November 17, 2005

There'll be no Radio 1 show this week, as I'll be pre-empted tomorrow night to make way for a live concert. Then on Saturday I fly out to Johannesburg for both a conference on South African community media and then with the implementors of our LiveSupport software for radio stations. In that project, a group...  

Took a stroll last night, armed with my new camera. What a gorgeous city.  

Pat, Justin, Grace Hastings, and I left for Praha, The Czech Republic, via Amsterdam on Thursday afternoon. We took a night train from Frankfurt and arrived in Praha a little after 8 am.  

The phones don't stop ringing these days at the offices of Vertis Environmental Finance. People from all over the country are calling to find out one thing: how to turn carbon dioxide into cash.  

In an effort to cut costs at health insurer VZP, which is 10 billion Kc ($402 million) in debt, Health Minister David Rath placed limits Nov. 14 on the amount of money hospitals can spend on certain expensive medication.  

The majority of Czech small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) that have applied for either national or European Union funding have been rejected, according to a recent poll by the Czech Economic Chamber.  

With only days remaining before the close of the tender for an electronic toll system for Czech roads, the proceedings have drawn unexpected fire from some bidders who accuse the government of discrimination.  

In a move that would dramatically increase its influence in Central and Eastern Europe, Zentiva, the country's leading producer of generic drugs, made an offer Nov.