Fuel prices up

Fuel prices increased at the beginning of this year as expected, with the price of top-selling petrol Natural 95 up by 4 percent, currently selling at an average of 29.61 crowns per liter, and diesel-oil up by 4.2 percent at 28.14 crowns per liter on average, the Czech Statistical Office said on Friday. The rise in fuel prices was expected and has been caused by an increase in consumption tax, VAT, the price of oil on world markets and by the weakening of the Czech crown to the dollar.