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Japan's real wages down for 24th straight month

STORY: Japan's real wages down for 24th straight month SHOOTING TIME: May 4, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's average monthly wages in inflation-adjusted terms logged the 24th straight month of decline in March, marking the longest period of continuous wage decline since comparable statistics began in 1991, official data showed on Thursday. Inflation-adjusted real wages, a barometer of consumer purchasing power, fell 2.5 percent from the same month last year, larger than the 1.8 percent fall in February, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Nominal monthly earnings, including base pay and overtime, rose 0.6 percent from a year ago to reach 301,193 yen (about 1,932.5 U.S. dollars). Regular pay including basic salary in March went up 1.7 percent year on year, while overtime pay, a gauge of business activity, went down 1.5 percent. Special payment including bonuses f

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Japan's real wages shrink for 23rd straight month

STORY: Japan's real wages shrink for 23rd straight month SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo 2. various of supermarkets in Tokyo 3. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's average monthly wages in inflation-adjusted terms logged the 23rd straight month of decline in February as price increases continued to outpace nominal earnings growth, official data showed on Monday. Inflation-adjusted real wages, a barometer of consumer purchasing power, fell 1.3 percent from the same month last year, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Nominal monthly earnings, including base pay and overtime, rose 1.8 percent from a year ago to reach 282,265 yen (about 1,859.8 U.S. dollars). Regular pay including basic salary in February went up 2.0 percent year on year, while overtime pay, a gauge of business activity, went down 1.0 percent. Meanwhile, the consumer price index exclu

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Egypt, UAE sign currency swap agreement

STORY: Egypt, UAE sign currency swap agreement DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the Central Bank of Egypt 2. various shots of an accountant counting banknotes 3. various exterior shots of Misr Banque 4. various exterior shots of the National Bank of Egypt STORYLINE: The central banks of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed on Thursday a currency swap deal, agreeing to exchange up to 42 billion Egyptian pounds (about 1.36 billion U.S. dollars) and 5 billion UAE dirhams at nominal value. The agreement comes within the framework of strengthening relations between Egypt and the UAE at all levels and contributes to increasing their trade volume, a statement from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) quoted the bank's governor Hassan Abdallah as saying. He noted that the deal also serves as a cornerstone for joint financial cooperation between the two sides. UAE Central Bank Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama said the agreement

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China's resident nominal disposable income up 6.5 pct, retail sales up 8.2 pct in H1

STORY: China's resident nominal disposable income up 6.5 pct, retail sales up 8.2 pct in H1 DATELINE: July 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:47 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English interpretation): FU LINGHUI, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese/English interpretation): FU LINGHUI, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics STORYLINE: China's per capita disposable income stood at 19,672 yuan (about 2,758 U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2023, up 6.5 percent year on year in nominal terms, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English interpretation): FU LINGHUI, Spokesperson of National Bureau of Statistics "In the H1 of this year, the nationwide per capita disposable income of residents was 19,672 yuan (about 2,758 U.S. dollars), a nominal growth of 6.5 percent year on year. Real growth was 5.8 percent after deducting price factors. (Per capita disposable income of) urban households was 26,3

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Japan's real wages slump most in nearly decade

STORY: Japan's real wages slump most in nearly decade DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's real wages in the fiscal year 2022 registered the steepest decline since 2014 as price increases outpaced the growth in nominal wages, official data showed Tuesday. In the fiscal year from April 2022 to March 2023, inflation-adjusted real wages fell by 1.8 percent from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This marked the sharpest decline since a 2.9-percent drop in the fiscal year 2014 when an increase in consumption tax led to higher prices. Nominal monthly wages rose by 1.9 percent in the last fiscal year to an average of 326,308 yen, the fastest growth in over 30 years. However, inflation outpaced such gains by experiencing a climb of 3.8 percent due to surging prices in food, electricity, and gas. During the period, regular salary, including base pay, rose 1.1 percent, wh

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Japan's real wages drop for 12th straight month in March

STORY: Japan's real wages drop for 12th straight month in March DATELINE: May 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views of Tokyo STORYLINE: Real wages in Japan declined for a 12th straight month in March from a year earlier, leading to households spending less as a result of rising inflation, the government said in a report on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, nominal wages including base and overtime pay rose 0.8 percent to an average of 291,081 yen (2,100 U.S. dollars). The 0.8 percent increase in yen terms marks the 15th consecutive month of increase, although the monthly rise has remained below the 1 percent threshold for a third straight month, the data showed. The government said in a separate report Tuesday that household spending decreased in March from a year earlier. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said household spending in the reporting period fell 1.9 percent from a year ear

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Kenwood's high definition navigation system

TOKYO, Japan - Photo show Kenwood Corp.'s new car navigation system ''Avenue'', which can display high definition images and maps. The company said Jan. 11, 2011, it will release Avenue MDV-727DT and MDV-626DT in February at nominal prices of 15,000 yen and 13,000 yen, respectively.

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Gov't seeks nominal 3% growth through 2020 by demand in key areas

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office on Dec. 30, 2009, after the government decided on its basic policy for its growth strategy through 2020, aiming to achieve an average economic growth of 3 percent in nominal terms by boosting demand in key areas such as the environment, health and tourism.

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Gov't seeks nominal 3% growth through 2020 by demand in key areas

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office on Dec. 30, 2009, after the government decided on its basic policy for its growth strategy through 2020, aiming to achieve an average economic growth of 3 percent in nominal terms by boosting demand in key areas such as the environment, health and tourism.

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Gov't seeks nominal 3% growth through 2020 by demand in key areas

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (4th from L, standing) speaks at a meeting of policy for the government's growth strategy at the prime minister's office on Dec. 30, 2009. The government unveiled the same day a basic policy for its growth strategy through 2020, aiming to achieve an average economic growth of 3 percent in nominal terms by boosting demand in key areas such as the environment, health and tourism.

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Gov't seeks nominal 3% growth through 2020 by demand in key areas

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of policy for the government's growth strategy at the prime minister's office on Dec. 30, 2009. The government unveiled the same day a basic policy for its growth strategy through 2020, aiming to achieve an average economic growth of 3 percent in nominal terms by boosting demand in key areas such as the environment, health and tourism.

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Panel OKs midterm economic policy to boost growth

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a press conference after the government Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy endorsed a midterm economic policy to boost Japan's economic growth to an annual 2 percent or more in real terms and 3.5 percent in nominal terms during the five-year period from fiscal 2007.

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Panel OKs midterm economic policy to boost growth

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) addresses a meeting of his Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his official residence on Jan. 18. The panel endorsed a midterm economic policy to boost Japan's economic growth to an annual 2 percent or more in real terms and 3.5 percent in nominal terms during the five-year period from fiscal 2007.

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Panel foresees over 2% real, 3.5% nominal growth within 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26.

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Japan to pull out of deflation in FY 2006: gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi presides over his Cabinet session at his office on Jan. 20, flaked by Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R). The Cabinet endorsed the government's economic outlook for fiscal 2006, which projects the nation's economy will pull out of deflation during the year with the nominal growth rate outpacing the real growth rate for the first time since fiscal 1999.

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Cabinet Office revises growth forecast upward for FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Economy and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka talks with reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 26 after the Cabinet Office revised its economic growth projection for fiscal 2003 upward to 0.1% in nominal terms and 2.1% in real terms. He said brisk corporate spending on plant and equipment is the main reason behind the upward revision.

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3% wage hike could get Japan out of crisis: German expert

FRANKFURT, Germany - Heiner Flassbeck (in this photo), former German vice finance minister who currently serves as senior economist at the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, proposes March 27 that Japan implement an across-the-board wage hike of around 3% in nominal terms to stimulate consumer spending and help it overcome deflation and other economic problems.

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, disinfect their hands with antibacterial gel before deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while check oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

A Volunteers of Gift for good, puts their face shield after to deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while install oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while install oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, are getting ready wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, are getting ready wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while install oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes - Dhaka

Volunteers of Gift for good, are getting ready wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to deliver oxygen cylinders to the patient's homes, in Jatrabari area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 11, 2021. 'Gift for Good' is a Bangladeshi volunteer organization That dedicate to deliver oxygen cylinders to the homes of covid-19 infected patients in Bangladesh at a nominal price. Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel / Eyepix /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Panel foresees over 2% real, 3.5% nominal growth within 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26. (Kyodo)

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Panel OKs midterm economic policy to boost growth

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) addresses a meeting of his Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his official residence on Jan. 18. The panel endorsed a midterm economic policy to boost Japan's economic growth to an annual 2 percent or more in real terms and 3.5 percent in nominal terms during the five-year period from fiscal 2007. (Kyodo)

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Panel OKs midterm economic policy to boost growth

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a press conference after the government Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy endorsed a midterm economic policy to boost Japan's economic growth to an annual 2 percent or more in real terms and 3.5 percent in nominal terms during the five-year period from fiscal 2007. (Kyodo)

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Japan to pull out of deflation in FY 2006: gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi presides over his Cabinet session at his office on Jan. 20, flaked by Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R). The Cabinet endorsed the government's economic outlook for fiscal 2006, which projects the nation's economy will pull out of deflation during the year with the nominal growth rate outpacing the real growth rate for the first time since fiscal 1999. (Kyodo)

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The Tartar General of Mukden (Shenyang), China

Fing-tun, The Tartar General of Mukden (now called Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province in China) - forced to withdraw from the town during the Russo-Japanese War by the Russian Admiral Alexieff. Date: circa 1904

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Scandal-hit Amari gives economic policy speech

Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari explains on Jan. 22, 2016, at the House of Representatives plenary session about allegations that he received money in return for doing favors for a construction company. In his economic policy speech, Amari called for stimulating private demand to lift Japan's nominal GDP by 20 percent from the current level to 600 trillion yen by around 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe calls for 3% hike in minimum wage to achieve GDP goal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2015. Abe said that a 3 percent hike in the minimum wage is needed annually to achieve the government's goal of boosting Japan's nominal gross domestic product to 600 trillion yen ($5 trillion yen). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges efforts to boost Japan's nominal GDP to 600 tril. yen

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at the headquarters in Tokyo of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 24, 2015. After being officially reappointed party president for another three-year term earlier that day, Abe vowed to step up economic policy measures with the aim of boosting Japan's nominal gross domestic product to 600 trillion yen as part of the government's latest growth strategy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges efforts to boost Japan's nominal GDP to 600 tril. yen

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at the headquarters in Tokyo of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 24, 2015. After being officially reappointed party president for another three-year term earlier that day, Abe vowed to step up economic policy measures with the aim of boosting Japan's nominal gross domestic product to 600 trillion yen as part of the government's latest growth strategy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ policymaker foresees more difficulty in monetary easing policy

Bank of Japan policymaker Takehiro Sato holds a press conference in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 10, 2015. Though the BOJ's monetary easing is intended to put downward pressure on nominal interest rates across the entire yield curve through massive government bond purchases, such an effect has been "diminishing gradually" due mainly to reduced demand from investors to purchase bonds amid already low interest rates, Sato said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan appears at court

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, appears at a U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh on April 23. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, however, postponed a hearing on his request for bail, citing a controversy over language. Khieu Samphan, 76, nominal head of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the late 1970s, was charged last November with crimes against humanity and war crimes by the ECCC. (Kyodo)

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Kenwood's high definition navigation system

TOKYO, Japan - Photo show Kenwood Corp.'s new car navigation system ''Avenue'', which can display high definition images and maps. The company said Jan. 11, 2011, it will release Avenue MDV-727DT and MDV-626DT in February at nominal prices of 15,000 yen and 13,000 yen, respectively. (Kyodo)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out, queue

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out, queue

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out, queue

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out, queue, police officer

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait were sold out, queue, tent

All 5,000 commemorative euro banknotes featuring legendary Czech singer Karel Gott's portrait, issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, were sold out in the Supraphon Musicpoint shop in Prague centre on July 14, 2019, shop sales manager Michael Pospisil has confirmed to CTK. The euro banknotes, which have a zero nominal value, provoked a high interest of Gott's fans some of whom started queuing outside the shop on Jungmann Square on Saturday night already. Until this morning the queue was quite long. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)