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CZECH REPUBLIC/INTERNATIONAL: Telecoms deal uses LBO
An international group of private equity investors has bought Radiokomunikace for 1.19 billion...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Fiscal deficit widens despite growth
The 2007 budget should avoid adding stimulus to an already booming economy, which offers instead...
Czech RepublicRUSSIA: Evraz bid for Oregon fits expansion trend
Russia's biggest steel company, Evraz, which is 41% owned by Roman Abramovich's holding,...
RussiaRUSSIA: Bases in Europe raise Moscow's fears
Russia continues to express deep misgivings about NATO plans to create new military bases in...
RussiaCZECH REPUBLIC: Senate, local votes boost Topolanek
The right-of-centre Civic Democratic Party (ODS) won last week's local and Senate elections. The...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Forecast deficits end euro target
Parliament begins today debating the 2007 draft budget, after the government yesterday abandoned...
Czech RepublicCEE: Banks are finding it harder to generate growth
While the growth of banking assets in most advanced CEE markets is stabilising at about twice the...
CZECH REPUBLIC: Civic Democrats lose confidence vote
Mirek Topolanek's month-old minority Civic Democrat government failed its first test yesterday,...
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