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Czech President to Visit Austria
New President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman is going to visit Austria with his wife Ivana Zemanova on Tuesday and Wednesday.
April 22, 2013
Schwarzenberg: „Slovenia Joining V4 Would Not Be Efficient“
V4 Foreign Ministers have declared disapprobation of Slovenia joining the group.
April 19, 2013
Spar: Expanding in Hungary
Spar Austria Group intends to expand the meat plant near Budapest and the entire branch network in Hungary.
April 18, 2013
Poland: Favorable Forecast Despite of Recession in 2013
Poland’s economy is the biggest among the younger member states and continues to grow even with the current recession.
April 17, 2013
Czech Republic and Russia to Enhance Economic Relations
Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Kuba supported deepening of economic relations with Tatarstan. The cooperation with Russian regions is very important for the Czech Republic.
April 16, 2013
Czech Republic: Finance Ministry Worsens Economic Outlook
In an updated macroeconomic forecast for the economic development, the Czech Finance Ministry deteriorated the country’s outlook.
April 16, 2013
Czech Republic: Fight over Diplomatic Posts
Prague currently sees a duel between ambassadors for the filling of a post. President Milos Zeman and the Foreign Ministry both want to have a say in the final decision.
April 15, 2013
New Fiscal Rules in EU Six-Pack to Benefit CEE5
New fiscal rules should reduce risk of self-defeating austerity. There is no need for CEE countries to raise taxes if they stick to growth-friendly policies and cap real increase of expenditures below 1%.
April 15, 2013
Czech Republic: 5.7 % Decrease of Industrial Production.
In February 2013, industrial production decreased at constant prices by 5.7%, year-on-year; working day adjusted decreased by 1.6%. Compared to the previous month, seasonally adjusted industrial production was higher by 1.6%.
April 9, 2013
Fitch: Poland Best Placed For Economic Recovery
In a statement regarding a report on the need of structural reforms in the CESEE region, rating agency Fitch awarded Poland the best position for an economic recovery among five countries.
April 9, 2013
Czech Republic: Exports and Imports Decreased Considerably
In February 2013, according to preliminary data of ‘cross−border statistics’, exports and imports at current prices fell by 3.6% and 4.4%, year-on-year (y−o−y), respectively.
April 9, 2013
Czech President Zeman Wants Slovenia As 5th Visegrad Member
The proposal made by Czech’s president Milos Zeman does not arouse enthousiasm among Slovak citizens.
April 6, 2013
Law Files Against Bulgaria from EVN and CEZ.
Power Suppliers EVN, CEZ and Energo Pro have to face high losses. CEZ announced to file a law against Bulgaria as well.
April 3, 2013
Czech Republic: Disinflation Continues
Analysts expect Czech economy to grow by 1.7 % next year.
March 29, 2013
Strabag: Defends Its Number 1 in Czech Republic
In a survey, 302 public customers have chosen Austrian construction enterprise Strabac to be the best in its sector. Swietelski follows on 2nd place.
March 28, 2013
CESEE: CR More Attractive for FDI Than SK
Foreign investors regard the Czech Republic more attractive than Slovakia.
March 27, 2013
Czech Republic: EGAP Covered Exports of CZK 72bn
Minister of Industry and Trade, Martin Kuba says: EGAP will focus more on supporting small and medium-size enterprises
March 27, 2013
Czech Republic: Gazprom to Build New Gas Storage Tanks
Gazprom and MND Group are going to invest € 100m in a gas storage facility near the Austrian border.
March 26, 2013
Czech Republic: Confidence in Domestic Economy Inreased Marginally
Overall confidence in domestic economy increased slightly in March. The composite confidence indicator (economic sentiment indicator) increased by 0.2 points compared to February.
March 25, 2013
Hungary: In a Debt Crisis Soon?
New all-time high in debts was reported. Hungarian populations hopes for fast political turn-around.
March 22, 2013
EVN to Start Arbitration Procedure
Today, Austrian power supply company EVN informed the state of Bulgaria about opening arbitration proceedings.
March 19, 2013
Czech Republic: Opposition Rejects Austerity Measures
Opposition leader Sobotka was re-elected last Friday as chairman of the Social Democrats. In an interview with Reuters he explains why the government needs to slow down on austerity measures.
March 18, 2013
CSA: Korean Air Gets In
The South Korean airline will take over the publicly held stake in the loss-making Czech carrier.
March 16, 2013
Czech Republic: Contruction Industry Sees Further Declines
In January 2013 the construction output declined by 9.3%, year-on-year (y-o-y). The planning and building control authorities granted by 4.1% more building permits, y-o-y, and the approximate value of permitted constructions dropped by 31.7%, y-o-y.
March 15, 2013
Czech Republic: Industrial Production Decreased by 4.1%
In January 2013, industrial production decreased at constant prices by 4.1%, year-on-year. Compared to the previous month, seasonally adjusted industrial production was the same as in December 2012. The value of new orders decreased by 7.6%, y-o-y.
March 15, 2013
Czech Republic: Population Grows Slightly
In 2012, the population of the Czech Republic increased by 10.7 thousand to 10 516.1 thousand persons.
March 14, 2013
Czech Republic: Highest Internet Retail Sales in 26 Months
Highest growth rates in internet retail and house order sales and IT/communication equipments.
March 14, 2013
Improvement on the Czech Commercial Real Estate Market in Sight?
Bank Austria sees anti-cyclical investment opportunities in the Czech Republic and CEE. The Czech Republic offers a low country risk and transparent real estate market.
March 13, 2013
Bulgaria: Latest Protests Against Privatizing of Railway
Protesters in three cities gathered to demonstrate against the privatization of the freight division of the Bulgarian state railroads (BDZ).
March 12, 2013
Czech Republic: Slight Increase of Consumer Price Index
Consumer prices in February increased by 0.1% compared with January. This rise came primarily from price increases in 'transport' and 'recreation and culture'. The year-on-year growth of consumer prices decelerated to 1.7% in February (1.9% in January).
March 11, 2013
Czech Republic: Average Wage Increased Due to Bonuses
In Q4 2012 the average gross monthly nominal wage per employee FTE in the entire national economy increased by 3.7% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
March 11, 2013
Czech Republic: GDP Decreasing by 2.1%
The gross domestic product adjusted for price, seasonal, and calendar effects decreased according to the refined estimate by 1.2% compared to 2011; the decrease was gradually deepening during the year.
March 11, 2013
Czech Republic Records Trade Surplus
Imports as well as exports were down significantly. The foreign trade surplus increased slightly.
March 8, 2013
Czech Republic: Erste Group Cutting More Jobs
Because Erste Group has to save CZK 1bn (€ 39m) this year, economy measures need to be taken.
March 8, 2013
CZ: President Klaus Leaving Presidential Office
After having been in office for ten years, Czech President Vaclav Klaus left Prague Castle. Today, Friday March 8, his sucessor Milos Zeman is going to be sworn in.
March 8, 2013
Recession in Euro-Area Still Affects CESEE Countries
According to the Vienna Institute For International Economic Studies (wiiw), the double-dip recession over, yet there is no economic growht in sight for CESEE countries.
March 7, 2013
CSA: Korean Air as Only Bidder
The Korean airline company aims to take over the publicly held stake in Czech Airlines (CSA). Korean Air only offers € 2.64m.
March 7, 2013
Bulgaria: Electricity Rate to be Reduced by 7 %
Experts still fear that the reduction in electricity prices will not help stopping protests.
March 6, 2013
Last Meeting between Klaus and Gasparovic
The Presidents of the Czech Republic and of Slovakia will have a last meeting tomorrow.
March 5, 2013
Czech Republic Eases Austerity Policy
In order to boost economic growth, the Czech government tends to refrain from the strict austerity course.
March 5, 2013
Czech Airlines May be Taken Over by Korean Air
The Korean airline company aims to take over the publicly held stake in Czech Airlines.
March 5, 2013
Bulgaria: Eagles Briges Civic Association To Be Found in Sofia
Protesters are gathering in the Arena Armeets Hall to differentiate their pleas.
March 4, 2013
Czech Republic: Economy still Down. Hopes are Up.
Specialists, despite of the current situation, predict slight economic growth for 2013 after year of recession.
March 4, 2013
Czech Republic: CNB Fights Against Recession
As the interest rate was cut to a technical zero, the Czech National Bank considers intervening against the crown.
March 4, 2013
Czech Republic: Bilateral Trade with Austria Shrinks
The official export figures are not known yet. However, experts think that the foreign trade volume between the Czech Republic and Austria was down in 2012.
March 2, 2013
Czech Republic: Unemployment Grows Slightly
In January 2013, the general employment was up by 1.3 percentage points. The unemployment rate came at 7.0% in January.
March 1, 2013
Alpine: Major Contract in Czech Republic
Alpine to rehabilitate the Czech D1 Motorway. Final award of contract to the Alpine/OHL ZS consortium upon expiration of statutory period for filing objections.
February 26, 2013
CEZ: Czech Republic Calls Brussels for Help
After the Czech energy group CEZ has lost its license in Bulgaria, the Czech government wants Brussels to put pressure on Sofia.
February 25, 2013
Czech Republic: Trends in 2012
Export and Import Price Indices and Price Indices for International Transport
February 25, 2013
Czech Republic: Agrofert Takes Over German Bakery Chain Lieken
Barilla, the world’s leading manufacturer of pasta products, announced that it had fixed a deal with the Czech company Agrofert to sell the German baking enterprise, Lieken AG.
February 25, 2013
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