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06/22/2007
Electricity companies have said that power supplies in eastern Bohemia have been seriously disrupted by storm damage. A spokesperson for the Czech Republic's biggest electricity company CEZ said on Friday that there had been hundreds of power cuts throughout the region as a result of the tempestuous weather. Power supplies have also been disrupted in central Bohemia and southern Moravia, but normal service should be resumed by Friday evening. Meanwhile one of the country's biggest insurance firms Ceska pojistovna says it has received more than 500 insurance claims in the wake of the storm. It estimates the damages involved to be in the region of 50 million Czech crowns (2.4 million US dollars).
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06/22/2007
The CMKOS umbrella trade union group has sent Czech MPs a list of its objections to a proposed financial reform package, which is being discussed by parliament. The union is opposed to the extensive tax and social welfare reforms, which the government says is necessary to reduce the public deficit. Several thousand union members are expected to attend a demonstration against the reforms on Wenceslas Square on Saturday.
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06/22/2007
The Czech foreigners police have arrested seven people in a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigrants. On Thursday, over 300 police officers detained and checked over a thousand people at marketplaces, hostels, construction sites and factories throughout the country. Four people were arrested for not having the right documentation while three people who are wanted by the authorities for criminal activities were also taken into custody. A spokeswoman for the police said that similar large-scale operations would be carried out in the near future. The crackdown is connected with the Czech Republic's upcoming integration into the Shengen area by the end of this year.
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06/22/2007
Authorities have banned relatives from visiting two children at the centre of a much publicised child abuse case. Seven-year-old Ondrej and his nine-year-old brother Jakub were taken into care last month after Ondrej was found naked and tied up in a cupboard in his home. Brno City Court issued the ban on visits after the home they were staying in reported that the boys had been distressed after being visited by relatives.
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06/22/2007
In related news, police have announced that they have charged a third woman in connection with the Mauer abuse case. Twenty-seven-year-old Hana Basova, a children's home employee who is also known as Nency, has been accused of illegally imprisoning seven-year-old Ondrej Mauer and nine-year-old Jakub. The boys' mother and aunt have already been charged with abusing the children. They face between eight and twelve years in jail if convicted.
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06/22/2007
The Czech Ministry of Culture has withdrawn the candidacy of a historical paper mill in Velke Losiny, Moravia for a UNESCO world-heritage listing. The ministry said that the mill, which is significant as a site for handmade paper production, was in too poor a condition to have any chance of being listed as a heritage location by UNESCO.
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06/22/2007
Czech international footballer David Rozehnal is being transferred to Newcastle United. The twenty-six-year-old defender's manager told the press that Newcastle had agreed terms for a four year contract with the player who will be moving to England from French club Paris St. Germain. The fee for the player has not yet been disclosed.
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06/21/2007
For the first time the bird flu virus has been detected in a Czech poultry flock. The State Veterinary Administration confirmed the type of virus found in a turkey flock at a farm in east Bohemia was the deadly H5N1 strain, which can be caught by humans. Local authorities have instated measures to prevent the possibility of the virus spreading to other local fowl, including a 3-km protection zone and a 10-km surveillance zone. All fowl in a ten kilometre radius will also be registered and checked by veterinarians.Of the birds on the farm around 2,000 died from the virus, the rest - an additional 4,000 specimens were culled on Thursday.
Bird flu was first detected in the Czech Republic in March 2006. 13 cases to date concerned wild birds, specifically swans. Some of the swans, tests showed, were also infected with the deadly H5N1 strain.
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06/21/2007
Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra has described as "very good" a meeting on Wednesday with Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The two men met ahead of the EU Summit. The two politicians discussed a possible compromise on Poland's position on voting rules proposed as part of a new draft European treaty, replacing the earlier EU Constitution which was set-back by referenda in France and the Netherlands. Poland has been threatening to veto a new treaty if negotiations on voting rights were not extended. According to the German press, Mr Vondra's proposal modifies EU voting rules slightly in Poland's favour, but the Czech deputy prime minister declined to comment his plan, saying negotiations were still underway.
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06/21/2007
A new poll conducted by Factum Invenio for the Foreign Ministry has suggested that a majority of Czechs - 64 percent - continue to be opposed to the possible construction of a US missile defence radar on Czech soil; one third support the project. The information was released on Thursday. According to the agency, the poll was held shortly after a visit by US President George W. Bush early in June, when Mr Bush met with President Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, and others to boost support for the US project. The US would like to station its base in the Czech Republic as part of a broader missile defense system in Europe.
The poll also suggested that if the radar base were integrated within NATO, public opposition to the base would drop somewhat, to 55 percent.
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