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reuters.com | Jan Lopatka
May 28 (Reuters) - Slovak refinery Slovnaft has secured alternative crude supplies to maintain diesel exports to the Czech market after the June 5 expiry of an EU exemption that allowed it to export products derived from Russian oil, parent company MOL (MOLB.BU), opens new tab said.
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2 weeks ago | 
cnnbrasil.com.br | Olivia Le Poidevin |Jan Lopatka |Rachel More
Os membros da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) adotaram um acordo histórico nesta terça-feira (20) sobre como se preparar para futuras pandemias após o surto de COVID-19, que matou milhões de pessoas entre 2020 e 2022. Após três anos de negociações, o pacto juridicamente vinculativo foi adotado pela Assembleia Mundial da Saúde em Genebra. Os países-membros da organização saudaram sua aprovação com aplausos.
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2 weeks ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Rachel More |Jan Lopatka |Ros Russell |Alex Richardson
GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday intended to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, but the absence of the U.S. cast doubt on the...
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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2 months 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.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Jan Lopatka |Jason Hovet
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2 months ago | 
uk.marketscreener.com | Jan Lopatka |Jason Hovet
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech chemicals maker Draslovka expects expansion into the battery supply chain to generate more than a third of its gross earnings within five years as demand for sodium-ion batteries grows, CEO Pavel Bruzek Jr. said. The company making chemicals for the metals mining industry and farming has expanded in recent years and draws most of its revenues from U.S. operations.
