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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"Anti-civilization": Zeman's stance on Muslim world

Foreign - "A moderate Muslim is something like a moderate Nazi."

"The enemy is an anti-civilization stretching from North Africa to Indonesia. It is inhabited by two billion people and financed partly from the sale of oil, partly from the sale of drugs."

The author of these statements is former Prime Minister Milos Zeman, who won the Czech Republic's run-off presidential election at the end of January... (read more here).

Gazprom's Czech subsidiary Vemex doubles revenues

Interview - Last year was a record one for Vemex, a Czech and Slovak subsidiary of Russia's state gas giant Gazprom.

"Last year, we increased sales year-on-year from 700 million cubic meters to 1.2 billion," said Vemex board member Vladimir Yermakov in an interview with Czech Insider. Yemakov said that the company's revenues more than doubled from CZK 5 billion in 2011 to CZK 11 billion in 2012... (read more here).

Westinghouse signs memorandum with indebted Modrany Power company

Revealed - Westinghouse, an American bidder for the multi-billion euro contract to expand the Temelin nuclear power station, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Modrany Power, a Czech engineering company.

Czech Insider has learned that there is an insolvency proceeding against Modrany Power, initiated by Komercni banka (KB) in order to recover CZK 150 million (EUR 6 million)... (read more here).

... AND MUCH MORE!

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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 subscription here.