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CZECH REPUBLIC: EU entry will bring diverse benefits
While the net contribution from the EU will probably be smaller than originally expected, the...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Coal sales
The government agreed yesterday to privatise its brown-coal mines, selling its stakes of 57% in...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Reform's first test
The lower house of parliament approved at first reading the government's proposed fiscal reform...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Tax reform package reaches parliament
Parliament today begins debating a set of measures aiming at reducing the state budget deficit...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Trade gap narrows
The statistical bureau (CSU) said today that exports rose in the first six months of 2003 by 7.0%...
Czech RepublicCROATIA/HUNGARY: MOL buys stake in Croat oil firm
Zagreb announced yesterday that Hungarian oil company MOL had won the tender for the sale of...
CroatiaCZECH REPBLIC: Fiscal threat
Finance Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said today that the governing coalition might resign if...
CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA: Energy tender
Electricity producer and distributor Ceske energeticke zavody (CEZ) said today that it would bid...
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