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Czech economy contracts by 1.0 PCT in first quarter /17. 05. 2012/
The Czech economy shrunk by 1.0 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with the last three months of 2011, according to figures released by the European statistical office Eurostat. The Czech performance is the second worst performance of the 19 EU countries for whom figures were released with only Hungry turning i... More...
Local Development Ministry: Value of public orders sinks by Kc100bn in 2011 /17. 05. 2012/
Prague - The value of the Czech public procurement market sank by almost Kc100bn last year, from Kc594bn to Kc496bn, due to the economic crisis and the government´s austerity measures, according to preliminary data published in the Local Development Ministry´s annual report. More...
Wages in Prague up to Kc10,000 higher than elsewhere in CR-survey /10. 05. 2012/
People working in Prague earn up to Kc10,000 more a month than people in some other Czech regions, the lowest wages being paid to employees in the Karlovarsky region in western Bohemia, according to online survey Platy.cz in which 85,000 people have participated in the past year. More...
New digital business aims to be main event /02. 05. 2012/
Management portal will make business meetings much easier More...
Lights out for renewable energy subsidies? /01. 05. 2012/
A proposal to end all state support for renewable energy has been applauded by industry, but has outraged green energy producers. More...
Skoda Auto selling record 242,700 cars in Jan to March /20. 04. 2012/
Mlada Boleslav - Czech car maker Skoda Auto sold a record 242,700 cars in Q1, an annual hike of 11.8 percent, and March was also a successful month, with the best ever monthly figure of 95,200 cars sold, up by 12.1 percent on the year, spokesman Jozef Balaz told CTK today. More...
Analysts: unemployment down in March thanks to weather /13. 04. 2012/
In particular weather stands behind the fall in unemployment in March as it allowed start of some seasonal work earlier, but the situation on the labour market is not too good, analysts polled by CTK today said. More...
Analysts: revised trade data show Czech economy not in recession. /06. 04. 2012/
The Czech economy is probably not in recession, although statisticians' data have indicated this so far, UniCredit Bank analyst Pavel Sobisek told CTK today, referring to revised data on foreign trade released today. More...
Czech industrial production up 4.7 pct in February. /06. 04. 2012/
Czech industrial production quickened to 4.7 percent year-on-year in February from January’s 3.2 percent with new orders and employment in the sector also rising, the Czech Statistical Office (ÈSÚ) announced on Friday. More...
©koda reports record year, booming sales in BRICs. /21. 03. 2012/
Prague - ©koda Auto, the biggest Czech carmaker, reported record sales, revenues, and profits for 2011. The data were released at the company's annual press conference. More...
