Carmaker Škoda set to resume production

The Škoda carmaker is going to resume production later on Monday after a three-week halt due to a sharp drop in sales caused by the economic slowdown. For the next six months, all three Škoda plants in the Czech Republic will limit production to four days a week. Despite the global crisis, Škoda sold a record of more than 674,000 cars last year. Meanwhile, the car manufacturer Hyundai announced on Monday that its plant Nošovice, northern Moravia, would halt this week’s production on Wednesday; next week, it would also adopt a four-day working week.