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29th April 2021 / Competitiveness / Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism

Prague Airport, CzechTourism and Prague City Tourism to Support Inbound Tourism Resumption

Representatives of Prague Airport, CzechTourism and Prague City Tourism have signed a Memorandum on a long-term joint approach to the resumption and expansion of inbound tourism to Prague and the Czech Republic. It is tourism that the parties involved see as one of the preconditions for both economic recovery post the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic growth. The co-operation also seeks to promote the development and support of sustainable tourism, which will contribute to the positive development of Prague and other regions of the Czech Republic without negatively interfering with everyday life in tourist-exposed places, such as the capital city centre.

28th April 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

Mandatory employee testing in Czechia raises questions

The mandatory testing of employees at workplaces has been going on for more than a month, but contentious questions in connection with the program keep cropping up.

28th April 2021 / Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Czech Economic Outlook: Hawks returning

Economy on threshold of rapid expansion The Czech economy is likely to rebound to growth in the second quarter of this year, and this growth will likely accelerate in subsequent quarters.

27th April 2021 / Good governance / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

New compensation schemes for businesses in the Czech Republic

In response to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has conceived two new support programs which seek to prevent any further deterioration of the dire state in which businesses find themselves in the Czech Republic.

27th April 2021 / Good governance / Legal Reform and Transparency

Labour Code amendment introduced the concept of job sharing

Combining employment with motherhood and parenthood, as well as the ever-increasing demand of graduates for work-life balance were reflected in the latest amendment to the Labour Code. From this year on, employees can share positions and employers can benefit from government financial support if they create such a shared position.