Prague, Dec 8 (CTK) – Experts from the Czech company IQ Structures have invented a way of improving holograms and they were awarded a certificate of merit for holography innovations at a world conference in Barcelona in November, they have told CTK in a press release. Their innovation of holograms, which are commonly used […]
Prague, Dec 8 (CTK) – The unemployment rate in the Czech Republic dropped to 3.5 percent in November from 3.6 percent in October, with the number of job seekers falling to 265,469 people, the lowest figure since November 1997, the Employment Office said today. At the same time, the number of vacancies increased by […]
In the run up to the most recent parliamentary elections, one of the key battleground subjects among candidates included a deal signed with an Australian mining firm to mine lithium. But now it appears that the basis of this scandal may have been false, and planted by a businessman close to President Milos Zeman, according […]
Mlada Boleslav, Central Bohemia, Dec 4 (CTK) – Skoda Auto, the largest Czech car maker, is going to invest EUR214.5m (some Kc5.5bn) in a new paint shop in Mlada Boleslav, and the investment will create 650 new jobs, Skoda Auto said in a press release today. The total capacity of the company’s paint shops […]
Prague, Dec 3 (CTK) – The number of seniors who use computer, tablets and notebooks has been steadily rising in the Czech Republic, making up about one third of people over 65 now, compared with 17 percent five years ago, according to data released by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU). Almost 20 percent of […]
Prague, Dec 2 (CTK) – The Czech state has registered domestic and foreign publishers’ rising interest in a subsidy in support of book translations from Czech into German, evidenty linked the Leipzig book trade fair in 2019 with the Czech Republic as the main guest, Deputy Culture Minister Katerina Kalistova has said. Kalistova told […]
Direct sales in the Czech Republic have been thriving, despite door to door sales being prohibited in some localities. The growth in business has been driven by the overall good economic climate in the country. Direct sales in the Czech Republic have grown faster than elsewhere in Europe, according to the European Direct Selling […]
Prague, Dec 1 (CTK) – The growth of the Czech economy in Q3 is the best result achieved in almost two years and, in addition, it has been spread relatively evenly, which increases its robustness and lowers the risk of a notable slowdown, according to analysts polled by CTK. The favourable development is most […]
Prague, Dec 1 (CTK) – Average wage in the Czech Republic increased by over 7 percent in the third quarter of this year, a growth pace similar to the second quarter, and average real wage added around 5 percent, according to estimates of most analysts addressed by CTK. The growth was pulled mainly by […]