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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"Eurofederalist" Zeman will greet EU's Barroso and Rompuy in April
Diplomacy - Less then one month after his inauguration, President Milos Zeman will greet European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and shortly after that he will meet in Prague with the informal "EU president", European Council President Herman van Rompuy.
Two sources from Czech diplomacy said that Barroso will visit Prague between April 2 and April 3, 2013... (read more here).
Kovosvit spearheads Czech engineering sector's expansion into Russia
Business - Kovosvit MAS, a Sezimovo Usti-based mechanical engineering company whose sole owner is Frantisek Komarek, will invest one billion korunas (approximately EUR 40 million) in Russia. Jointly with Russia's MTE investment group, Kovosvit plans to open a plant to manufacture machine tools near Azov in Russia's Rostov Oblast.
Kovosvit owner Frantisek Komarek is the uncle of Czech billionaire Karel Komarek... (read more here).
State to ease electricity costs for biggest companies
Revealed - After three years of efforts, the Czech Republic's largest industrial players have finally managed to convince the state to do something about high electricity prices for companies.
The Industry Ministry has prepared a plan that, if approved by the Czech parliament as well as the EU, will allow the largest electricity consumers to pay lower fees to support renewable energy sources than the rest of customers... (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.
