Komercni Banka AS (KOMB), the Czech unit of Societe Generale SA, said its profit fell in the fourth quarter as the lender took additional charges on Greek bonds. Net income for the Czech Republic’s third-largest bank dropped to 2.43 billion ...
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A Czech Airlines AS pilot died during a flight from Poland to Prague, forcing the copilot to land the turboprop aircraft. 'We called the paramedics when the plane landed, however, they weren't able to save the captain ...
During the thousand years of its existence, the city grew from a settlement stretching from Prague Castle in the north to the fort of Vyšehrad in the south, becoming the multicultural capital of a modern European state, the Czech Republic, a ...
The Czech Republic's PX stock index rose 1.5, or 0.2 percent, to 1,025.7 in Prague. The following were among the most active equities on the Prague Stock Exchange today. Stock symbols follow company names. CEZ AS (CEZ CP ...
The Senate, which is controlled by the opposition Social Democrats, voted 49-22 on Wednesday in favor of the change. Parliament's lower house gave its green light in December. Both the country's presidents since the 1989 Velvet Revolution ...
When Paul Berman's pilgrimage to Prague descends or "ascends, depending upon your sense of humor “ to the request of a Havel "spokesman" for addressing "the spiritual values of NATO", Havel "explodes"! The source of the rage? A real estate deal for ...
Czech power group CEZ has renewed talks with Czech Coal over supplies and is also considering selling its Pocerady and Chvaletice electricity plants, newspaper Hospodarske Noviny reported on Tuesday. The two companies ...
The Czech Republic joined Britain in refusing to sign up to an EU pact on fiscal discipline on Monday, Sweden's prime minister said, but diplomats indicated that Prague may still change its mind. "All countries declared their intention to take ...
Ivan Zenaty, an admired Czech violinist and teacher, will join the violin faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music this fall. Zenaty is the second major faculty appointment that Joel Smirnoff, the institute's president, has announced in ...
Czech lender Komercni Banka cut its dividend on Thursday after taking a further charge on its Greek bond holdings, writing them down to one quarter of face value, which pushed net profit down 28 percent in the last quarter of 2011.
Nigerian judokas will try to win qualification to the London 2012 Olympics in Czech Republic, Olakitan De Souza, vice-president of the Nigeria Judo Federation said on Monday. At a first qualifiers held in Paris last week, the judokas failed to pick-up an ...
Germany has delayed signing an international copyright treaty that has some Internet users worried about online censorship, joining Poland and the Czech Republic in hesitating on the issue. The Foreign Ministry said Germany held off on signing ...
Czech government plan to return church property confiscated during the 1948-1989 communist era will raise the country's public sector deficit by 1.5 percent of gross domestic product this year in a one-off accounting step ...
In a vineyard in Moravia, the Arctic chill striking Europe at least has some people jumping with joy. Winemakers in southeast Czech Republic, waiting for a dip in temperatures during an unusually warm ...