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Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. Reports Results for the Full Year and Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2011
Street InsiderNet revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 increased by US$ 127.6 million to US$ 864.8 million compared to 2010 and OIBDA1 increased by US$ 59.7 million to US$ 167.0 million. Operating
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People wearing masks parade in front of the Zizkov tower during the traditional 'Zizkov Carnival' festival on February 21, 2012, in Prague. The 'Masopust' - or Carnival - in Prague's Zizkov quarter always takes place towards the end of winter. View Photo »
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I am on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins in Europe but was able to watch the entire show via Skype in Prague ... Black Friday was great. I want to thank all the fans who came out to watch. I’ll see you in January at the next Resistance Pro event.
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This extraterrestrial predicament provides the novel’s guiding metaphor: in Prague, characters move in precarious orbit around a stolen icon. As in McCarthy’s other, more familiar work writing, directing, and acting for movies, “Men in Space” confirms...
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Feb 21 (CTK) - The health trade unions will discuss salaries in the health care sector on Thursday with Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas, Dagmar Zitnikova, chairwoman of the Health and Social Care Trade Union (OSZSP), told journalists yesterday. The...
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Feb 21 (CTK) - Up to a thousand women, but 59 at least, may be entitled to compensation from the Czech state for unlawful sterilisation, the government committee for torture prevention says in a report assessing the issue. To compensate victims of...
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A woman wearing a costume takes part in the traditional 'Zizkov Carnival' festival on February 21, 2012 in Prague. The 'Masopust' - or Carnival - in Prague's Zizkov quarter always takes place towards the end of winter. View Photo »
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Feb 21 (CTK) - Czech Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil (Civic Democrats, ODS) yesterday criticised lower house security committee chairman Radek John, leader of the junior government Public Affairs (VV) of exerting pressure on state attorneys. The security...
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Feb 21 (CTK) - The Regional Development Ministry is planning to close tens of CzechTourism offices due to the bad image of the Czech Republic abroad, financial paper Hospodarske noviny (HN) writes yesterday. Local Development Minister Kamil Jankovsky is...
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Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: [ˈpraɦa]), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. (It can be derived from jobs statistics, however, that an additional 300,000 work there without having registered as residents.) Full Article
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