Word: czechs
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...Czechs Like the E.U. Re "10 questions for Vaclav Klaus" [March 21]: I would like to express my deep disagreement with the way Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic, expresses his skepticism about a "stronger" European Union. Klaus uses the pronouns we and us, so it might seem like he is speaking on behalf of the whole Czech nation and expressing the opinion of all Czechs. That is definitely not the case. He doesn't speak for me, and opinion polls show a lot of support for the new E.U. constitution. So Klaus and the Czech Communist Party represent...
...Sokol says his registration as "agent" was forged and denies informing on his peers. "I sleep well," he told TIME. "My conscience is clear." Sokol is planning to sue to clear his name. The reliability of the StB records has been found wanting in the past. In the neighboring Czech Republic, where StB files were first officially released in 1996, around 800 people have so far challenged the accuracy of their records in the courts, and 70% have succeeded in clearing their names, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior. Still, other Catholic clergymen have appeared on StB lists...
...Staffing was the final straw. Nobody replied to their ads for Austrian flower arrangers so they brought in Czech ones instead, making them partners in the business to circumvent a vetting process for foreign workers that can take six months. The authorities quickly swooped in and fined them ?1,500 for illegally employing the florists. Enough was enough. At the end of last year, the two men shut down their Austrian operation just five months after opening the first store. "We were treated like interlopers," says Kodytek, 54, who, with Lenc, lost about ?27,000 in the failed venture...
...Back in the Czech Republic, florists Kodytek and Lenc are nursing their wounds. Lenc is still fuming over a six-page letter from the Austrian Labor Ministry explaining why it is refusing his request for a florist's license - and informing him that he can appeal the decision for a fee of ?180. The mayor of Gmünd, Otto Opelka, who says his town is keen for new business blood, blames teething troubles; this was the first time a Czech firm had opened in the area. "In the future, things will run more smoothly," he says. "I think...
...Bourses Is the boom off in Central Europe's stock markets? After posting record gains in recent months, bourses across the region stumbled last week. In a single day, the Prague Stock Exchange's PX 50 index tumbled by 5.8%, the second biggest loss in its history; the Czech press dubbed it "black Wednesday." Budapest dropped by 5.45%, while Bratislava and Warsaw fell by more than 2%. By week's end, the bourses closed up to 9.4% lower. Analysts say standard profit-taking was responsible, but perhaps it was a bubble - inflated by post-accession optimism and rising regional economies...