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04/06/2010
The International Monetary Fund has reacted angrily to suggestions by the vice-governor of the Czech National Bank that the IMF had worsened the financial crisis in eastern Europe, the news website tyden.cz reported. In an interview for an Austrian newspaper, Mojmír Hampl said the IMF had accelerated the crisis in the region so as to find a new sphere of activity and receive more funding. Tyden.cz said IMF officials had been strongly critical of Mr Hampl’s comments and a leading figure in the organisation had discussed the matter with the governor of the Czech central bank, Zdeněk Tuma. Officials said on Friday that the remarks had represented Mr Hampl’s private view, not the position of the bank.
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04/06/2010
A judge has been sentenced to nine years in jail for criminal conspiracy. Jiří Berka was found guilty of making rulings on the basis of false documents in ten cases while he served as a bankruptcy judge in the North Bohemia region. He caused damage amounting to CZK 264 million to the companies in question, and also attempted to siphon another CZK 202 million from them. Two bankruptcy administrators also received nine-year terms for their part in the conspiracy. Other accomplices were given shorter prison sentences.
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04/06/2010
A special concert marking 50 years since the era of Czechoslovak 1960s pop music known as bigbít (big beat) will be held at Prague’s O2 Arena in October. Nine groups will take part in the four-hour show, among them Pavel Sedláček & Cadillac, Olympic, Blue Effect and Matadors; the bill will also feature some contemporary bands.
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04/06/2010
After reaching the final of the Miami Masters on Sunday, Tomáš Berdych has now become the Czech men’s tennis number one. Berdych, who was beaten for the title by Andy Roddick of the United States, is now ranked 16th in the world. The 24-year-old’s best ranking to date has been ninth. Berdych’s strong run at Miama lifted him above compatriot Radek Štěpánek, who is now 19th in the world. Štěpánek is currently taking a break from tennis after being hit by fatigue syndrome
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04/06/2010
The new manager of Slavia Prague football club František Cipro continued his winning start with a 3:0 home win over Bohemians 1905 on Monday evening. In his first game in charge on Thursday, Slavia beat their biggest rivals Sparta Prague 1:0 in the first leg of the Czech cup quarter-finals. Cipro replaced Karel Jarolím as boss after the latter parted company with Slavia following a run of poor results; during Jarolím’s five years in charge the club won back-to-back league titles for the first time in decades and reached the Champions League for the first time ever.
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04/05/2010
Tens of thousands of believers attended Easter mass celebrated in Catholic and Protestant churches around the country. Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who is due to retire next week as head of the Czech Catholic Church, celebrated the main Easter mass at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral on Sunday. His successor, the new Archbishop of Prague Dominik Duka took leave of his congregation in Hradec Králove where he has served as bishop of the Hradec Králove Diocese since 1998. He was appointed the 36th Archbishop of Prague in February of this year.
Easter Monday is a public holiday in the Czech Republic, though unlike Sunday’s church celebrations, it is linked to pagan traditions celebrating the arrival of spring and the birth of new life.
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04/05/2010
Cardinal Miloslav Vlk is planning to undertake a several-month-long study stay in Israel after he hands over the post to the new archbishop of Prague Dominik Duka on April 10. A spokesman for the Prague Archbishopric said the outgoing cardinal wanted to give his successor space in forming his own policies, and he also wanted to devote time to travel and religious studies. The cardinal is retiring at his own request on the grounds of health and advanced age.
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04/05/2010
US and Russian security and logistics teams have arrived in Prague to prepare for an upcoming visit by US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev. The two heads of state are due to sign a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty in the Czech capital on Thursday and hold a series of bilateral talks. The US president is moreover meeting with 11 Central and East European leaders who are all expected to arrive on Thursday. The high-profile event is accompanied by a massive security operation.
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04/05/2010
A new visa codex for all Schengen countries has come into effect as of April 5. The new codex introduces a standardized visa application form for all member states and is relevant for stays of over 90 days. In future applicants whose visa request is rejected will be entitled to an explanation and will be able to appeal the decision within a certain time frame.
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04/05/2010
There is reported to be growing tension between the inhabitants of Prague’s Libuše district and the Vietnamese minority which is centred around the SAPA market place known as Little Hanoi. The economic crisis has left many Vietnamese unemployed and hundreds of them reportedly hang out at the SAPA market place which the locals claim has turned into a ghetto. People living in the market’s immediate vicinity say that they have problems with Vietnamese drug addicts who shoot up in public. According to the CTK news agency the locals are considering setting up community patrols in the area.
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