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• CSA trashes the paper ticket

  14.05.08 22:14 Filed in: The Prague Post Airlines promising to go 100 percent electronic next month The paper airline ticket will soon be relegated to the dust bin of history. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has set a deadline for all of its carriers, including the state-owned operator Czech Airlines (CSA), to offer only [...]

• Return of 'bra wars' looms large

  16.01.08 16:43 Filed in: The Prague Post Textile industry braces for a torrent of Chinese imports A flood of Chinese textiles threatens the jobs of up to 5,000 workers in the Czech Republic, industry insiders say. ?The influx of imports comes after the European Union dropped the protective quota it had placed on such imports [...]

• Neighbors hook up electricity markets

  04.06.08 21:54 Filed in: The Prague Post Electricity will soon flow more freely between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Industry and Trade Minister Martin ?íman and his Slovak counterpart, ?ubomír Jahnátek, signed an agreement May 22 that will create a new single market for electricity between the countries. The move comes as Slovakia has become [...]

• OECD warns of complacency

  12.03.08 15:32 Filed in: The Prague Post Agency supports reform drive as union opposition sharpens The Czech Republic has a good chance to catch up with the economies of its Western neighbors, but it needs to reform its labor market, push ahead with healthcare reform and boost university education, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and [...]

• Dollar millionaires swell in ranks

  02.07.08 22:09 Filed in: The Prague Post Increase attributed to economic growth and the robust crown The number of dollar millionaires in the Czech Republic jumped 15 percent last year to 17,000, owing to economic growth, the strong crown and the falling dollar, according to the annual World Wealth Report published by the consulting firm [...]