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In Business News this week: Czech government approves savings measures of 8.6 billion crowns; a new pipeline opens providing alternate route for Russian gas; car maker Škoda Auto posts record sales; most Czech joint-stock companies are anonymously owned; Budvar wins major trademark battle in UK.

In Business News this week: the Czech public debt reaches a new high; Czechs buy less food, clothes and home appliances; Albania is set to withdraw ČEZ’s licence to operate in the country; up to 40 percent of retailers violate trade regulations during post-Christmas sales; and the popular Czech butter spread will undergo an EU-enforced name change by mid 2013.

In the past weeks in the Czech business world: Almost 3700 businesses had to close in 2012; the state deficit for the last year was lower than the government had expected by 4 billion crowns; online stores had big profits in December thanks to Christmas shopping; the crown may will most likely take a hit in 2013; the Czech Telecommunication Office wants to help more mobile phone operators enter the local market.

In Business News this week: Czech real wages continue to fall; few Czechs plan to join a new pension system; Qatar Airways and Korean Air are interested in acquiring Czech Airlines; apartment prices expected to decrease next year; Czech spas going through hard times, and Czech architects win competition to build monument to victims of slavery in Senegal.

In Business News this week: MPs debate draft budget for 2013; OECD cuts Czech growth forecast for this and next year; Prague Stock Exchange introduces new trading system; how much would ČEZ’s exit from Albania cost? Car maker Škoda to introduce four new models next year; and the east Bohemian town of Přelouč is ranked as the country’s best place for business.

In Business News this week: the Czech cabinet approves a draft budget for next year; CEZ has problems in Albania – and a bid for a power plant at home; the Czech Republic buys into the Transalpine Pipeline, with a view to reducing reliance on Russian oil; e-tailers in the Czech Republic are to join forces next Tuesday for a day of sales with free delivery; and the “Absurdity of the Year” is announced.

In Business News this week: The Czech economy is in recession for the fifth quarter in a row; every other Czech household has no system for organising its monthly budget; government bond sales exceed expectations; a new transformer facility should help protect the Czech power grid against Germany’s green electricity; the organizers of the Davis Cup final say they will make 10 million on the event; and the Czech football association plans to buy the world’s largest stadium.

In Business News: energy giant ČEZ posts a 27 percent increase in profits in first three quarters of 2012; government savings bonds selling fast; unemployment in the Czech Republic rises to 8.5 percent; the first Czech branch of the Bank of Investment and Development of Vietnam opens in Prague.

In Business News this week: The percentage of workers in industry and construction aged 40 or less in the Czech Republic is the highest in the European Union; in its new economic forecast, the Czech National Bank has downgraded the GDP estimate for next year; Czech household debt increases.

This week in business: PepsiCo may sell its Central European division to Karlovy Vary Mineral Waters; electricity prices will rise next year, partially thanks to a new government proposal; the Czech Confederation of Industry publishes a bleak outlook for Czech businesses; a new computer system that would detect rigged public tenders is undergoing testing; RWE Transgas will not have to pay major fines to Russia’s Gazprom; the Czech potato harvest is down this season with uncertain consequences on consumer prices.