Czech Republic
CEE: Slovakia's euro adoption has knock-on effect
The final approval this month for Slovakia to adopt the single currency has put euro adoption...
SlovakiaRUSSIA/CZECH REPUBLIC: Excuses for oil cut vary
Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft announced yesterday that crude would be supplied in full...
Czech RepublicCEE: Currency appreciation erodes competitiveness
Over the first five months, Slovak exports rose by 14.1% year-on-year to 647 billion koruny (34...
CZECH REPUBLIC/US/RUSSIA: Prague signs missile pact
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg signed a...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Pension age rises gradually to 65
The Chamber of Deputies yesterday approved by 95 votes to 91 a bill raising the pension age...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: CMKOS stages anti-reform strikes
About 30,000 health workers began a one-day strike this morning in protest against reforms.
Czech RepublicEU/CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague is next Lisbon obstacle
Dublin wants until the next Council meeting in October to analyse the referendum rejecting the...
Czech RepublicEASTERN EUROPE: Smoking remains socially acceptable
While levels of tobacco addiction have declined in Western Europe in recent years, the problem...
Eastern Europe