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Beer-loving Czechs find proposed alcohol tax hike hard to swallow
With an annual consumption of 156 liters per head Czechs are the world's biggest beer consumers. Now - a proposed increase in minimum alcohol excise duties in the EU…
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Czech Republic to open doors to Romanian, Bulgarian workers
Great Britain recently made the headlines when it announced that it will not extend its open door policy to workers from Romania and Bulgaria, when the two countries join…
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Restrictions to worker mobility loom for incoming EU member states
This week Britain's Home Office announced plans to strongly curb the number of potential migrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania after those countries join the European…
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Czech diplomacy stands up for Georgia in conflict with Russia
For weeks now, tensions between the Russian Federation and Georgia have been rising. After four Russian citizens were charged with spying in Georgia earlier this month…
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New directive to ease strict new hygiene norms in Czech pubs
When the former Social Democrat government introduced European Union food hygiene guidelines none protested more loudly than Czech pub owners. They said the strict new…
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Foreign direct investment more than doubles in two years
New figures released by the EU statistics office Eurostat this week show that the Czech Republic attracted 8.8 billion euros in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year…
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New figures show dramatic rise in air pollution with dust particles main culprit
It improved dramatically after the fall of Communism, so why is the quality of the air suddenly getting worse? A new study carried out by the Environment Ministry's…
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Visegrad Four presidents vow common stand on Schengen zone entry
The presidents of the four Visegrad Group countries - Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic - met for their annual meeting at Lany Chateau, west of Prague…
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Foreign Minister slams delay in opening EU borders to newcomers
A wave of discontent swept across the ten countries which joined the European Union in 2004 when the news emerged from Brussels recently that they will not be allowed to…
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Topolanek hammers nail in coffin of 2010 euro adoption
For some time successive Social Democrat governments have spoken of the Czech Republic joining the eurozone by the end of the decade - January 1st, 2010 being the date…
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EU newcomers' entry to Schengen likely to be postponed
The Czech Republic and the other nine countries which joined the European Union in 2004 may not be able to join the Schengen zone as originally planned in October 2007. EU…
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New ads for Prague to appear on CNN for next three months
From the start of this week two advertisements for Prague have been appearing several times a day on the international TV station CNN, drawing attention to the Czech…
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