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• Bém says Prague prepared for floods

  15.08.07 16:32 Filed in: The Prague Post Concrete barriers, levees cost city 3.5 billion Kc Five years after the worst flooding to hit Prague in recent history, the city appears better positioned to deal with catastrophe should water levels rise. “Of all the Czech cities affected by the 2002 floods, Prague has clearly made the [...]

• 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 [...]

• Bank customers drowning in a tide of fraudulent e-mails

  19.03.08 21:42 Filed in: The Prague Post Ceská sporitelna (CS) has a phishing problem. Since the beginning of the year, the bank has seen a rapid increase in the number of fraudulent e-mails and fake Web sites targeting its customers. The attacks use a scam method popularly known as “phishing” to persuade CS customers into [...]

• Prague bourse falls amid turmoil

  23.01.08 17:15 Filed in: The Prague Post Fears of recession in U.S. force exchanges down worldwide At times last year it seemed as if the Prague Stock Exchange (BCPP) was immune to the growing economic fears coming out of the United States. No more. The BCPP has plummeted since the start of the year, its [...]

• 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 [...]