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14th August 2014 / Politics /

Politics: Ukraine may halt transit of Russian energy through the country

Ukraine's parliament adopted law enabling more than 20 sanctions to be applied against Russia, including a halt to energy transit through the country. The sanction options include blocking and freezing assets, a ban on business activity in Ukraine, barring participation in privatizations, halting t...

11th August 2014 / Politics / Legal Reform and Transparency

Politics: Six months in the office for the Czech government

Czech government after its meeting on 8th August published review of its planned and carried out measures and actions within government priorities framework. Among other things Ministry of Finance cancelled the act that introduced so called Single Collection Point, introduced stricter rules on self-...

8th August 2014 / Politics /

Politics: Impact of Russian sanctions on the Czech economy

In reaction to EU and USA introducing further sanctions on Wednesday 6th August the Russian president Vladimir Putin signed decree banning or restricting import of agricultural production from the countries that adopted sanctions against Russia. The decree is to be valid for a year. This ban will af...