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01/22/2010
The Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Michael Kocáb has suggested updating the Czech labor law to crack down on employers who don’t respect the privacy of their employees. The new law would make it possible for inspectors of the Ministry of Labor to search companies for hidden cameras and spying software installed on employee’s computers. In addition, the ministry could fine employers if they breach their employees’ privacy. While unwarranted spying on employees is already banned by current laws, some employers take advantage of their authority to spy on their staff.
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01/22/2010
The Vinselekt Michlovský in Moravia was the biggest winner at the Prague Wine Trophy awards, where it picked up 11 medals. The competition, which organizers say is the biggest of its kind in the Czech Republic, gave out over 300 medals; over 1000 wines were submitted to the competition this year. Awards were handed out on Friday afternoon, at a tasting gala at Prague’s Břevnov monastery. The competition is one of many wine-related events happening during the Prague Wine Week, which is taking place for the second time this year.
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01/22/2010
An employee of a company that provides snow-clearing services died after falling 12 floors from the roof of an apartment building while he was working on Friday. Police and the man’s colleague tried to provide first aid but the man, who was 33, died on the spot. Police said that the incident, which occurred in a suburb of the north Moravian city of Ostrava, was more than likely an accident.
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01/22/2010
After the birth of another Golden Takin, the Liberec zoo now boasts six of the endangered goat-antelope species. The Golden Takin is native to China, and the zoo in Liberec is the only zoo outside of that country and Japan that displays members of this endangered species. The baby was born to parents Adam and Eva, two older Golden Takins that were imported to the Czech Republic from China in 2002.
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01/22/2010
The Czech Republic’s team for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next month will be the biggest ever, with 88 members. Among the country’s main medal hopefuls are the speed skater Martina Sáblíková and the cross country skier Lukáš Bauer. While the Czech Olympic Committee has set the financial rewards it will give team members who win medals in Canada, officials admit they would not have sufficient funding to pay the ice hockey team if it wins gold in Vancouver; however, they say they are hopeful a sponsor could be found to cover any such shortfall. The Winter Olympics get underway on February 12.
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01/21/2010
At a press conference in Prague on Thursday, Czech President Vaclav Klaus and visiting Polish President Lech Kaczynsky warned against a greater centralization of power in the European Union and argued that the Lisbon Treaty should not turn it into a federation ruled by a few heavyweights. The two leaders, who share Eurosceptic views, criticized the EU for allegedly being slow and inefficient in dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, which they blamed on the new working structure of the EU, where it was still not clear who was responsible for what. Both expressed themselves in favour of further enlargement saying the EU should not become a closed club.
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01/21/2010
The Senate’s foreign affairs committee on Thursday expressed support for the government’s proposal to increase the 500 strong Czech presence in Afghanistan by 100 men. The Czech foreign and defense ministries have argued that a stronger presence is essential for the Czech Republic to be able to fulfill its tasks in assisting the war-torn country’s reconstruction over the next three years. The Czech mission will require around 100 million crowns a year. The Czechs are stationed in the southern province of Logar where they are assisting in building schools, waterworks and hospitals as well as training Iraqi police.
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01/21/2010
The results of a Eurobarometer poll published on Thursday suggest that Czechs trust EU institutions more than they trust their own government. This despite the fact that few respondents had a clear idea about how the EU functions. The poll revealed that 60 percent of Czechs trust the European Parliament and the European Commission while the Czech government got a 37 percent trust rating and the Czech Parliament a mere 15 percent. Sixty-three percent of Czechs think EU membership has benefited their country. Experts say the high level of trust in EU institutions stems from the fact that many Czechs are hoping that strict EU norms will improve the Czech environment.
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01/21/2010
Czech jockey Josef Váňa has been presented with the Czech Olympic Committee’s Jiří Guth-Jarkovský prize for the best sport achievement of the year. A legend of Czech horse-racing, Mr. Váňa won the Grand Pardubice steeplechase for the sixth time last October at the age of 56. The country’s most popular jockey was recently awarded a high state distinction by President Vaclav Klaus for his life-long contribution to horse racing. Mr. Váňa said he hoped the awards would help promote the sport he had dedicated his life to.
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01/21/2010
The Czech Foreign Ministry has rejected criticism regarding the process of issuing Czech visas to Russian nationals. The statement comes in response to a complaint from the Czech Association of Travel Agencies according to which the process of issuing visas to Russian applicants had got slower and more complicated after the foreign ministry had employed a private firm to do the job. Foreign Minister Jan Kohout said on Thursday that the procedure was fully in line with accepted standards elsewhere in the EU and that the vast majority of applicants received a visa within five days. He said that under a Czech-Russian agreement Russian applicants should receive a visa within ten days.
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