The tech & comms sector in the Czech Republic is slowly sliding into the changes brought by the amendment to the Act on Electronic Communications, no. 127/2005 Coll. ("Act"). While the amendment and most of its provisions have been effective since the start of the year, some parts have become relevant during the summer. As deadlines for compliance are expiring, fines from the Czech Telecommunication Office ("CTO”) may soon be expected. Other highlights include the CTO’s fourth attempt at publishing its analysis of the wholesale mobile services market or the introduction of a new competence for blocking websites.

Czech Republic is about ten years behind the digitalization of public administration, while Estonia, on the other hand, is a model for the world. Except for marriage, divorce and property purchase, there is no official act in this small Baltic country of 1.3 million people that cannot be done online. Even small children learn about robotics there. Marten Kaevats, a former digitalization advisor to the local government, claims that this transformation is not so much a matter of new technologies as of people's willingness to work with them. 

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on a comprehensive liability management transaction that, among other things, defers for two years Ukraine's contractual obligation to make payments under approximately US$25 billion of its international bonds, GDP-linked warrants and sovereign-guaranteed debt obligations.

Pursuing its sustainable development strategy, Prague Airport has long been striving to reduce its carbon footprint, by using electric cars alongside other things. As many as fifteen electromobiles were thus added to the airport fleet this week, and the number is to be matched again next year. Of this year's fifteen vehicles, five are intended for carsharing, the rest will be used in various airport operational departments. Another Nissan electric car has been used at the airport in the baggage sorting area for four years.