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Press Review
Today's newspapers all cover the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Whilst Lidove noviny's headline celebrates the triumph of doctors over athletes found guilty of…
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Business News
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Fagan throws down gauntlet to Czechs over Temelin
Until a few days ago, only a handful of Czechs had heard of Ed Fagan, an American trial lawyer best known for winning billions of dollars in compensation for victims of…
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U.S. lawyer to Temelin contractors: "Publish documents or feel the pain"
Well the face of U.S. lawyer Ed Fagan is splashed across the front pages of the Czech papers today, along with warnings and threats to the operators of the Czech Republic…
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"Big Bang" project to increase GDP by more than 6%
The Czech Ministry of Trade and Industry has come up with an ambitious new plan to boost Czech economy, which it says will increase GDP by more than 6%. The only cause for…
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Foreign investors in IPB file complaint against the Czech Republic
The Dutch company, Saluka Investments along with Nomura Europe - which represents and has financial links to Saluka - have filed a complaint against the Czech Government…
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Zeman visits Belgium at crucial point for EU expansion
Over the past few weeks, the Czech Prime Minister, Milos Zeman has been lobbying heavily for his country's membership of the European Union: Last week he was in Sweden…
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Government encourages families in bid to head off labour shortage
Well, the Czech birth rate is falling, and the government is starting to do something about it. On Wednesday, the cabinet approved a proposed amendment to the law on…
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Ivan Pilip and Jan Bubenik return home
A crowd cheers the return of Ivan Pilip and Jan Bubenik, two Czechs who spent three weeks in jail in Cuba after meeting dissidents opposed to the Castro regime. Dita…
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Ivan Pilip and Jan Bubenik free
After more than three weeks spent in a Cuban jail, Czech MP Ivan Pilip and former student leader Jan Bubenik were finally released on Monday night. The two were detained…