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09/18/2010
The health minister, Leos Heger, has expressed himself in favour of more direct payments from patients. The minister said that in view of the current economic situation patients should be asked to contribute to standard care which is currently financed by health insurance companies. He said he saw no reason why patients should not pay for a standard filling at the dentist and has suggested that a patient’s contribution towards a day in hospital could be increased from 60 to 100 crowns. Former deputy health minister Marek Snajder of the Civic Democrats has expressed support for the idea, saying that on average Czechs still forked out more for alcohol and cigarettes than they paid for health care.
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09/18/2010
Police are investigating the death of a 32-year-old man in a Prague bar on Friday night. Paramedics were called out to help a man who reportedly sustained injuries after falling down a flight of stairs, but eyewitnesses revealed that he had got into a fight with a security guard who beat him up and disappeared before the police arrived. The man died later that night of serious head and chest injuries which doctors said could not have been inflicted by a fall down stairs. Police have detained the security guard and are waiting for the results of an autopsy.
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09/18/2010
A truck driver who injured two five-year- olds after failing to stop at a crossing for a group of kindergarten children is to be charged with causing grievous bodily harm through negligence. Although the driver had not been drinking, the vehicle was in poor technical condition and experts say the breaks must have been giving him trouble for some time. A five-year-old girl remains in serious condition with head injuries. Witnesses said the two teachers accompanying the group of children prevented a much bigger tragedy by pulling as many of them as they could to the side of the road.
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09/18/2010
Tens of thousands of people attended the 10th annual NATO days at Ostrava’s Mosnov Airport over the weekend. The two day event is slated to be the biggest air, military and security show in Central Europe with military hardware exhibitions, police and rescue technology and dynamic shows of special units. One of the biggest attractions this year is the legendary heavy strategic bomber B-52 Stratofortress of the United States Air Force.
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09/18/2010
Grape harvesting celebrations took place in Prague’s Vinohrady district over the weekend with wine growers offering the public a taste of burčák –young fermenting wine that is high on sugar and low on alcohol. The annual burčák festivities traditionally include a procession in period costumes, a knights’ tournament, a historical market, medieval music, dances, amateur theatre performances and plenty of opportunities to sample and buy the young semi-fermented wine. The grand finale comes with a display of fireworks.
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09/18/2010
The Czech Republic took a 2-1 lead over Serbia in their Davis Cup World Group semi-final on Saturday after Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štepánek won the doubles against Nenad Zimonjic and Novak Djokovic 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-1.
In Friday’s games the Czechs and Serbs levelled at 1-1. First Radek Štepánek gave the Czechs the lead, beating Djokovic's replacement Viktor Troicki 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. But 37th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic then beat Wimbledon runner-up Tomáš Berdych, the world number seven, 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5) to level the tie.
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09/17/2010
Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas has asked the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy for the 27-member block to put more pressure on Canada over the matter of visas for Czech citizens. Canada enforced visas for Czech nationals last year in reaction to a stream of predominantly Romany asylum seekers from the Czech Republic and has refused to reverse its decision. The European Commission has expressed solidarity with the Czech Republic and briefly considered the idea of introducing visas for Canadian diplomats in response, but never took the step. The Czech prime minister urged greater solidarity saying that the lack of action suggested the Czech Republic was viewed as a second-class member of the alliance.
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09/17/2010
A Prague court dealing with a complaint lodged by the state of Bavaria against a Czech publishing company over the publishing and sale of Hitler’s Mein Kampf in the Czech Republic has ordered the latter to withdraw the book from the market and destroy all copies on stock. Bavaria lodged the complaint in April of this year on the grounds that the Bavarian Finance Ministry owns the copyright to the book until 2015, seventy years after Hitler’s death. No representative of the Czech KMa publishers was present in court and it is not clear if they are planning to appeal the verdict.
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09/17/2010
Actor and former culture minister Martin Štěpánek committed suicide in his Prague residence on Thursday night. The police confirmed that Mr. Štěpánek shot himself, but have released no further details. Štěpánek came from a famous family of actors and spent more than ten years in exile after emigrating from communist Czechoslovakia in 1981. He asked for political asylum in Austria where he both acted and worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. After the fall of communism he moved back to Prague. Štěpánek served as culture minister in prime minister Mirek Topolánek’s centre-right government between September 2006 and January 2007.
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09/17/2010
Transport Minister Vít Bárta said stalled negotiations would continue with farmer Ludmila Havránková about the sale of her land which would allow the extension of the D 11 highway to Hradec Kralove. Efforts to acquire the respective three hectares of land which stand in the way of construction have continued for sixteen years with the last government threatening to expropriate the land on the grounds of public interest if an agreement was not reached soon. Minister Bárta said talks were being renewed and he hoped to be able to report a favourable outcome in a few weeks time.
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