Aktualne.cz CzechNews brings you a taste of this week's issue of its partner publication, English-language investigative weekly Czech Insider.
The new issue will be available here at 4 PM (CET).
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Swiss prosecutors link MUS case to privatization of Skoda Holding
Revealed - The lawsuit with the former owners of the Most-based MUS coal mining company held in Switzerland's Bellinzona appears to be related to another controversial case of privatization in the Czech Republic. Swiss authorities have extensive information on the privatization of the Plzen-based Skoda Holding engineering company by the Appian investment group... (read more here).
IMF: Czech recession may further deepen
Analysis - "With recent disappointing export performance, the economy is at the risk of being dragged deeper into recession. Also, the current poor growth performance, if protracted, runs the risk of translating itself into a long-term decline in potential growth due to lower investment," said an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working group led by Masanori Yoshida in its four-page report on the Czech Republic... (read more here).
PM visits Moscow with massive business delegation
Behind the scenes - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas arrived in Moscow on Sunday 26 May for a state visit, accompanied by a delegation of almost 80 Czech businessmen which arrived in a second plane.
The business delegation includes representatives from the Czech Republic's industrial and energy companies, banks, and the largest Czech-Slovak law firm. No official of CEZ, the Temelin nuclear plant operator, takes part in the delegation... (read more here).
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Czech Insider is an English-language weekly edition of Deník Insider ("Insider Daily"), a Czech subscription-only daily newspaper prepared by the creators of Aktualne.cz that provides original investigative insight into the top tiers of Czech politics and business.
Every Monday at 4 PM (CET), Czech Insider publishes the English translation of the most important stories from the previous week. You can get your one month or one year subscription here.
