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07/13/2017
Alphonse Mucha’s monumental series of paintings The Slav Epic should go on show at an exhibition at Prague’s Municipal House some time next year, a spokesperson for the Prague City Gallery said. The paintings have been placed in the gallery’s depositary after returning from an exhibition in Japan’s Tokyo that was seen by over 650,000 people. There are no plans at present to loan the Slav Epic to other cities outside the Czech Republic. Mucha helped create the interiors of the Art Nouveau Municipal House.
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07/13/2017
In football, the Czech Republic’s under 19 team failed to book a place in the UEFA European finals being played in Georgia. The Czechs were beaten in the last minute in the semi-final game against England with a back heeled goal by substitute Lukas Nmecha as the match appeared to be heading into extra time. The other finalists will be Portugal which beat the Netherlands by a sole goal.
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07/13/2017
Czech minister of interior, Milan Chovanec, has replied to criticism of the Czech Republic by one of the interior security experts of one of Germany’s main government parties. Armin Schuster, an expert for the CDU, attacked both the Czech Republic and Poland for their alleged failure to properly police their domestic territory. Schuster said that failure was highlighted when Germany reinstated border controls last week in connection with the G20 summit in Hamburg and many wanted people were found who had crossed into the country. Schuster added that the European Commission should quickly investigate the claimed failings. Chovanec said Schuster’s comments failed to reflect the high level of police cooperation between Czech and German forces.
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07/12/2017
In tennis, Czech player Tomáš Berdych reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon on Wednesday night. Opponent Serb Novak Djokovic retired after losing the first set on a tie-break and trailing in the second set by two games to love. Berdych will now face Swiss Roger Federer for a place in the final. Berdych, the 11th seed, last beat Federer on grass on his way to the Wimbledon finals in 2010. Federer came through his semi-final in straight sets.
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07/12/2017
The culture minister has decried a move by the lower house of parliament to reject a proposed new law on protection of the country’s cultural heritage saying that it was surprising and ‘a dirty trick and added the final vote was the result of political manoeuvres and lobbying.’ Herman said the proposed new law would have offered better and more efficient care. But he added that Czech cultural heritage could still be protected under the current much amended 30 years old rules. Members of government parties failed to vote in a single block for the new rules.
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07/12/2017
The Czech lower house of parliament has approved an army mission of up to 290 as part of an international NATO group in the Baltics. The mission in Latvia and Lithuania should last throughout 2018 and into January 2019. 119 out of the 165 members of parliament voted in favour. The mission still has to be approved by the upper house, the Senate. The Czech foreign minister described the mission as a significant Czech contribution to NATO.
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07/12/2017
The official unemployment rate in the Czech Republic fell to 4.0 percent in June from May’s 4.1, the Czech Labour Office announce. The June rate is the lowest for 19 years with just over 297,000 people registered as seeking work. The number of vacancies rose to 185,500 meaning that there are an average 1.6 job seekers for every vacant place. There is still wide disparities in the jobless rate across the country.
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07/12/2017
International police cooperation agency Interpol has rejected a request for an international arrest warrant to be served on a Czech Member of the European Parliament. Interpol refused the request for MEP Jaromír Štětina following a request from authorities in Azerbaijan. The move followed a visit by the MEP to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in February during which Štětina denounced moves being made by authorities in Azerbaijan. They said his comments helped fuel tension in the region disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Czech said the demand for an arrest warrant was aimed at scaring off international experts and commentators against speaking out against the Baku government.
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07/12/2017
The annual rate of Czech inflation slowed in June to 2.3 percent, 0.1 percentage point lower than the May figure, the Czech Statistical Office announced on Wednesday. The monthly inflation rate was unchanged. The annual figure stemmed largely from a slowdown in price rises for transport and cheaper clothes and footwear outweighing rising costs for food and drink.
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07/12/2017
The weather on Thursday is expected to be cloudy with sunny intervals across most of the country with the possibility of storms and rain in the north. Top daytime temperatures will range between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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