Prague - Polish and Czech leaders planned Friday to discuss the future of the European Union's reform treaty, which the Czech president declared dead after Irish voters rejected it.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski's visit to Prague has led to speculation that he will urge his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus to support the Lisbon Treaty, which neither country has ratified.

The two leaders were to discuss "developments in the European Union after rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland" over dinner Thursday, Klaus's office said.

Klaus is a longtime critic of the EU accord, designed to streamline decision-making in the expanded 27-nation bloc. He says it's too federalist and too much like a European constitution.

Prague - Czech power utility CEZ and Hungarian energy firm MOL are to set up a joint venture to build gas-fired power plants in eastern Europe, the companies said Monday.

MOL and CEZ are each to hold a 50 per cent stake and equal voting rights in the new company with a 8.3 million euros in fixed capital, CEZ said in a statement.

The venture, CM European Power International, plans to invest in gas-fired power plants in Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia, the company said.

Prague- The Czech Olympic Committee Wednesday nominated 130 Czech competitors f

Prague - The Czech Republic's year-on-year inflation rate slowed and unemployment remained steady in June, according to government data released Tuesday that slightly beat market expectations.

Prague  - The Czech manufacturer Skoda has announced plans to build a station wagon version of the Superb for 2010 after the four- door sedan went on sale in Europe this month.

Prague - The Czech Republic is heading to an upcoming EU summit starting in