Competitiveness

This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.

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19th December 2016 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry

AmCham EU: Recommendations to the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union

AmCham EU published Recommendations to the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union where it calls for action in five key action areas.

16th December 2016 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda

CICDP: 14 European countries incl. Czech Republic seek ban on data localization

Czech Industry Coalition on Data Protection CICDP points to the fact that a coalition of 14 countriesm including the Czech Republic, agreed on 2 December on a position to push the European mission to propose a legislative ban on unjustified laws that keep data within national borders.

16th December 2016 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Czechs find the world’s highest growing plant, measure the highest waterfall

Czech scientists have recently discovered what is believed to be the world’s highest growing plant. While carrying out research in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas, they came across six species of a tiny plant, no bigger than a coin, clinging to a gravel on Mount Shukule, at an elevation 6,150 metres above sea level, Radio Praha writes.