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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Footballgate emerges
Revealed - Daniel Kretinsky, a co-owner of the Sparta Prague club, provided the Czech Football Association with documents allegedly detailing alarming activities in Czech football.
Kretinsky handed a black bag containing the documents directly to the association's chairman Miroslav Pelta last week, and both men refused to reveal what exactly the documents contained... (read more here).
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Alcohol tax and black market
In figures - Between 1990 and 2003, the Czech Republic's annual per capita consumption of hard liquor increased from seven to 8.4 liter.
In 2004, the consumption dramatically dropped by one tenth after the government increased the alcohol tax.
Did Czechs really started to drink less hard liquor? Extremely unlikely. Instead, the 10 percent "drop" was probably offset by an equal increase in consumption of black market - read: untaxed - spirits... (read more here).
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Three firms monopolized EU aid in South Bohemia
Revealed - Three firms linked to the senior government Civic Democratic Party (ODS) received a large majority of EU subsidies from the "Southwest" regional operational program between 2007 and 2009.
The "Southwest" program awards EU subsidies for the South Bohemian and Plzen regions.
The three agencies - G-Project, KP Projekt and Rera - created a virtual monopoly on EU subsidies in the two regions... (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.
