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Czech GDP growth slowed down in 2002 to 2 %. Rebellious Industry and Trade Minister Jiri Rusnok has been replaced. Czech central banker says there is no need for another…

Earlier this week, the Czech government survived a vote of confidence in the parliament. Its continuance was eventually confirmed by the narrowest possible margin of one…

Czech consumer prices showed an annual decline for the second month running and there has been speculation that the Czech National Bank may further cut the interest rates…

The sale of the national telecommunications operator Czech Telecom has been postponed until 2005. Dispute over power sector consolidation continues. The cabinet has…

The Czech Republic may need another nuclear power station, says the Industry and Trade Minister Jiri Rusnok. The Czech ministers of trade and defence have been lobbying in…

The head of the Czech Statistics Office (CSU) Marie Bohata resigned last Friday. The reason was a scandal that had shaken the credibility of the institution - the…