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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Elite lawyers hired by CEZ handle Temelin tender
Behind the scenes - Czech energy firm CEZ has hired elite lawyers Karel Muzikar and Radek Pokorny to provide consulting services in relation to the public tender for the expansion of the Temelin nuclear power station.
The Temelin tender is the Czech Republic's largest-ever public contract.
The involvement of the two law firms has been confirmed by CEZ spokesman Ladislav Kriz... (read more here).
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Lesy CR's Sykora to receive millions in severance pay
Revealed - Svatopluk Sykora, who resigned last week as CEO of state-owned forestry firm Lesy CR after a series of corruption scandals and criminal complaints, will receive 18 months' salary in severance pay, in addition to a special bonus for the firm's economic results.
Czech Insider has learned this information from a top-level source in Lesy CR... (read more here).
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Czech industrial confidence worst in three years
Business - The latest data show that Czech industrial confidence is the worst in the last three years. It appears that firms are disappointed with the government of Prime Minister Petr Necas.
When the government came into office in July 2010, industrial firms' optimism was at its highest since the pre-crisis year of 2007.
This optimism has been waning ever since... (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 subscription here or try a 14-day trial version.
