Jan Lopatka

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Jan Lopatka

Prague — A Czech court has blocked electricity firm CEZ from signing a contract worth at least $18bn with South Korea’s KHNP to build a new nuclear power plant until the court has handled a complaint from the losing bidder, France’s EDF.

3 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | Jan Lopatka |Jason Hovet

By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic's competition authority has cleared the way for the signing of contracts with South Korea worth at least 400 billion crowns ($18 billion) for two new nuclear power units after it rejected appeals by EDF of France, it said on Thursday. The decision by the UOHS competition authority on Thursday confirms an earlier verdict that EDF appealed after it lost out to South Korea's KHNP in the tender last July.

3 weeks ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Gabriel Teles |Jan Lopatka

Autoridades do governo tcheco saíram em defesa do ex-goleiro Dominik Hasek, ídolo do hóquei internacional, após declarações que teriam sido ameaças de morte feitas pelo ex-presidente russo Dmitry Medvedev. Hasek, membro do Hall da Fama da NHL e campeão olímpico em 1998 (na primeira edição dos Jogos com participação de atletas da liga norte-americana), é um crítico frequente da presença de atletas russos em competições internacionais, em protesto contra a invasão da Ucrânia pela Rússia.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jan Lopatka

Jan LopatkaWed, April 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM UTC2 min readBy Jan Lopatka(Reuters) - The Slovak parliament approved a law on Wednesday tightening reporting and other requirements for non-governmental organisations, changes those organisations called "Russian law" in which the government was settling scores with critics from the civil sector. The law orders non-governmental organisations to detail their donors and publish wide lists of officials, and introduces fines for administrative errors.

1 month ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Jan Lopatka

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech-based defence firm CSG expects a surge in demand as Europe seeks to rearm, predicting on Thursday further double-digit growth after revenue and profits more than doubled last year. European countries are hastening to boost defence spending and maintain support for Ukraine after U.S. President Donald Trump froze U.S. military aid to Kyiv and raised doubts about Washington's commitment to European allies.