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1st January 2015 / Politics / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Politics: Government priorities in 2014 – Looking back

At the end of the year 2014 government of the Czech Republic issued a short summary that looks back at the year 2014 and at the government priorities that it managed to approve: 1. State budget for 2015 was approved with the deficit of 100 bn CZK that will not exceed 3 % of GDP.2. Year-on-year grow...

10th December 2014 / Politics / Legal Reform and Transparency

Politics: Budget of the Czech Republic for 2015 approved

On its meeting on 10th December the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of the Czech Republic approved in the third final reading the State Budget Act for the year 2015. The Act is then submitted to president whose role in this is only formal as he has to sign this Act as approving budget is the exclu...

5th December 2014 / Politics / Elections

Politics: Donald Tusk assumes the European Council Presidency

On 1 December, Herman Van Rompuy handed the presidency of the European Council to Donald Tusk. The former Belgian prime minister served two terms as head of the EU summit, now the baton is in the hands of the Polish ex-prime minister. Mr Tusk was elected to the post this summer by the heads of state...