Summary of newsmakers of the previous day – 22.2.2007

INTERSPAR: Agrarian Chamber don't say truth

A statement of the Agrarian Chamber, that exclusively meat imported from Austria is sold in hypermarkets Interspar, is an ordinary lie which aims to damage hypermarkets of the company SPAR in the Czech market in eyes of inland consumers. The company SPAR has declared before now that a new composition of meat suppliers in the trade network of the company SPAR, which will start to work from the 1st March 2007, is influenced by termination of activity of the company Prima Group, a.s. which used to supply a part of meat in the network of hypermarkets Interspar, same as to many other competitive chains.According to survey, bio-food market in CR increased more than by half last year

A sale of bio-foods last year in the Czech Republic increased by more than a half and exceeded 700 million crowns. It results from survey of the agency Green marketing between producers and businessmen. According to experts, awareness of people of food produced in ecological way grows thanks to various promotion actions. Also some chains enlarged significantly its supply of theses articles. However, bio-foods have still only a small share in the total food consumption. “The bio-food market grows in the CR in the long-term by tens percent yearly and its potential is huge”, said Tomáš Václavík from Green marketing. In his opinion, the accrual of sale will beat least 30 % in next years.

Netherlands will open labour market

Czechs will be able to work without problems in other country of the European Union. The Netherland will join the present eight. It confirmed to enter the labour market to citizen of those state which joined the EU in 2004. Also the Czech Republic belongs among them. Till this time Czech could have worked without permission in the Great Britain, in Ireland, Sweeden, Greece, Finland, Spain, Portugal and Italy. “The situation on Netherlandish labour market is such that a free movement of labour from new member states is desirable”, the Netherlandish Ministry of Social Affairs reported in a letter to the Parliament.

MŽP will divide out 20 million crowns to non-profit organizations in 2007

The Ministry of Environment (MŽP) published a list of projects of non-state non-profit organizations (NNO) which it will support this year. It will divide out a total sum of 20 million CZK among 94 the most successful projects. The results of selective proceeding were made by special commission at the end of last year. A selective proceeding for NNO projects dealing with problems of environment protection is announced regularly every ear by the Ministry.