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On the contrary, they should have suspected that the fiscal policy would rather worsen the situation, as interest rates for financing government bonds are rising, mortgage rates are increasing because they are driven by interbank market rates and swaps, which are going up, warned former finance minister and entrepreneur Ivan Pilip. #hypotéky #daňovéodpočty #AlenaSchillerová (translated)

The American ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, was accused of soliciting a bribe of $100,000 from businessman Eric Deters to pay off a credit card debt in exchange for assistance in gaining access to high-ranking officials in the Trump administration. #KimberlyGuilfoyle #DonaldTrump #lobbing (translated)

Brno plans to bring professional football back to the Lužánky stadium, but so far has not agreed on the conditions for the sale and demolition of the garages with the Zbrojovka club and entrepreneur Libor Procházka, complicating the whole situation. #Brno #fotbal #komunalnivolby (translated)

After more than a year, the search for the Bosnian businessman Albin Arifović has been canceled, as he returned to the Czech Republic and was interrogated via videoconference, while investigations against him continue in several cases, including dangerous threats and organized crime. #AlbinArifović #brněnskýpodsvětí #vyšetřování (translated)

After three years of company consolidation, they expected that the government would finally present measures to support growth, investments, and the business environment, not just further maintenance of high tax and contribution burdens, "After three years of company consolidation, they expected that the government would finally present measures to support growth, investments, and the business environment, not just further maintenance of high tax and contribution burdens," said RÚZ General Secretary Martin Hošták. #ekonomika #podnikanie #rozpočet (translated)

Once we have an agreement, they would be presented. There are various measures that do not cost the state budget that much but can significantly help the business environment in terms of the burden on entrepreneurs and so on. These are steps we can take immediately. Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický subsequently promised several times that he would present growth measures along with the budget proposal for the next year. #ekonomika #podnikanie #rozpočet (translated)

Factories express concern over the absence of pro-growth measures in the proposed state budget, highlighting the need to improve the business environment and warning of the negative impacts on economic growth and Slovakia's competitiveness. #ekonomika #podnikanie #rozpočet (translated)

Germany plans to introduce two new taxes, one focusing on plastic packaging and the other on sugary drinks, which will require more than a thousand new officials and is expected to bring hundreds of millions of euros into the state budget, but it is facing criticism from entrepreneurs and politicians. #daně #ekologie #zdraví (translated)

The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the Chief State Prosecutor Lenka Bradáčová regarding the termination of criminal prosecution of businessman Pelc due to a serious permanent illness, stating that the lower instances did not err and the medical report does not contradict the condition of the accused. #NejvyššíSoud #justice #trestníStíhání (translated)

The newspaper P – Paukner Media claimed that the Kolín company Draslovka continued to operate in the Russian market despite a statement from March 2022 about halting supplies to Russia. It identified Jan Dobrovský as a co-owner, describing him as a significant supporter of the STAN movement and other politicians. The author stated that according to a study by the Russian institute Агентство Плодородия, Draslovka's exports to Russia increased from 300 tons of pesticides worth $500,000 in 2021 to 1,000 tons for $1.9 million in 2022. Records from the customs database Volza reportedly also captured shipments of the product Retacel 750 in 2022, including three shipments of 21,396 units, valued at $49,817.25, $49,414.29, and $49,168.93. The post further claimed that Draslovka made additional supplies in 2023 and obtained an extension of its license to sell pesticides in Russia until 2034 in 2024. According to the author, the company collaborated with Russian authorities during the licensing process, and its products were sold to both farmers and retail in Russia. The newspaper P – Paukner Media also stated that the owners of Draslovka and Dobrovský supported political entities and personalities that, according to him, acted against Russia. It attributed a donation of over 300,000 crowns to Dobrovský for Petr Pavel and noted that the group BPD Partners was the largest patron of STAN. In 2025, Dobrovský was reported to contribute 1.7 million crowns to the movement from his own funds. The author also mentioned support for the coalition SPOLU, Danuše Nerudová, and Jan Farský. The post criticized the contradiction between the declared termination of operations in Russia and the described supplies and licensing process. It noted that neither the group BPD Partners nor Draslovka responded to its inquiries about business in Russia. It also asked whether STAN or the coalition SPOLU would take a stance on their supporter’s business activities. #RuskáFederace #Politika #STAN (translated)

The candidate for the Prague mayor, Tomáš Portlík, acquired a significant part of his wealth through a complicated land deal in Teplice, which he sold to the controversial businessman Jaroslav Třešňák, with the money ending up with his associate Miroslav Hála, who has been accused of involvement in one of the largest tunneling cases in the Czech Republic. #TomášPortlík #tunelování #Praha (translated)

The author of the article wrote that Prime Minister Andrej Babiš claimed in a video that Czech savings in banks exceed the national debt by 200 billion, and citizens could thereby buy it and hypothetically take control of the Czech state. He deemed it concerning if businessman Babiš does not understand the difference between bonds and stocks. https://t.co/oFKlfeknte #politika #ekonomika #dluhopisy #CZ (translated)

At the Regional Court in Hradec Králové, the main hearing has begun in the case of eight entrepreneurs and one auditor accused of creating a criminal organization and tax fraud, with total damages exceeding 134 million crowns. #daňovépodvody #organizovanýzločin #HradecKrálové (translated)

The Czech Army, led by General Miroslav Hlaváč, has revoked the patronage of the chief of the air forces over a conference organized by a controversial businessman with ties to the StB and the Kremlin, thereby emphasizing its stance on the protection of Euro-Atlantic commitments and the country's security interests. #ArmádaČR #Ukrajina #bezpečnost (translated)

Martin Bartkovský stated that after sharing a statement from 40 editors-in-chief, he criticized the journalistic community for failing to unanimously agree on a rejection of violence and equal access to information sharing. He added that he generally expressed his personal opinion about those who repeatedly did not stand up for their colleagues. Subsequently, according to him, he received a number of insults and comparisons to communists. He emphasized that by not signing the statement, in his view, no harm was caused to anyone nor will it be. He stated that he did not plan to fire, kill, or hang anyone and did not prepare lists of inconvenient people. He thanked the remaining 39 editors-in-chief for supporting their colleagues across the field and apologized to them that the discussion had shifted in a different direction due to his contribution. He responded to criticism with several other apologies, including to podcast entrepreneurs, a former colleague, a Czech writer, and a former MEP. Regarding the former colleague, he recalled that for the last 10 years, the status of journalism had been labeled bad, despite the fact that they worked for the same media for six years, which the colleague led. He also mentioned that he apologized for his surname starting with the letter B, which he had for 37 years, and for the reference to Chinese spies. He also apologized to the media Euro, Info, Zdopravy, Okraj, and Chiptron, which he said were not invited to the statement, despite discussions about its wording lasting a month. He offered to connect anyone interested in adding their signature with the organizers, among whom he claimed he did not belong. In a note, he stated that he deleted the original post because he confused two writers and mistook a father for a son in connection with the anti-chart. He apologized for the error, yet called the comparison to the anti-chart inappropriate, stating that parallels with the communist past, in his view, did not help anything. #žurnalistika #svobodaSlova #politika (translated)

Martin Bartkovský stated that when he shared the statement from forty editors-in-chief, he did not expect the reaction it would provoke. He criticized that the journalistic community he addressed, according to him, was unable to unanimously agree even on rejecting violence in their relationship with politicians and on equal access to sharing information. He added that he expressed his personal judgment about those who repeatedly refused to stand up for their colleagues in an indirect manner. For that, he claimed to have received a number of insults and comparisons to communists; one of the people who signed the Anticharta wrote to him that he had never seen anything more disgusting. Bartkovský clarified that not signing the statement did not harm anyone and would not harm anyone, and he rejected the idea that he wanted to dismiss, threaten, or create lists of uncomfortable people. He thanked the remaining 39 editors-in-chief for their support for colleagues from the entire field and apologized to them for the discussion veering in a different direction due to his contribution. He then made a series of apologies that he delivered ironically: among other things, to podcast entrepreneurs for reminding him of something other than Chinese communism, to a former colleague for criticizing journalism at a time when they both worked in the same media for six years, and to a Czech writer for reminding him of his signature on the Anticharta. He also apologized to those who labeled him a "svazák" (a term for a member of the youth organization during the communist regime) and to a former Member of the European Parliament regarding his judgment about Bartkovský's character. He added that he also apologizes to the media outlets Euro, Info, Zdopravy, Okraj, and Chiptron, which, according to him, were not addressed, even though the text had been discussed for a month. He offered to connect interested parties with the organizers of the statement so that they could join him. #žurnalistika #komunikace #mediálníetiketa (translated)

"After three consolidation packages through which the government is exploiting people and businesses, the deficit is set to rise again to nearly 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) instead of declining. On Friday, October 2, the budget was divided behind closed doors of the coalition council, and on Monday morning they are going to 'discuss' it with social partners on the very day it will also be approved. This is not social dialogue; it is mockery. Employers did the only sensible thing: they refused to serve as extras for Fico," says Veronika Remišová, the chairwoman of the Za ľudí party, who criticizes that the proposed budget for next year is a perfect reflection of the inability of Robert Fico's government (Smer-SD) to manage public finances. #ekonomika (translated)

Among them is, for example, the initiative of the National Defense led by former soldier Marek Obrtel, who in the past labeled the North Atlantic Alliance as a "criminal pact," and whose connections with Markvart are illustrated by, for instance, a photo that the entrepreneur shared on Facebook eight years ago, in which he did not forget to emphasize in the caption that they are "facing challenging tasks in the upcoming training year." #ProruskáPropaganda #PetrMarkvart #BezpečnostníKonference (translated)

The article deals with the controversial entrepreneur Petr Markvart, whose close ties to pro-Russian groups and propaganda drew attention when the Czech army withdrew its patronage from the conference organized by his company Defcon, only after Seznam Zprávy pointed it out. #ProruskáPropaganda #PetrMarkvart #BezpečnostníKonference (translated)