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Telecoms market regulator cuts interconnection fees by third

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05-09-2002

Floods may hamper Czech participation in Expo 2005

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05-09-2002

Prices of electricity for households to fall by 5 % in 2003

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05-09-2002

Czech Airlines sees 50 % drop in number of passengers

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05-09-2002

Insurers raise flood damage estimates

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05-09-2002

Insurance companies operating in the Czech Republic have revised flood damage estimates upward. The two largest insurers alone estimate the damage their clients incurred during the disastrous floods in August at almost 20 billion Czech crowns.

Foreign direct investment into CR tops 187 billion in H1

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05-09-2002

Meat imports ban to be lifted

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05-09-2002

British public donates more than eight million crowns

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05-09-2002

Flood relief donations are also continuing in Europe. The Czech Embassy in London says people in Britain have donated almost 160,000 pounds, or more than eight million crowns, to a special fund for Czech flood victims.

Government to increase taxes to cover flood damage

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29-08-2002

The Czech government said it wanted to obtain money for financing repairs of flood damage by increasing indirect taxes, including the VAT and consumer tax on petrol, tobacco and alcohol.

Czech steel industry to face Poland's protective measures

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29-08-2002

Poland has introduced administrative protection of its steel market against imports. Poland has set a total quota of 670,000 tons on steel imports from WTO countries, and an additional import surcharge of 25 percent on imports exceeding that quota.