Growing Daisies: Second Run DVD helping “unknown” Czechoslovak films find new audiences

December 18, 2015

The UK's Second Run DVD recently celebrated 10 years of existence and
100 releases. About a quarter of the reissue company’s titles have been
Czechoslovak films, ranging from the relatively famous Intimate Lighting by

Porsche names new production chief

December 18, 2015

Porsche named Volkswagen Group veteran Albrecht Reimold, 54, as its production boss to replace Oliver Blume, who was promoted to company CEO on Oct. 1. Reimold, a German national, will take up the role on February 1. He is currently head of VW Group's in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Jaguar Land Rover clinches deal with Slovakia on new factory

December 10, 2015

Jaguar Land Rover reached an agreement with Slovakia on the construction of a new factory with a production capacity of 300,000 cars a year, the country's government said.

Country’s largest sporting goods chain for sale, according to financial daily

December 17, 2015

The country’s largest sporting goods chain, Sportisimo, is for sale
according to financial daily Hospodářské noviny. With almost 100 outlets
in the country and dozens more in neighbouring Slovakia and Poland, the

Czech Army might help Macedonia deal with migrant crisis

December 17, 2015

The Czech Republic might have to send army or military aid to help
Macedonia deal with the migrant crisis, Czech Defence Minister Martin
Stropnický said after a V4 meeting in Prague on Thursday. The defence

Česká Zbrojovka to provide guns to Slovak armed forces

December 17, 2015

The arms and military equipment producer Česká Zbrojovka has signed an
agreement with the Slovak Interior Ministry to provide the country’s
police and other armed forces with over 26,000 guns. Interior Minister

V4 defence minister to meet in Prague over migration crisis

December 17, 2015

The defence ministers of the Visegrad Four countries, the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, are attending an extraordinary meeting in
Prague on Thursday. On the agenda of their talks will be the migration

Vietnamese national sentenced to 10 years in jail for marihuana smuggling

December 16, 2015

The Olomouc regional court has sentenced a Vietnamese national to ten years
in jail for drugs peddling. The man was caught red-handed trying to cross
the Czech-Slovak border with two suitcases packed with marihuana,

Zeman, Klaus lay wreathes at Benes's grave

December 16, 2015

Czech President Milos Zeman and his predecessor, President Vaclav Klaus , yesterday jointly commemorated the memory of Czechoslovak President Edvard Benes by laying wreathes at his memorial in Prague and bowing to it.

EPH says overall agreement reached with ENEL on Slovenské Elektrárne sale

December 16, 2015

Czech energy company EPH confirmed that it has reached a broad agreement to
buy out Italian power company ENEL’s shares in Slovenské Elektrárne. A
final deal still has to be signed, a spokesman said. Under the first stage

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