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08/28/2013
The outgoing interim government on Wednesday approved the country’s first-ever plan to try and comprehensively tackle the problem of homelessness. The proposal looks at the possibilities in public housing, health care and other social services up until 2020 to help those on the street. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has until the end of the year to outline the order of projects, Minister František Koníček confirmed. According to the minister, the country currently has 30,000 people who are homeless, but the number could rise up to 100,000. The age group most at risk are those over the age of 65, he confirmed.
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08/28/2013
The Czech Republic lacks enough readily-available psychiatric care for youngsters the country’s ombudsman, Pavel Varvařovský has charged, saying the situation led to needless hospitalisation. The country should have around 100 paediatric psychiatrists but has 30 fewer, he told journalists on Wednesday. The Ombudsman’s Office looked closely at the matter of psychiatric care for children in 2011 and 2012. The Czech Republic currently has three psychiatric centres for children: in Louny, Velká Biteš and Opařany. Problems treated include depression, anti-social behaviour, and eating disorders.
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08/28/2013
Material damages in a clash between right-wing extremists and police in Ostrava at the weekend and the clean-up cost the city some 70,000 crowns the city said, stressing that a substantially higher sum of more than 465,000 crowns would be the bill for employing riot police. The city’s mayor, Petr Kajnar, suggested that the cost was not unacceptable given the size of the overall budget; at the same time he suggested Ostrava would take legal action against those who damaged property. At the weekend, 300 police officers came out in force; 21 of them and a number of extremists were injured in clashes. Sixty-two people were detained and a number of them charged with disorderly conduct. Extremists have called another demonstration for late September.
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08/28/2013
The Constitutional Court has rejected a complaint by American national Gilbert Ferguson Mc Crae, sentenced to 16 years in jail for murder. Two years ago, Mr Mc Crae shot and killed a 34-year-old, who had allegedly shouted obscenities at him a bar earlier, point blank on Prague’s 22 tram. The murder was discovered after 1 am. The convicted Mc Crae had argued that his rights had not been respected in the case but the court called his claim unsubstantiated.
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08/28/2013
Police have shelved their investigation into a tragic crash in last year’s Barum Rally which claimed one life and left one person injured. According to investigators, no crime was committed: no mistake was uncovered on the part of organisers, who had sections properly marked off. The tragedy happened during the race last September when a Subaru Impreza driven by the team of Václav Kopáček and Tomáš Singer flew off the road at 160 kilometres per hour. The man killed was 54-years-old. Police are continuing to investigate another rally race in November where four bystanders died.
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08/28/2013
The police are searching for 35-year-old Miloš Babyka, a police officer in Plzeň, who is believed to have killed his wife. Officials warn the man, whose whereabouts remain unknown, is dangerous and possibly armed. A police spokeswoman declined to reveal additional details but the Czech News Agency reported the victim was likely stabbed; according to unconfirmed sources, she was found by neighbours in front of her apartment. Anyone with information has been asked to contact the authorities.
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08/28/2013
Star goalie Petr Čech has expressed the hope that playing in Prague will bring him good luck in Chelsea’s EUFA Super Cup against Bayern Munich on Friday. The match is being played on neutral ground: Prague’s Eden Stadium (home to Slavia Prague). The Super Cup is the single club competition trophy missing in the goalkeeper’s collection. Last year, Chelsea were defeated 4:1 by Atletico Madrid. The Super Cup pits the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League against each other.
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08/27/2013
President Miloš Zeman has expressed support for the deployment of Czech troops to the Golan Heights as part of the UN peace mission. Speaking at a meeting with Czech ambassadors on Tuesday, President Zeman said that given the uncertain situation in Syria it is important for the Czech Republic to take a more active part in UN peace missions. He said he has already discussed the possibility of joining the Golan Heights mission with the outgoing Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok and Foreign Minister Jan Kohout. The Austrian government has recently decided to pull out of the Golan Heights mission, due to the intensified conflict in Syria.
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08/27/2013
Former Prague mayor and Civic Democratic MP Pavel Bém issued a statement on Tuesday saying that he would do his utmost to assist former president Václav Klaus if he were to return to politics. In the statement, which was published on the Parliamentní listy website, Mr. Bém wrote that Mr. Klaus could become a symbol of right-wing values, which would help the ailing Civic Democratic party. In an interview on Sunday, Mr. Klaus said that he sees the current political situation as dire and that he is considering returning to politics. He has not yet announced any concrete decision.
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08/27/2013
Former leader of the Green Party Martin Bursík has announced plans to form a new political group. Mr Bursík, who left the Greens because he objected to the party’s shift to the left, said the new grouping would be called the Liberal-Environmental Party; among those working to establish the new group is former environment minister Ladislav Miko, civic activist Matěj Hollan, film director Olga Sommerová and environmentalist Ivan Rynda.
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