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In Business News this week: Czech public debt reaches new high; unemployment remains at 7.5 percent in August; Senate curbs subsidies for renewable energy sources; tighter rules are introduced for liquor retailers; prices of potatoes and dairy products jump; and record number of dollar millionaires recorded in Czech Republic.

In Business News this week: miners plan protest against management at OKD; the Czech firearms manufacturer Česká zbrojovka expects increased revenues; the Czech Republic drops seven spots in global competitiveness rankings; South Moravian breweries will be busy in the month of September launching a number of special beers.

In Business News this week: The number of court foreclosures registered in the Czech Republic has gone down; Social Democrats to push for higher income tax; the four-millionth Skoda Octavia rolls off the production line.

Chairwoman of the Energy Regulatory Office faces more criminal charges over fraudulent licenses; ČEZ buys a back-up heating source for Prague; NWR considers selling Czech assets and closing down a mine; Česá zbrojovka arms producer lower suspends handgun deliveries to Egypt; RegioJet to sue Czech Railways for price dumping.

In Business News this week: viewers get a first glimpse of the redesigned Škoda YETI; the grain and rapeseed harvests this year are a success; the number of self-employed has moved closer to one million; tourist agencies are offering clients travelling to Egypt a chance to switch destinations at the last minute; the Czech Republic is out of recession.

This week in Business News: Consumer prices dropped in June, along with inflation rate; Study shows that many key sectors still have very few women in management; Construction and industrial output down in June; New tougher regulations on alcohol distribution go through lower house; Businesses would mostly welcome early elections in hopes of a more stable political and economic situation.

In Business News this week: the agriculture minister stops contracts worth a half billion crowns a study maps the role of foreign investors in domestic companies; truck manufacturer Tatra clinches an important contract in the Middle East; the national bank confirms a drop in the number of counterfeit banknotes and coins seized; a Czech insurance company maps how long it takes for an unattended bike to be stolen on the street.

In Business News this week: The finance ministry has released a more pessimistic economic forecast for this and next year; Reconstruction of the D1 highway has resumed after two weeks of delays; The mortgage market grew rapidly in the past half year; The European Commission has approved 400 million euros for railway revitalization in the Czech Republic; Energy giant ČEZ set to launch a new virtual mobile network.

In this week’s Business News: The minimum wage will rise in August; Food prices in 2012 grew by a larger margin than in any other EU country; Czech Airlines has withdrawn from its contract with the unions; Fuel prices around the Czech Republic have gone up again; Škoda has signed an almost 1 billion crown contract to deliver trams to Bratislava.

In this week’s business news: Unemployment falls; Czech Banking Association releases bleaker economic outlook for 2013; more Czech companies are moving to tax havens; Moravia Steel receives large fine for collusion in Germany; Kofola is considering expanding into Balkans; and government debt decreases in Q2.