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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CEZ to become Bulgaria's electoral scapegoat
Foreign - The ongoing political and social crisis in Bulgaria has revolved above all around high electricity prices. Most of the popular anger is directed not only against the government of once popular Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, who announced his resignation last week, but also against foreign investors in the Balkan country's electricity distribution network, which are almost universally blamed for the high prices... (read more here).
Trouble ahead? President Zeman and BIS security agency
Behind the scenes - President elect Milos Zeman will be sworn in office on March 8. Importantly, among the Czech president's powers is to task intelligence and security agencies, for example the Security Information Service (BIS), and receive information from them.
And here is where the thing gets tricky. It is safe to assume that some people close to Milos Zeman are being spied on by the BIS... (read more here).
Industry Minister Kuba to visit Westinghouse's US plant
Behind the scenes - Czech Industry Minister Martin Kuba will visit a factory in the USA's South Carolina, used by American-Japanese company Westinghouse to produce nuclear reactors. Westinghouse is one of the two bidders for a multi-billion euro public contract to build two new reactors at the Temelin nuclear plant. Its rival is Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom... (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 one month or one year subscription here.
