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02/24/2007
Lawyer Zden"k Altner who is suing the Social Democrats for nearly 19 billion crowns or roughly 890 million dollars, has said he will not conclude an out-of-court settlement with the party. Altner told journalists at a press conference on Friday that he was not convinced that the offer of a settlement from Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek was a serious one. He says he now intends to proceed with his petition to the courts to have the Social Democrats declared bankrupt. Altner claims he is owed 93 million crowns or 4.3 million US dollars from the Social Democrats for services he gave them in a legal dispute over the ownership of the party's headquarters in the 1990s and that this has now risen to 19 billion crowns due to fines and late-payment penalties. The Social Democrat leadership says Altner's claims are exaggerated and unsubstantiated and would not stand up in court.
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02/24/2007
Police have clashed with around a 100 anarchists in the town of Beroun near Prague. Police used smoke bombs to disperse the anarchists, who were trying to break-up a demonstration by extreme right-wing nationalists against the building of a proposed US radar base in the Czech Republic. Several anarchists were arrested for throwing objects at the police. Many restaurants and shops in the town closed their businesses to avoid the demonstrations.
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02/24/2007
Czech cross-country skiers Dusan Kozisek and Milan Sperl have surprisingly won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint at the world ski championships in Sapporo, Japan. Kozisek and Sperl finished less than a second behind the Italian pairing of Renato Pasini and Cristian Zorzi with a time of 17.51 seconds. It was a particularly sweet moment for both men who had been at the centre of a selection mix-up during an Olympic relay race in Turin last year, which scuppered the Czech Republic's chances of a medal in the event.
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02/23/2007
Czech Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil has revealed that the Czech Republic and the Seychelles signed a draft extradition treaty on Friday. If approved, the agreement could affect the fortunes, for example, of fugitive billionaire Radovan Krejcir, wanted by authorities in the Czech Republic. The Czech-born businessman, who holds Seychelles citizenship, fled during a police search of his home near Prague in 2005, avoiding prosecution for suspected criminal activities including, allegedly, the planned murder of a customs official. If approved, the draft treaty signed on Friday will apply to citizens of both the Czech Republic and the Seychelles, but will also allow for extradition requests to be turned down.
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02/23/2007
The Czech ambassador to Moscow Miroslav Kostelka has said that even if plans for a US radar base on Czech territory get approval it will not be enough to disrupt future progress in Czech-Russian relations. He said as much on Friday in an interview for CTK, the Czech news agency. In the interview, the ambassador stressed that statements made by a Russian military official this week were "unacceptable", reflecting on the fact that Russia has been very critical of the US plans and has threatened to aim missiles at the sites in both Poland and the Czech Republic if the defence installations are built. Both Poland and the Czech Republic have already indicated a willingness to begin talks with the US.
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02/23/2007
Sweden's chief prosecutor has said that his country's judiciary will decide in the coming weeks whether or not to launch an investigation into corruption allegations concerning the proposed sale of Gripen fighter jets to the Czech military. Swedish Television reported this week that the business deal, which originally offered 24 jets by the British-Swedish consortium BAE Systems/Saab to the Czech Republic in 2002, was accompanied by wide-spread corruption. Later, the deal was scrapped in favour of the Czech Republic leasing 14 jets. In the Czech Republic, a number of former government officials have said they did not register corruption in connection with the original dealings.
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02/23/2007
The Czech internet site aktualne.cz has reported that Czech police have decided to shelve their investigation into the allegedly planned murder of officer Jan Kubice, the head of the country's unit investigating organised crime. A number of individuals including a former chief of staff to two prime ministers were suspected of ties to the case. Aktualne.cz has reported that a plan to kill Mr Kubice was hatched after he presented a classified report in Parliament last May investigating links between organised crime and the civil service. According to the server, police have not found enough evidence to make progress in the case.
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02/23/2007
A Czech daily has reported that the head of public broadcaster Czech TV, Jiri Janecek, was a member of Czechoslovakia's Communist Party. Friday's Lidove Noviny writes that Mr Janecek joined in August 1981. Mr Janecek, who became director of Czech TV in 2003, said that he terminated his membership when the communist regime in Czechoslovakia collapsed in 1989. Czech TV Council members had reportedly not been told of Mr Janecek's past membership. Earlier in the week the council dealt with the case of Frantisek Lambert, until now financial and programming director for the broadcaster, who is a former member of the People's Militia. For the time being he has been allowed to stay on as financial director.
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02/23/2007
In a newly-issued report the Czech Helsinki committee has stated that discrimination against women on the Czech labour market has not yet been quashed. According to the report, published on the group's website, many employers continue to discriminate against women. Often candidates for new jobs are asked inadmissible personal questions about, for example, plans to have children and take maternity leave. Another example cited is the case of mothers losing jobs during their trial periods because they are unable to work overtime, having young children to care for at home.
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02/23/2007
The Czech governing coalition has agreed on a joint stand on the European Constitution. Its position is outlined in a five-point declaration which was approved on Thursday. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek told reporters the new text of the constitution could be based on the current document but needed to be more comprehensive and transparent. The Czech Republic halted its part in the ratification process of the EU constitution after it was rejected by France and the Netherlands in referenda in 2005.
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