths surround the 16th century ruler who made Prague his
imperial seat and whose diverse interests made the city a centre of
Renaissance arts and sciences. One monument from his time is hidden beneath
the surface of the earth – a water tunnel carved deep into the rock of
one of Prague’s hills. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In today’s business news: Consumer prices have risen by 4.7 percent
following a VAT hike, the American Anheuser-Bush purchases the
Budějovický měšťanský brewery in hopes of improving its chances in an
ongoing trademark dispute, public health insurer VZP may see a budget
deficit of up to three billion Czech crowns in 2012, regular and diesel
fuel reach record prices, and the forecast for the Czech construction
sector for 2012 is the worst among the Visegrad Four. More
MagazineMagazine 2011
In Magazine: a bride spends her wedding night in a drunk tank, Czechs
sample cocktails in the form of a snack, a communist councilor turns up the
heat with nude pics and finally – the real golden brew -beer containing
24 carat gold. More
One on OneToasting three decades in brewing: beer and malt association director Jan Veselý
One man who probably more than anyone else can claim to represent one of
the Czech Republic’s biggest success stories ― beer ― is Jan Veselý,
general director of the Czech Beer and Malt Association. The association
groups the biggest Czech breweries and hop producers. In today’s
programme, Mr. Veselý talks about the massive changes he has witnessed in
the industry which had moved from the planned economy to privatization and
the take off of micro-breweries. More
SpotlightŽatec – the home of hops
For centuries, the northern Bohemian town of Žatec has been the centre of
hops growing in the country. Known as the home of hops and beer, the town
is now trying to cope with a decline in its traditional industry. It
recently launched a multi-million euro tourism project called Temple of
Hops and Beer – but it is also slowly coming to terms with recent history
that saw the town’s original German population replaced by Czechs in the
aftermath of WWII. More
Czech HistoryBrno Ossuary still has mysteries to yield
Ossuaries, grim collections of mostly medieval bones, are to be found all
over Europe, with one of the most striking examples anywhere being the
infamous Sedlec Ossuary in Kutná Hora, sometimes called one of the
spookiest places in the world. Only ten years ago though, archaeologists
working under the streets of Brno discovered a crypt that would earn a new
claim to fame; the largest collection of human bones in the country and the
second largest in Europe after the Paris Catacombs.
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