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04/28/2007
The EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs Vladimir Spidla has welcomed Holland's decision to open its labour market to the EU newcomers admitted in 2004. Mr. Spidla said he was sure the move would benefit the Dutch economy. The Dutch authorities said workers from the newcomer states would find job opportunities mainly in construction and agriculture. Czechs interested in seeking work in other EU states can do so freely in Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Greece, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and shortly also in Holland. Movement of labor restrictions remain in Germany, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium and Denmark. The German magazine Der Spiegel says in its latest edition that Germany might maintain restrictions on the influx of foreign workers from the EU newcomer states until 2011, the farthest possible deadline.
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04/28/2007
Czech health minister Tomas Julinek has watered down his health reform plans in the face of widespread criticism. According to Saturday's edition of Lidove Noviny the minister has promised to exempt people living below the poverty line from having to pay health care fees. If the planned reforms win approval in Parliament Czechs would find themselves contributing directly to the cost of treatment: 30 crowns (the equivalent of around one US dollar fifty) for each visit to the doctor's; the same for individual prescriptions; 60 crowns per day in hospital and 90 crowns for emergency care. The proposed changes have met with strong criticism from the opposition as well as from the Ministry of Social Affairs, patient's organizations and the Minister for Human Rights Dzamila Stehklikova.
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04/28/2007
According to a poll conducted by the STEM agency three quarters of Czechs believe that there is discrimination on the Czech labor market. Respondents said age, pregnancy and health were decisive factors in this respect. The feeling that discrimination takes place was stronger among women than men. Out of 1200 respondents polled, 87 percent said people were discriminated against because of their age, 75 percent cited pregnancy and motherhood and 72 percent mentioned physical and mental handicaps. Other reasons given were race and sexual orientation.
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04/28/2007
Around two and a half thousand people are taking part in a techno-party near Vitkov in Moravia. The police are monitoring the event and there have been no disturbances or complaints from the villagers. Meanwhile, another techno party has got underway in the Karlovy Vary region in west Bohemia. In this case the police anticipate problems. The party was unannounced and although the organizers have approval from the owner of the premises they do not have permission to pass through neighboring fields and meadows to get there. Around 50 police officers are now on the party grounds and are trying to prevent it from spilling over onto private land. There have been no conflicts or disturbances for the time being.
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04/28/2007
Svatopluk Benes - one of the country's leading actors in the years of the first republic - has died at the age of 89. Mr. Benes starred in many black and white movies of the time alongside the country's best actresses Adina Mandlova, Lida Barova and Natasha Gollova. He remained active up until 1990, both in film and theatre productions, but had been bed-ridden in the last four years. " He was a perfect gentleman such as are not born in this day and age" one of his colleagues said about him, following news of his death.
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04/28/2007
The Czech Republic opened its account at the Ice Hockey World Championships with an 8-2 pounding of Belarus on Friday. "In North America they would call that game an old fashioned butt-kicking," said Belarus coach Curt Fraser. "It wasn't pretty." The Czechs were world champions in four of the last eight years but Czech coach Alois Hadamczik was not making any predictions. "Today is only the first day so it is too early to talk about favourites," he told reporters. "Next is Austria and we are the favourites so we must play like favourites."
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04/27/2007
Czech President Vaclav Klaus - on his first official state visit to Russia - has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Their discussion on Friday focused on Czech-Russian relations but most notably on the United State's plans to deploy a tracking radar in the Czech Republic as part of a broader missile defence shield. The plan is one that Mr Klaus has backed but which Moscow strongly opposes. During their meeting Mr Klaus said that the base was not intended against Russia. But speaking with journalists after the meeting Mr Putin indicated he had not been convinced by Mr Klaus's reasoning. He called the US plan to install a rocket base in Poland a "similar threat" to the deployment of Pershing missiles in Europe. The rocket base in Poland is to complement the radar base in the Czech Republic if both countries reach agreement with the United States.
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04/27/2007
The Czech newspaper Pravo has reported that police have concluded their investigation into a corruption case involving former mayor of Vsetin and current Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek. According to the daily's Friday edition, investigators will propose the state attorney prepare the case for prosecution. Mr Cunek is alleged to have accepted a 500,000 crown bribe from the owner of a real estate firm in return for the sale of the majority stake in a Vsetin housing company. Both Mr Cunek and the company owner have denied any wrong-doing. The investigation into the deputy prime minister's business dealings has complicated his position in the government for some time, with coalition members the Greens earlier calling on Mr Cunek to step down.
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04/27/2007
Czech negotiators for the preparation of a new EU constitutional treaty have met with representatives of the German EU presidency and presented the Czech position on the treaty, Czech MEP Jan Zahradil has said. Mr Zahradil revealed that he and other representatives had presented a proposition under which EU member countries would not have to take part in some EU projects. He said that the Czech government also wanted to look into whether some powers were more effectively dealt with on the EU level or on the national level. Germany holds the EU presidency until June and wants to push forward EU institutional reform that slowed after France and the Netherlands rejected the EU draft constitution in referenda two years ago.
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04/27/2007
The Czech Internet server aktualne.cz has reported that the Social Democratic Party has pressed charges against former deputy chairman Ivo Svoboda, allegedly for his role in preparing a supposedly disadvantageous contract with lawyer Zdenek Altner ten years ago. The lawyer is suing the party for twenty billion crowns (the equivalent of almost 1 billion US dollars) in unpaid fees. Mr Svoboda was deputy chairman in Milos Zeman's government. According to aktualne.cz, charges will not be pressed against Mr Zeman who signed the actual deal. Ivo Svodoba is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for embezzling funds from a private company.
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