Czech Republic

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Czech teenagers love alcohol--their consumption of alcohol has been rising for many years--but the Czech liberal society does not seek ways to change the trend, Respekt reported yesterday.

The general meeting of Czech Airlines' pilot unions CZALPA Thursday agreed with a cut in pilots' wages of up to 40% as of November under a number of conditions, CZALPA head Filip Gaspar told ČTK.

Car sales in the Czech Republic increased only by 8.4%, but luxury car sales experienced double-digit growth, according to the Czech Car Importers Association.

Protektor, the new Czech film by Marek Najbrt, won the Krzysztof Kieslowski prize for the best feature film at the Starz Denver Film Festival in Colorado, USA, in a competition of 18 films, the film project's spokeswoman Nada Machková told ČTK yesterday.

The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday interrupted the discussion on the 2010 draft state budget and on Thursday it will probably vote on it in the first reading, in which the budget revenues, expenditures and the deficit are set.

Confidence in the Czech economy slightly grew in September and the composite confidence indicator increased by 2.7 points compared with the previous month, the Czech Statistical Office said on Friday.

Artist Roman Týc added two hands showing the middle finger to the memorial commemorating the student demonstration on 17 November 1989 that triggered a wave of massive street protests resulting in the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia.

Czech industrial output fell by 11.9% on the year in September, according to preliminary results released by the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) Friday.

The Czechs who were known mainly as shoe and machine makers during the First Republic are now headed for becoming Europe's super-exporter of electricity, Jan Macháček writes in the latest issue of Respekt.