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EASTERN EUROPE: DSK sale to enhance bank consolidation
Final bids for DSK Bank, the third largest Bulgarian bank, are due on April 10. The sale will...
CZECH REPUBLIC: Weak Spidla-led government survives
Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla was re-elected as leader of the Social Democrats (CSSD) on March...
Czech RepublicPOLAND: Continuing cuts
The central bank's monetary policy council (RPP) yesterday cut interest rates by 25 basis points,...
PolandCZECH REPUBLIC: Accession opposition
The Communist Party (KSCM) will urge rejection of EU accession in the country's referendum on...
Czech RepublicEASTERN EUROPE: Post-accession minorities
The EU negotiation process has exposed the treatment of national minorities in the eleven Central...
EASTERN EUROPE: Strict criteria will delay EMU entry
All of the future members are planning to adopt the euro as soon as possible. However, their...
CZECH REPUBLIC: Surprise slowdown
GDP grew by 1.5% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2002, bringing full-year growth to 2.0%,...
Czech RepublicCZECH REPUBLIC: Rent rises
The government yesterday approved a bill that will allow state-regulated rent levels, which apply...
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