Europe Intelligence Wire articles from October 2005, page 8

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UPDATE - Two children die in car crash near Austrian border.
October 31, 2005... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, October 31 (MTI) - Two children lost their lives as a result of a head-on collision in Vas County, west Hungary, local police told MTI. A Hungarian-registered car turned into the opposite...

MAN OVERBOARD - ISLE OF WIGHT FERRY.
October 31, 2005... (From Government News Network (Was Hermes-Government Press Releases)) ] MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY Duty Press: Duty 1 31 October 2005 MAN OVERBOARD - ISLE OF WIGHT FERRY A search is underway for a missing person who boarded the...

Ceska sporitelna foreign exchange rates.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The following is the Ceska sporitelna (CS) bank's Czech crown exchange rate chart. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Country Currency ...

Komercni banka foreign exchange rates.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) Valid Oct 31, 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Country Currency Cheques Cash Amt. Code Buy Sell Buy ...

Ceska sporitelna Q3 net earnings up 15.5 pct at Kc7.2bn.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech bank Ceska sporitelna made a net profit of Kc7.21bn in the first three quarters of 2005, up 15.5 percent on the year, spokeswoman Klara Gajduskova told CTK today. Total assets of...

Zaoralek to announce deputies' code of ethics on Tuesday - press.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Chamber of Deputies chairman Lubomir Zaoralek (senior government Social Democrats, CSSD) on Tuesday will announce a code of ethics as a general guidance for deputies' behaviour, the daily...

Czech Greeks have first memorial in Czech Republic.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - A memorial to the Greeks who settled in the former Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of the Greek civil war in 1946-1949 was unveiled in the north Moravian town of Krnov on Saturday, the...

KB bank to cancel one-third of fees as of Jan 1 -- press.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Komercni banka KB will cancel 30 percent of fees as of January 1 next year, KB's new head Laurent Goutard says in today's daily Hospodarske noviny HN. It is not clear however if the...

Soare Sekt ups sales by 9 pct in past fiscal year.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) JABLONEC NAD NISOU, North Bohemia, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech sparkling wine maker Soare Sekt raised sales by 9 percent year- on-year to Kc509 million in the fiscal year ending June 30. "In the previous period, we...

Events - October 31.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) CTK English Service is published by the Export Desk Editor: Sylvia Irglova Telephone: 222 098 465 PRAGUE - Deputy health minister David Rath holds negotiations with General Health Insurance Company (VZP) director...

Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka foreign exchange rates.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The following is Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka's Czech crown exchange rate chart. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Country Currency ...

Slovakia wants to finish sale of stake in airlines by March 2006.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRATISLAVA, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Slovak government wants to complete the sale of a 34 percent stake in Slovak Airlines by the end of March 2006, with a tender to start by the end of the year, Dagmar Hlavata of the...

CTK business news in English is published by the export desk.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) Tel: Sylvie Irglova 222 098 465. PRAGUE Czech National Bank to make public monetary survey and monetary development statistics as of Sept 30. KEYWORDS: Czech-money-supply-September-CNB Ceska...

Elite civil servants earn as much as top managers - press.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Elite Czech civil servants earn as much as managers in prosperous companies, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes writes today, pointing to its own ladder of the best paid Czechs in state...

SLSP's Jan-Sept profit up 18 pct at Sk2.68bn.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRATISLAVA, Oct 31 (CTK) - The largest Slovak bank Slovenska sporitelna (SLSP) raised Jan-Sept net earnings to Sk2.68bn by international accounting standards from Sk2.27bn in the same year-ago period, the bank...

Czech crematoriums increasingly popular with German undertakers.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - German undertakers increasingly often use the services of Czech crematoriums which charge much less for cremation than their rivals in Germany. In some Czech crematoriums situated near...

Personal files of former StB members will not be destroyed -Zeman.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Interior Ministry is preparing a methodical recommendation under which personal files of former communist state police (StB) and National Security Corps (NSB) members will be considered...

Ceska sporitelna Q3 net earnings up 15.5 pct at Kc7.2bn.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds more info throughout, table) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech bank Ceska sporitelna made a net profit of Kc7.21bn in the first three quarters of 2005, up 15.5 percent on the year, spokeswoman Klara...

Farmers', food processors', retailers' prices in week 43.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) farmers processors retailers (prices are given in Kc per kilo or litre) ============================================================= slaughter bulls ...

Czech petrol, diesel prices fall, LPG up in week 43 -- CSU.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Petrol and diesel prices at Czech filling stations went down moderately, while LPG price increased again in the week to October 24, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) said today. The...

From the Slovak press.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRATISLAVA, Oct 31 (CTK) - Jozef Majsky, who is being prosecuted for embezzlement in non-banking companies, will be tried in a few days, Pravda writes about the planned trial. To put it specifically, by the...

Czech household debt grows slightly slower in September --CNB.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Debts of Czech households in banks and financial institutions grew by Kc8.8bn month-on-month to Kc380.3bn in September, after an increase of Kc9.4bn in August, the Czech National Bank (CNB)...

Komercni banka Q3 net beats expectations.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech bank Komercni banka, a unit of France's Societe Generale, raised third-quarter net profit by 12.3 percent year-on-year to Kc6.31 billion, beating expectations slightly, spokeswoman...

Social Democrats dismiss Krejcir's allegations.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Senior officials of the Social Democrats (CSSD) today called fugitive billionaire Radovan Krejcir a liar and coward for his claim that he had lent 60 million crowns to the party, party...

Culture minister wants churches to set up negotiating team- press.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Culture Minister Vitezslav Jandak wants individual churches in the Czech Republic to set up a five- member negotiating team with which representatives of the state would discuss the...

Czech ice hockey Elite League individual statistics.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech ice hockey Elite League individual statistics after the 20th round: Points: 1. Ton (Sparta) 21 points (12 goals + 9 assists), 2. Beranek (Slavia) 20 (7+13), 3. Marek (Sparta)...

Degussa Stavebni hmoty raises H1 sales to Kc290m.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) CHRUDIM, East Bohemia, Oct 31 (CTK) - Degussa Stavebni hmoty, a unit of multinational concern Degussa Construction Chemicals GmbH, saw its Jan-June sales grow by 11.5 percent to Kc289.8m, executive Radek Haloda...

Slovak crown firms slightly to Sk39.025/EUR in morning trade.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRATISLAVA, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Slovak crown opened at Sk39.04 per euro today and strengthened to Sk39.025/EUR on foreign exchange sales by foreign players in calm morning trade, ING Bank dealer Marian Tatar told...

Komercni banka Q3 net beats expectations.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds para 5-7, table) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech bank Komercni banka, a unit of France's Societe Generale, raised third-quarter net profit by 12.3 percent year-on-year to Kc6.31 billion, beating...

Koristka's case depends on witness's psychological analysis.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) OSTRAVA, North Moravia, Oct 31 (CTK) - Ostrava state attorney Tamara Kornasova told CTK today that her course in the case of alleged bribery of Freedom Union-DEU deputy Zdenek Koristka will depend on the result...

Crown firms to euro, dollar, watches Poland.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech crown strengthened by 8 hellers to trade at Kc29.60 to the euro this morning, Patria Online analyst Tomas Vlk told CTK. To the US dollar, the crown put on 7 hellers to...

CEZ doubles Q3 net profit to Kc13.4bn.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech state-run power producer CEZ said today it raised net profit by 94 percent year-on-year to Kc13.4 billion in the third quarter, in line with expectations. CEZ also revised its...

Fuel prices going down, petrol Kc0.44/l cheaper over the week.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech fuel prices went down in the past week, with the price of the top-selling Natural 95 down by 44 hellers at an average Kc31.38 per litre and diesel oil price at Kc29.78 a litre, a drop...

Czech household debt grows slightly slower in September --CNB.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds analyst in last four paras) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Debts of Czech households in banks and financial institutions grew by Kc8.8bn month-on-month to Kc380.3bn in September, after an increase of Kc9.4bn in...

Forward Vaclav Novak the only newcomer on Czech Karjala roster.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Vaclav Novak, a forward from the Czech Ice Hockey Elite League Liberec, is the only newcomer whom Czech national side coach Alois Hadamczik included on the Czech roster for the November...

Czech shares go up in morning trade on better results of banks.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Better-than-expected third-quarter performance of banks was the biggest contributor to the growth on the Prague Stock Exchange this morning, the bourse said. The headline index PX 50...

Social Democrats dismiss Krejcir's allegations.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds 8th-16th paragraphs) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Senior officials of the Social Democrats (CSSD) today called fugitive billionaire Radovan Krejcir a liar and coward for his claim that he had lent 60 million...

CSOB Q3 net up 60 pct.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - CSOB, the largest Czech bank, raised third-quarter net profit by 60 percent year-on-year to Kc7.87 billion, spokesman Milan Tomanek told CTK today. The bottom line improved owing to a...

Hearing of former Agroplast managers' case does not take place.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) LIBEREC, North Bohemia, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Liberec Regional court did not hear the case of former managers of the Agroplast company Petr Pernicka and Zbynek Svejnoha, charged with illegal trade in arms, today due...

Commission for Unipetrol wants information from public.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The lower house commission to investigate the privatisation of the Unipetrol petrochemical holding wants the public, too, to provide information about the deal, the commission's chairman...

Ice hockey coach nominates wider team for Turin Olympics.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech national ice hockey coach Alois Hadamczik today nominated 66 players eligible for the 2006 Winter Olympic in Turin. The final composition of the Czech national side will be...

CSOB's profit in Slovakia down, total assets soar.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRATISLAVA, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Slovak branch of the largest Czech bank CSOB made third-quarter net profit of Sk428.38 million, a drop from Sk539.35 million a year earlier, CSOB said today. Total assets rose...

CTK news schedule for November 1.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) Please note that this schedule of events is preliminary and that all information is subject to change. PRAGUE - Beginning of three-day meeting of Defence Ministry leading officials to focus on preparation for...

Slovaks receive up to eight years in prison for bank robberies.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Prague City Court today sentenced two Slovak citizens to eight and 6.5 years in prison for robbing ten banks in Prague from last October to this February. They were successful in...

EU does not need constitution - Klaus to Drnovsek.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - President Vaclav Klaus today repeated that the European Union does not need the proposed European constitution in his reply to the letter from his Slovenian counterpart Janez Drnovsek who...

CTK Business schedule for November 1.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) Please note that this schedule of events is preliminary and that all information is subject to change. PRAGUE Czech National Bank to make public bank statistics as of Sept 30. FinMin to make public...

Activists tracing Masin brothers' path arrive in Berlin.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BERLIN, Oct 31 (CTK) - A group of five Czech activists who walked from the Czech-German frontier to Berlin to commemorate the anti-Communist resistance group of the Masin brothers today arrived after nine days in...

Assessment of government, parliament best since 2003 - poll.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct (31 ) - The assessment of the performance of the parliament and government is the best since 2003, according to the latest poll by the STEM agency released today. Traditionally, President Vaclav...

Czech spending on science up 2.5-times in 10 yrs.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech Republic raised spending on science and research 2.5-times over ten years to Kc35.1 billion in 2004, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) said today. The sum for 2004 amounted...

Zentiva's net profit grows by a quarter to Kc1.49bn at end-Sept.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The biggest Czech drug maker Zentiva raised net earnings by a quarter to Kc1.49bn in the Jan-Sept period, spokeswoman Vera Kudynova told CTK today. Sales increased by 5.7 percent to...

CEZ doubles Q3 net profit to Kc13.4bn.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (updated throughout, adds analyst, table) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech state-run power producer CEZ said today it raised net profit by 94 percent year-on-year to Kc13.4 billion in the third quarter, in line...

CzechRep cooperates with Turkey in fight against drugs - Komorous.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech Republic and Turkey have been closely and directly cooperating in the fight against illegal trade in drugs on the "Balkan path" for the second year and the two countries have...

Events - October 31-afternoon.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) CTK English Service is published by the Export Desk Editor: Sylvia Irglova Telephone: 222 098 465 PRAGUE - PM Jiri Paroubek gives opening speech at conference on second Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes,...

CTK business news in English is published by the export desk.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) Tel: Sylvie Irglova 222 098 465. PRAGUE Analysts to comment on fast growths in profits reported by leading Czech banks, companies. KEYWORDS: Czech-economy More info on FinMin's latest...

FinMin revises 2005-8 GDP growth forecasts up.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech Finance Ministry has revised up its GDP growth forecasts for 2005-2008, predicting 4.8 percent growth for this year and a slowdown to 4.4 percent in 2006. "The latest...

CTK's Business News In Brief.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) More than one-third of retailers violate laws -- COI ---------------------------------------------------- PRAGUE - The Czech Retail Inspection Office COI made 44,058 checks in Jan-Sept of the year, uncovering...

CNB foreign exchange rate chart.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The following is the Czech National Bank (CNB) exchange rate chart for the Czech crown. ---------------------------------------------------------- Country Currency...

CKA Q3 profit at record-high Kc2.8bn.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Czech state-run bail-out agency CKA said today it made record-high profits worth Kc2.817 billion for the first nine months of the year after a Kc2.899 billion loss a year ago. "Owing to...

Czech spending on science up 2.5-times in 10 yrs.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds para 6-8) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech Republic raised spending on science and research 2.5-times over ten years to Kc35.1 billion in 2004, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) said today. The...

Viadrus with sales up Kc2m to Kc913m in Q1-3 thanks to dearer gas.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BOHUMIN, North Moravia, Oct 31 (CTK) - Viadrus, a heating technology plant of steel and wire producer ZDB, saw record sales of Kc913.2m in January-September, up Kc2m from the same period of 2004, mainly thanks to...

Zentiva's net profit grows by a quarter to Kc1.49bn at end-Sept.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds info throughout) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The biggest Czech drug maker Zentiva raised net earnings by a quarter to Kc1.49bn in the Jan-Sept period, spokeswoman Vera Kudynova told CTK today. Sales...

Veterinaries examine four dead crows for bird flu.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) LITVINOV/LOUNY, North Bohemia, Oct 31 (CTK) - The State Veterinary Institute (SVU) in Prague will examine for possible bird flu the bodies of four dead ravens people found in a field at Milceves near Louny on...

Prosecutor general asks court to ban Slovak Community grouping.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRATISLAVA, Oct 31 (CTK) - Slovak Prosecutor General Dobroslav Trnka today asked the Supreme Court to ban the Slovak Community (SP) ultra-nationalist grouping that claims support to the legacy of the wartime...

FinMin revises 2005-8 GDP growth forecasts up.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds para 9-17, last 3 para, table) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech Finance Ministry has revised up its GDP growth forecasts for 2005-2008, predicting 4.8 percent growth for this year and a slowdown to 4.4...

PCFP pension fund raises Q3 profit 126 pct to Kc912m.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Penzijni fond Ceske pojistovny (PFCP) pension fund generated a profit of Kc912m in January-September, up 126 percent year-on-year, and the number of its clients grew to 843,000, making it...

Czechs scarcely use Internet to contact authorities -- Eurostat.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRUSSELS, Oct 31 (CTK) - Only 12 percent of Czechs use local authorities' websites to obtain information, which is the lowest share among the EU countries, a Eurostat survey monitoring the years 2003 and 2004...

TTCE back in black this year.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) OLOMOUC, North Moravia, Oct 31 (CTK) - Toray Textiles Central Europe (TTCE), which opened a textile plant in South Moravian town of Prostejov, reported a Kc1.7m profit for last year after several loss-making...

HVB Bank net profit up 20 pct to Kc1.3bn in Q1-3.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - HVB Bank netted Kc1.29bn in January- September, 21 percent more than a year earlier, and its total assets reached Kc155bn, spokeswoman Petra Kopecka told CTK today, adding that it thus...

Ceska pojistovna nets Kc4.7bn in Jan-Sept.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The largest Czech insurer Ceska pojistovna generated a net profit of Kc4.7bn in January-September by international accounting standards and collected Kc31.2bn in premiums in the period, up...

RM-System adds 0.76 percent on last day of October.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Shares in off-exchange RM-System grew on the last day of October, boosted by better economic results of important companies than last year, and the PK 30 index added 0.76 percent to...

Paroubek to ask Klaus to assign him with health sector management.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek (CSSD) will ask President Vaclav Klaus this afternoon or on Tuesday morning to put him temporarily in charge of the Health Ministry, he told CTK today. He...

Rath likely to resign as CLK head on Tuesday.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - First deputy health minister David Rath will most probably step down as Czech Doctors' Chamber (CLK) president on Tuesday, he told journalists today. It is very probable, he said. ...

Urban says focus on car industry good for Czech economy.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) MLADA BOLESLAV, Central Bohemia, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech Republic's increasing orientation at the car industry is good for the country's economy, according to Industry and Trade Minsiter Milan Urban. Urban...

CzechRep bans imports of exotic birds from non-EU countries.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech Republic will, with some exceptions, ban imports of exotic birds from countries that are not EU members, Czech Agriculture Minister Petr Zgarba told journalists, adding that the...

Rath likely to resign as CLK head on Tuesday.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) (adds more info in bottom paras) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - First deputy health minister David Rath will most probably step down as Czech Doctors' Chamber (CLK) president on Tuesday, he told journalists today....

All Czech border crossings with Germany advised of mad killer.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PLZEN, West Bohemia/MUNICH, Oct 31 (CTK) - All Czech border crossings with Germany have been advised of a mad shooter who killed one person and injured another eight people in a pub in Wernberg-Koeblitz, some 30...

Crown flat at Kc29.68/EUR, loses 17 hellers to dollar.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Czech currency closed at Kc29.68/EUR today, the level where it opened in the morning, but during the day firmed through Kc29.60/EUR, and to the dollar shed 17 hellers to Kc24.77/$,...

Prague bourse grows strongly on interest in profitable comps.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Share prices grew strongly on the Prague Stock Exchange (BCPP) today, the best performers being companies which announced better Q1-3 profits year-on-year, the PX 50 index grew by 1.9...

Car from CzechRep was allegedly to thwart Yushchenko's career.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE/KIEV/MOST, North Bohemia, Oct 31 (CTK) - A luxurious car bought from a dealer in Chomutov, north Bohemia, and used by Andri Yushchenko this summer, could have thwarted the career of his father Viktor as...

Slovak crown flat at Sk39.035/EUR.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) BRATISLAVA, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Slovak currency opened at Sk39.035/EUR and closed at the same level today, Tatra banka dealer Roman Farkas told CTK. "There were no large deals, nothing much has happened,"...

Daughter of Hitler assassination plotter appeals to Supreme Court.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - The daughter of Eduard Bruecklmeier, one of the plotters of the unsuccessful assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler, has appealed her legal claim to the restitution of real estate in...

Czech firms see Q1-3 profits rise on growth in economy, prices.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PRAGUE, Oct 31 (CTK) - Third-quarter earnings of leading Czech companies increased mainly thanks to strong economic growth, rising exports and high prices often charged for services, a CTK poll of analysts has...

Police shelve traffic accident in which four Poles died.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) PREROV, North Moravia, Oct 31 (CTK) - The Prerov police have shelved the case of a traffic accident in the Prerov area in August in which four young Poles died because they have failed to apprehend a lorry driver...

Romany housing estate still without heat over swelling debts.
October 31, 2005... (From Czech News Agency) KOSICE, East Slovakia, Oct 31 (CTK) - The local housing authority has decided to provide electric heaters to selected inhabitants of Lunik IX, Slovakia's largest Romany housing estate that has been short of heat...