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03/13/2009
Czech police have begun preparing security measures for next month’s EU-US summit in the Czech capital, which will include a visit by US President Barack Obama. On Thursday police president Oldřich Martinů revealed that around 2,500 officers would assist in areas. He added that the planned measures by Czech officials were being consulted with the US. The framework is not expected to exceed measures in place, for example, during the 2007 visit by Mr Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush. Barack Obama, the 44th US president, will visit the Czech Republic on April 4th and 5th.
Prague residents have been warned to expect traffic restrictions, with key areas, such as Prague Castle, to be closed off.
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03/13/2009
Czech deputy defence minister Martin Bartak has signed a contract with the General Dynamics Group, which includes the Austrian firm Steyr, for 107 Pandur II armoured personnel carriers. The Czech government approved the deal in early March and the price of the order, including logistics and training, is 14.4 billion crowns. The Czech military will receive the first Pandurs this year and the last in 2013. After they pass military tests, the APCs should be deployed in the military missions abroad, primarily in Afghanistan.
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03/13/2009
Police have charged a 26-year-old Czech man for having allegedly caused more than 50 million crowns in damages through film piracy. According to reports, the suspect –from the Bruntál area in the northeast of the country – was offering more than 600 illegally-copied titles over the internet. The illegal copies were delivered through the mail from February to September of last year. The man has been accused of copyright infringement; if found guilty he could face up to two years in prison.
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03/13/2009
A Czech court has sentenced Pavel Minařík, a well-known former agent of the communist-era secret police the StB, to 4.5 years in prison for insurance fraud. In 1996, Mr Minařík allegedly had material belonging to his company set on fire in Ukraine in order to claim insurance money worth millions of crowns. The defendant, who pled not guilty, has appealed the verdict. Under communism, the former agent was hailed as a hero in connection with a plan to carry out a bomb attack on Radio Free Europe’s Munich headquarters.
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03/13/2009
The Czech Republic saw a sixth annual increase in births in 2008, but family life suffered with the divorce rate climbing to an all-time high, official data showed Friday. The Czech Statistical Office said the population rose by 86,400 to 10,467,542 people, as 119,600 children were born. 71,800 foreigners moved in and 104,900 people died. "The average number of children born to one woman grew to 1.5," the Czech Statistical Office said. New births were at their highest since 1993.
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03/13/2009
Czech skier Šárka Záhrobská has taken the bronze medal in the World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden. The skier led after her first run, but fell behind in her second, beaten by France’s Sandrine Aubert and Germany’s Fanny Chmelar. Maria Riesch, who was fifth, is the slalom discipline champ for the season. Záhrobská moved up to second place overall with 459 points. The final race of the season Saturday in Are will be the giant slalom.
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03/12/2009
A two-day international conference is underway in Prague to mark the 10th anniversary of the country’s entry into NATO. The event is being staged in the Czech upper house, the Senate, with guests including the alliance’s current Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. The Czech Republic entered NATO on March 12, 1999, along with two other former Warsaw Pact members, Poland and Hungary. A poll by the STEM agency showed 73 percent of Czechs surveyed believe NATO entry was the right step to take. EU defence ministers are also meeting in the Czech capital on Thursday and Friday for informal talks.
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03/12/2009
During a meeting with NATO representatives in Prague President Václav Klaus said the alliance was one of the pillars of the free world and must remain the basis of European defence architecture. Mr. Klaus said that NATO had given the Old Continent 64 years of peace, had contributed to the end of the Cold War and had a new role to play in the 21st century.
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03/12/2009
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said that along with international terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and energy security the Atlantic Alliance also faces the challenge of an increasingly self-assured Russia which did not hesitate to use force to defend its own interests in the closest neighbouring countries. The foreign minister said that NATO enlargement should not end with the accession of Croatia and Albania later this year. The question of NATO’s policy towards Russia has become one of the most debated issues at the conference with some delegates arguing that Russia should be invited to cooperate more closely with the alliance and treated as a partner and ally.
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03/12/2009
In a Czech Radio interview devoted to the NATO anniversary, the former Czech president Václav Havel said he believed the alliance should end at Russia’s borders, but he argued in favour of accepting Belarus and Ukraine if they were able to meet the respective criteria. The alliance must be defined both by common values and geographically – it cannot be extended forever, Mr. Havel said.
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