Archive, January 2006
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Record in gaining new investment broken in 2005
9 Jan. 2006 | CzechInvestIn 2005 Investment and Business Development Agency CzechInvest, mediated a total of 154 new foreign and domestic investment projects worth over 3.2 billion dollars* (73 billion crowns). This means eight projects and nearly 890 million dollars more than in the previous year. Thanks to these new investments, at least 21,663 new jobs will be created in the Czech Republic, roughly half of which will engage qualified employees – graduates of secondary schools (31.75%) and universities (14.68%).
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Czech eye-controlled computer device nominated for EU prize
6 Jan. 2006 | Czech News AgencyAn eye-controlled computer device developed by researchers from the Czech Technical University (CVUT) in Prague to serve handless computer users is among the twenty best inventions nominated for the European Union Grand Prix for information technologies. Although the Grand Prix will be awarded to only three winners in spring 2006, the CVUT can be sure of gaining the "minor prize" since, among 500 entries, the CVUT's invention is the only project from Central and Eastern Europe that has advanced to the competition final.
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Investors lured by students and graduates of Czech universities
1 Jan. 2006 | CzechInvestState investment incentives, quality infrastructure and its location in the heart of Europe are not the only features of the Czech Republic that attract investors from around the world to its cities. The abundance of qualified, educated potential employees trained in our schools has become a prominent factor as well.
