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The new centre-left government finally won a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday night for its plans to boost the welfare state and secure the Czech Republic's membership of the European Union in two years. The government has a one-vote majority in the 200-seat lower house, and will have a delicate balancing act staying in power for its full four-year term.

The Czech Republic is the world's seventh worst offender when it comes to exporting counterfeit goods to the European Union, according to a report published by the European Commission on Friday.

The Czech Republic could start using the euro by 2010, Finance Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Tuesday. To meet the Masstricht criteria necessary to adopt the euro...

When the Czech Republic joins the European Union food prices should rise in accordance with the prices of agricultural products, though European Commission insiders predict undramatic rises in both sectors. Food prices in the country have risen considerably in the last twelve years.