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Czech Republic & Slovakia Press Releases | Submit Press Release | Yahoo! News Search Results for Czech Republic and Slovakia Yahoo! News Search Results for Czech Republic and Slovakia England Draws Against Czech Republic in Exhibition; Spain Wins (Bloomberg.com) 20 Aug 2008 at 10:54pm Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- England rallied to draw 2-2 against the Czech Republic in today's warm-up match for World Cup qualifying, while European soccer champion Spain won 3-0 in Denmark. Emerging Markets Report: Growth slows in Czech Republic, Slovakia, but picks ... 14 Aug 2008 at 9:34am Economic growth in the Czech Republic and Slovakia slowed down in the second quarter of this year, while growth in Hungary picked up, according to economic reports released in central Europe. Advertisement starts (Tiscali) 21 Aug 2008 at 4:04am later to Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, which are served by a southern spur of the pipeline. "It is not acceptable for suppliers or transit countries to take measures without consultation. Czechs refute U.S. tourism report (The Prague Post) 21 Aug 2008 at 2:55am On July 21, the U.S. State Department updated its information for tourists traveling to the Czech Republic. It warns against rising incidents of pickpocketing and street muggings. It also claims that incidents of violent crime are becoming more common in Prague. Memories of Czech invasion (BBC News) 21 Aug 2008 at 6:57am Two BBC website readers share their experiences of the Soviet invasion and living under communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Steel output down 0.5% at 3.6 million tonnes in H1 (Prague Daily Monitor) 20 Aug 2008 at 11:17pm Prague, Aug 20 (CTK) - Crude steel production in the Czech Republic decreased by 0.5 percent year-on-year to 3.6 million tonnes in the first half of this year, Hutnictvi zeleza steel association CEO Jaroslav Raab has told CTK. Ice forward stars for U.S. (The Indianapolis Star) 18 Aug 2008 at 11:06pm Indiana Ice forward Shane Berschbach finished second on the United States team in scoring with a goal and three assists at the recent Under-18 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Piestany, Slovakia. Czech healthcare funding below OECD average (Prague Daily Monitor) 19 Aug 2008 at 11:29pm Prague, Aug 19 (CTK) - Less money flows to the Czech health care system than in a majority of the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to the latest data by the Health Information and Statistics Institute (UZIS) that have just been released. SLOVAKIA STARTS PRODUCING EURO COINS (The Tocqueville Connection) 19 Aug 2008 at 9:06am BRATISLAVA, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) - Slovakia, which will adopt the euro currency from January next year, began producing its own euro coins on Tuesday, said the country's Mint at Kremnica. Czech health care gets less money than in most OECD countries (?eské noviny) 19 Aug 2008 at 6:57am Prague- Less money flows to the Czech health care system than in a majority of the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to the latest data by the Health Information and Statistics Institute (UZIS) that have just been released. Europe Resources

Europe Newswire Advertisement Europe Newswire Sponsors European Union (EU) News Yahoo! News Search Results for eu Yahoo! News Search Results for eu EU FOOD SAFETY AGENCY DISPUTES PRODUCTS' HEALTH BENEFIT CLAIMS (The Tocquevil... 21 Aug 2008 at 10:05am ROME, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - The EU food safety agency on Thursday disputed claims of health benefits by food manufacturers, notably that dairy products promote good teeth and healthy body weight in children. EU: Euro economy shrinks in second quarter (El Paso Times) 21 Aug 2008 at 7:54am BRUSSELS, Belgium?The euro-zone economy shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter, EU statistics showed Thursday, raising recession fears as Germany, France and Italy braked sharply with high fuel and food prices holding back consumer spending. EU QUIZZES EUTELSAT ON FAILURE TO TRANSMIT PRIVATE CHINESE TV (The Tocquevill... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:19am BRUSSELS, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission has sought an explanation from a European satellite operator as to why a private Chinese channel's signal has not been broadcast for two months, an EU spokesman said Thursday. POLAND'S WATCHDOG FILES EU COMPLAINT AGAINST MICROSOFT (The Tocqueville Conne... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:35am WARSAW, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - Poland's competition authority announced on Thursday that it had filed a complaint against Microsoft with the EU because it suspects the US software giant of collusion with laptop computer producers. Maltese minimum wage ranks 12th in EU (Times of Malta) 21 Aug 2008 at 5:11am The national minimum wage in Malta has ranked 12th in a comparative table of 20 EU countries drawn up by the European Industrial Relations Observatory. S Korea-EU starts tackling sensitive issues of FTA (People's Daily) 21 Aug 2008 at 3:31am Top negotiators of South Korea and the European Union (EU) will meet in Seoul next week to seek progress in their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations by tackling sensitive issues, the Korea herald reported Thursday. "The chief negotiators will meet next week to discuss sticky issues, because we feel that the talks need to focus more now on the key sensitive areas," said Lee Hye-min, chief ... EU set to lift travel ban on Karadzic family: official (Eu Business) 21 Aug 2008 at 6:46am (BRUSSELS ) - The European Union is set to lift its travel ban on the family of Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic who have had their passports returned as an interim "humanitarian" measure, an EU official said Thursday. EurActiv.com - Scholar: Secular-Islamist tensions in Turkey 'need to be watch... 21 Aug 2008 at 12:28am While the Turkish court's close decision last month not to shut down the ruling AKP party kept the country's EU membership bid alive, tensions between secularists and modern, moderate Islam remain strong and need to be closely monitored by the EU, Professor Kevin Featherstone of the London School of Economics told EurActiv Turkey in an interview. (AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-21 10:57 UPDATE 1-EU executive wants to review German ... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:30am BRUSSELS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to review Germany's draft proposals on vetoing purchases of stakes in German firms for possible breach of EU capital rules, a Commission source said. EU funds cover 10% of Hungary?s needed road development costs until 2013 (Bud... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:09am László said 26,000 kilometers of Hungary?s roads do not meet EU standards, noting that a large proportion of the country?s public roads, which have a lifespan of just 16 years, was built in the 1970s.