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Data from the Czech Association of Car Importers or SDA showed that sales of new personal cars in the Czech Republic rose on the year in the first quarter, in contrast to the overall economic slowdown. The total number of new cars registered in the three ...

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Williams routs Safarova to win first title

Fifth seeded Serena Williams captured her 40th career WTA title by overpowering ninth seeded Czech Lucie Safarova 6-0, 6-1 at the Charleston claycourt tournament on Sunday. The 13-time Grand Slam ...

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Czech PM tells coalition partner to stop threats

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas on Tuesday warned a rebellious coalition partner to stop playing political games, saying he was unafraid of a fresh election if the Public Affairs party made good on its threat to leave his government.

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Czech government shudders as party threatens to quit

A junior party in the Czech ruling coalition threatened to leave the government on Tuesday, triggering the worst in a long string of crises for the austerity-minded administration and raising the chance of an early election. The decision ...

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Government's Plan to Return Church Lands Stirs Resistance

PRAGUE A blockbuster bill wending its way through the Czech Parliament would, if passed as envisioned this spring, transact one of the biggest property deals in any former Soviet bloc country by restoring more than half of church property ...

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Czech Leader Asks Former Mayor to Quit

The Czech prime minister has asked a former Prague mayor and current parliament member to give up his parliamentary seat amid media reports of the legislator's previous ties with a lobbyist. For the government of Prime Minister Petr Necas ...

Source http://blogs.wsj.com

Czech govt mulls price floors to lure new nuclear - Reuters

TEMELIN, Czech Republic, March 30 (Reuters) - The Czech government sees building new nuclear power plants as a strategic priority and is considering minimum electricity price guarantees to ensure new reactors are built, the country's industry ...

Source http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/czech-nuclear-idUSL6E8EU4XG20120330

Poland, Czech Republic Diverge on Euro-Zone Entry

The governors of the Polish and the Czech central banks voiced differing views Friday on their countries' aspirations towards joining the euro. Talking at a conference on central European economic policy in Prague, National Bank of ...

Source http://blogs.wsj.com/

Czech, Polish Central Bank Heads Meet

Local/GMT 1000/0900 Czech, Polish central bank heads at conference 1400/1300 Polish Feb wages, employment N/A Hungarian markets closed for national holiday The week will end quietly in central Europe with heads of the Czech and Polish central ...

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Czech Stocks: CEZ, New World Resources, Pegas Nonwovens Move

The Czech Republic's PX (PX) stock index fell 0.7 percent to 993.1 at its end of trading in Prague, snapping two days of gains. The following were among the most active equities on the Prague Stock Exchange today. Stock symbols follow company ...

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Komercni Banka cuts dividend as Greek charge bites

PRAGUE, Feb 16 (Reuters) - 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.

Source http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/10096460