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The topic “Russia and Ukraine” is occupying the world media for nearly six months. Since July 2014, it has even escalated after imposing trade sanctions by Russia. The country prohibits imports of fruits,...
September 15, 2014 7:38 am / no comments
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People love rankings. They are clear and easily understandable. One such ranking is regularly published by a consulting company named Mercer. It refers to the cost of living for foreigners in 211 cities in the world....
September 13, 2014 11:31 am / no comments
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Some steps of the Czech government, leaded by social democrat Bohuslav Sobotka, are strange. It is like to paint a house with white color, and then repaint it with black to secure it is not too white. It is like to...
September 11, 2014 9:55 am / no comments
Tuesday, 10th of June, 2014 – did you feel some change in comparison with days before? No? If you live in the Czech Republic, you should. The Tax Freedom Day has arrived! The last Tuesday was the first day when people have started to earn...
June 14, 2014 10:55 am / 1 comment
The 2014 EP elections are over. Below, you can find further analysis of consequences brought by the Czech results. They are summed up into 5 points.
Firstly, TOP09, a brand of Prince Karel Schwarzenberg, a popular politician from the Noble family...
May 30, 2014 11:26 am / no comments
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The EP election 2014 can be characterized mainly by a very low attendance of voters in the Czech Republic. Only 18.2 % of voters threw their ballots into boxes in deserted polling stations, in comparison with the 28.22%...
May 27, 2014 10:24 am / no comments
Two think-tanks, The Centre for Economic and Market Analyses (CZ) and F. A. Hayek Foundation (SK) joined to write a study about chosen EU regulations and their impact on economies of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The text was presented to...
March 11, 2014 10:41 am / 8 comments
In this text published few days ago: “How can state destroy a market easily? Like this!“, I wrote about a brand new regulation imposed on distilling industry in the Czech Republic. It is obvious one can find a lot of similar examples...
February 25, 2014 3:20 pm / 8 comments
Behind media massage about double lavatories in the Winter Olympics Areal in Sochi, in absolute shadow of political negotiations about new government and unsurprising information about secret meetings of politicians and businessmen in the Czech...
February 25, 2014 12:00 pm / 2 comments
Election campaigns are like New Year’s resolutions – many things are promised, a fraction of them are implemented. One is almost shocked when some evidently populist program points are still discussed, or even about to be implemented after...
December 9, 2013 4:42 pm / 1 comment