09.03.2010 - Clean energy from beneath the earth
The ancient Romans knew how to live the good life. They turned hot springs with sulfurous water into thermal baths, creating health spas for the rich and powerful...

09.03.2010 - News
Government overturns Senate veto regarding taxation of employee benefits

On Tuesday, the lower house of the Czech parliament overturned a veto by the Senate regarding an amendment to the act on value added tax that would cancel higher taxation of employee benefits. The final decision is now up to President Václav Klaus, who already stated that he would not sign the amendment...

09.03.2010 - Court decision backs cheated investors
Demonstrators call for money back one year after Lehman collapse Hundreds of small investors hit hard by the financial crisis have demonstrated across Germany one year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. They are calling for compensation for the money they lost as a result...

09.03.2010 - German corporate bankruptcies have risen sharply
Data released on Tuesday by the national statistics office showed that 32,687 companies became insolvent in 2009, as Germany suffered its worst recession in 60 years. "The general development of the figures and numbers in bankruptcy was not a surprise," said Ilja Nothnagel, an economic expert at the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)...

09.03.2010 - Merkel backs European Monetary Fund
German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed plans for a European Monetary Fund at a meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the euro zone, in Luxembourg on Tuesday. Merkel and Juncker discussed the proposed plan to set up a European Monetary Fund similar to the International Monetary Fund, intended to help countries deeply in debt get back on track...

09.03.2010 - Prague hosts machine translation marathon
09.03.2010 - New Defence Ministry site provides information on Czech soldiers killed abroad during world wars
09.03.2010 - Environment Ministry seeks to stem disappearance of farmland under new development
09.03.2010 - Trade union leader ostracized for outrageous homophobic remarks
09.03.2010 - Germany debates extending the statute of limitations for sexual abuse
09.03.2010 - The legacy of communism and the need to reunite European history
09.03.2010 - EU warns against protectionism in billion dollar Air Force contract
09.03.2010 - Deutsche Post's profit exceeds own predictions
09.03.2010 - Police find stolen corpse of ex-president near Nicosia
09.03.2010 - Portugal announces austerity measures after public sector strike
09.03.2010 - EADS pulls out of bitter fight for billions in Air Force contracts
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