Czech Republic

  • Jan 3, 2007
  • 2 min read

CZECH REPUBLIC: Budget may pose biggest macro risk

The central government deficit for 2006 will rise to 97.3 billion koruny (4.7 billion dollars),...

Czech Republic
  • Dec 29, 2006
  • 6 min read

CZECH REPUBLIC/AUSTRIA: Highway tender looks legal

A new electronic highway toll collection system will be formally handed over to the Transport...

Czech Republic
  • Dec 29, 2006
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CZECH REPUBLIC: ODS makes second try at coalition

Caretaker Civic Democrat (ODS) Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek yesterday signed a coalition...

Czech Republic
  • Dec 27, 2006
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2007: Economic populism remains a CEE risk

Politics in the region is increasingly volatile, populist and extremist. Regional economies have...

  • Dec 7, 2006
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CZECH REPUBLIC: Property company breaks IPO famine

Unofficial trading in shares in ECM Real Estate Investments began today on the Prague Stock...

Czech Republic
  • Dec 5, 2006
  • 2 min read

BOSNIA: Serbs' power and telecoms FDI breaks records

Today's award of a 65% stake in the Republika Srpska (RS) telecoms operator, Telekom Srpske, to...

  • Dec 4, 2006
  • 7 min read

EASTERN EUROPE: Enduring obstacles limit PE presence

PE funds have the potential to increase growth and restructuring in former communist Eastern...

Eastern Europe
  • Nov 28, 2006
  • 1 min read

INTERNATIONAL/CEE: Slovakia drives regional growth

Slovakia is the engine of growth in Central-Eastern Europe (CEE), with the automobile sector...

Slovakia