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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Schwarzenberg: Czech Rep to sign EU fiscal pact in one year
Behind the scenes - The Czech Republic will sign the EU fiscal union treaty in one year, said Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09) to Czech Insider. "I believe that in one year the pact will be approved. There is no specific date, but I can say with (Jan) Kozina: in a year and a day," said Schwarzenberg in reference to a Czech 17th century folk hero... (Read more here)
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Czech authorities will not join Swiss MUS case yet
Revealed - Czech authorities have decided to postpone their efforts to join the criminal case against former MUS managers prosecuted in Switzerland as an aggrieved party. After the negative verdict of a Swiss court in March 2012, the outcome of the lawsuit is extremely uncertain. The defendants, six former managers of Czech coal company MUS, believe they will be acquitted of the fraud charges... (Read more here)
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Dvorak's allies in Prague Transport Comp awarded millions in bonuses
Revealed - At the end of 2011, seven senior managers of the public Prague Transport Company (DPP) linked to former CEO Martin Dvorak received in total CZK 8.6 million (EUR 344,000) in special bonuses, Czech Insider learned from an internal billing document. For example, Economic Director Ivo Stika was awarded a bonus of CZK 948,000 to his monthly salary in December 2011 and again in the first two months of 2012... (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.
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