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07/11/2010
Spanish director Agusti Vila's film "The Mosquito Net" won the main prize at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday night. A jury led by US producer Ron Yerxa picked Vila's film featuring Geraldine Chaplin in a silent role as the Grand Prix-Crystal Globe winner out of the 12 movies in the competition. The film recounts the story of members of a rich family, plagued by guilt, who have problems communicating with each other.
“Kooky” by Oscar-winning Czech director Jan Svěrák earned the Special Jury Prize. A German, French, Swiss and Romanian co-production 'Aurora' by Romanian director Cristi Puiu won the East of the West section, Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov and Slovak director Juraj Herz were presented with Crystal Globes for their outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema.
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07/11/2010
This year’s Karlovy Vary festival attracted fewer visitors and fewer films were screened than in 2009. The total number of visitors was just under 127,000, that is a drop of around 5,000 compared with a year ago. The number of films screened was 207. This compares with the 232 full length films and documentaries screened in 2009. Organisers said the drop in the number of new films screened had allowed them to repeat some favourites.
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07/11/2010
The head of the Czech branch of the corruption fighting organisation Transparency International said he remained to be convinced about many aspects of the incoming government’s anti-corruption programme. Director David Ondráčka said on Sunday during a tv debate that he was surprised some of the 17-points to deal with corruption were there at all and were priorities. He added that all governments came in with big proclamations and intentions about corruption but these later evaporated. The coalition government programme calls for a new law on lobbying, more vigorous checks on the assets of public officials, stricter penalties for proven cases of corruption, and for major tenders to be entirely public and on-line.
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07/11/2010
Two people drowned on Saturday as many people sought relief in pools, lakes and rivers from record temperatures. A 22-year-old man drowned in a lake near the central Bohemian town of Brandýs nad Labem. He is thought to have to have got into difficulties when trying to rescue a child who fell from their inflatable. His body has still not been recovered. A woman was found drowned at the family pool at the town of Zadní Třeban in central Bohemia.
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07/11/2010
The 18th four day music festival at Boskovice, between Olomouc and Brno, drew to a close on Sunday. Organiser, Unijazz, estimates around 4,000 people attended the mix of musical and cultural events and exhibitions. The festival was originally held to help draw attention and restore the old Jewish quarter of the town, a task which has now been largely completed. This year’s festival featured the reading by writer Radka Denemarková of her book “Money From Hitler, ” which recounts the attempt by a woman who returns from a Nazi concentration camp to get justice.
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07/11/2010
The Czech Republic has secured a place in the Davis cup semifinals after taking a 3: 0 lead against Chile on Saturday. Jan Hájek and Lukáš Dlouhý got the all important third point in the doubles against Nicolas Massu and Jorge Aguilar. The score was 7:6, 6:3, 3:6, 6:3. Ivo Minář and Hájek earlier won their opening singles. The Czech squad was dubbed a ‘B’ team given the absence of top singles players Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štěpánek. The Czechs are now set up in September to play Serbia which won its tie against Croatia.
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07/10/2010
TOP 09 leader and incoming Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg will be the first deputy prime minister in the new centre-right coalition. The news was reported by the Czech News Agency which said it had obtained a copy of an appendix to the three-way agreement. Public Affairs’ leader Radek John will be a deputy prime minister, it added. Prime Minister Petr Nečas has said the agreement should be signed on Monday following approval by the three parties. President Václav Klaus is scheduled to appoint the new government on July 13.
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07/10/2010
An internet referendum on the coalition agreement being held by the Public Affairs party resumed on Saturday morning. Technical problems with the server on Friday led to voting being temporarily abandoned. Around 17,000 members of the party have been asked to vote on the simple question of whether they approve of the coalition deal. The party leadership expects a clear vote in favour since they say around 80 percent of the membership has so far reacted positively to the outcome of talks over various policy areas. The final results should be known on Monday.
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07/10/2010
Iconic Czech company Tatra is looking to assemble its lorries in Russia or other parts of the former Soviet Union according to a report by the company board. The idea of setting up local assembly plants is aimed at avoiding local import duties which are hurting lorry sales by the firm based in Kopřivnice in the far east of the country. The former Soviet Union used to be the main market for Tatra trucks. Company general director Ronald Adams has also said that the company should target sales to South-East Asia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Australia and India. Tatra has recently been hit hard by the turndown in international truck sales caused by the global economic crisis.
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07/10/2010
The 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will culminate on the evening of July 10 with the award of the main prizes. The top Grand Prix with the award of the festival Crystal Globe will be made for the best feature film. Juries will also announce the best documentary films and the East of the West award for films made in Eastern Europe. The audience’s selection of best film will also be announced. The festival in the West Bohemian spa town ran from July 2.
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