Czech Business Today
Volume XII, 7-2013
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Deregulation of Professions Must Be Business- and Consumer- Friendly
In early October, the European Commission adopted a Communication on evaluating national regulations on access to… continue reading »
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EU Wants To Invest More in China
The European Union and China have made an important step to tighten the relationship between these two important… continue reading »
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Czech Business Can Benefit Both From CETA and TTIP Agreement
Both the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment… continue reading »
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EESC CORNER – Single Resolution Mechanism
The proposed Single Resolution Mechanism for the Banking Union would complement the Single Supervisory Mechanism which… continue reading »
CEBRE calendar
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12 November 2013
Debate on “Fast track to Innovation” (Brussels)
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12 November 2013
Debate on “Public Procurements” (Prague)
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21 November 2013
Sector Networking Seminar on “Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment in EU External Aid Programmes“ (Brussels)
Flash news
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Czech republic supports telecommunication package
During the two-day European Council Summit in Brussels, Czech Prime Minister in resignation Jiří Rusnok has expressed the support of Czech government to telecoms package introduced by the European Commission in September. The package also includes highly discussed abolition of roaming charges.
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Canada promised to lift travel visas for Czechs
Based on the CETA negotiations, Canadian Prime Minister Harper confirmed that the visa requirements for Czech citizens will be removed in the next few weeks. The EU-Canada free trade agreement is expected to increase bilateral trade in goods and services by a fifth to 25.7 billion EUR a year.
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Czechs are waiting for the new government
Czech Social Democrats won in the parliamentary election held on 25th-26th October. The party faces a tough task forming a government after a wave of voter anger. The challenge will be to set up the new Government and negotiate with the anti-graft movement “ANO” (meaning “Yes”) led by a businessman, Slovak-born billionaire Andrej Babiš who won the second place.
