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05/14/2015
The Ministry of Finance is making concessions to the lobbying from betting companies, the global corruption watchdog Transparency International and Občané proti hazardu public association announced on Thursday. The ministry has reportedly softened the draft lottery law, leaving out certain measures for protecting gamblers and cancelling limits on the number of gambling venues and the amount a person can win or lose. The head of Transparency International, David Ondráčka, said the ministry should return to the original draft of the legislation. The Finance Ministry has denied the accusations.
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05/14/2015
Czech Minister of Defence Martin Stropnický and the Algerian deputy minister of defence, Ahmed Gaid Salah, have signed an agreement on bilateral military cooperation. The ten-year deal is a prerequisite for the development of mutual cooperation, including training and fighting against terrorism, the Defence Ministry said on its website. Mr Stropnický, who arrived in Algeria on Wednesday for an official visit, has also met with the country’s president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He said Algeria was the Czech Republic’s crucial partner, representing an island of stability in the unstable region.
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05/14/2015
The Arnošt Lustig award, founded in honour of the late Czech writer by the Czech-Israeli chamber of commerce, will go to Petr Sýkora, philanthropist and co-founder of the Good Angel foundation, which is providing help to people with serious illness through a network of donors. The project was established in 2011 and since then, more than 40,000 people joined. Mr Sýkora will be given the prize during a special ceremony on Thursday evening. The award, which was established in 2011, seeks to honour figures of Czech society who fight for moral and human values.
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05/14/2015
The 21st international book fair and literary festival Svět knihy or Book World got underway in Prague on Thursday. The event brings together writers and publishers from around the world. Among this year’s guests will be German author Thomas Brussig and Swiss writer Jonathan Lewinsky. Egypt is the festival’s guest of honour this year with a series of programmes dedicated to Egyptian literature. The Book World Prague 2015 goes on until Sunday.
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05/14/2015
The English Premier League club Arsenal is reportedly moving closer to a deal to sign Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech, the daily idnes.cz reported on Thursday. According to the website, Čech’s manager Viktor Kolář was recently in London to discuss the player’s future. According to the British media, Arsenal manager Arséne Wenger is currently willing to make a bid of up to 10 million pounds (around 382 million crowns) for Čech. The 32-year-old Czech has been second choice ‘keeper for Chelsea after Belgian Thibaut Courtois since the start of this season. Čech is said to be keen to stay on in London and he previously told journalists he was ready to change clubs during the summer transfer window, which starts on 1 July.
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05/14/2015
The Czech Republic earlier this year blocked the shipment of technology to Iran which could have been used to enrich uranium, according to a report by the news agency Reuters. The Czech case was highlighted in a report by a United Nations committee on sanctions against Iran, Reuters said. The Czech incident related to an attempt to buy compressors produced by the company Howden ČKD Compressors in January. The compressors could be used for both nuclear and non-nuclear applications, it said. The attempted purchase was blocked by Czech authorities.
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05/14/2015
In ice hockey, Czech forward Jaromír Jagr has been cleared as almost certain to play in the world championship quarter final against Finland on Thursday night. Worries surfaced after Jagr was withdrawn from the ice during the first period of the group match against Switzerland on Tuesday with a suspected groin strain. The team physiotherapist Pavel Kolář later said that the 43-year-old was likely to be fit. The Czechs have a poor record against Finland over recent years, picking up more defeats than wins against them.
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05/13/2015
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has attacked European Commission plans to create a mechanism for sharing out refugees between EU countries. A proposal to be present by the end of the month would propose the EU offer to take 20,000 refugees over the next two year who would be endangered if they stayed in their own countries. The Czech share of the quota would be 2.3 percent or 523 people. Sobotka said that the Czech Republic is willing to step up its help to refugees but that decisions needed to be taken on a national basis and not according to some EU formula. The Czech Republic was not a final destination for most refugees and there would be no way of keeping those allocated to the country under the proposed formula, he said.
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05/13/2015
The Czech Republic has scored moderately in the biggest ever ranking of countries school performances carried out by the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD). The Czechs came in 21st,, just behind Britain, out of the 76 countries around the world surveyed. Poland one of the higher scorers in eleventh place, Slovakia came 37th. The top five scorers, in tests based maths and science ability of 15 year olds, were Asian countries and the bottom five were African. But the good news for many African and Latin American countries is that modest improvements in their education results could translate in major advances in their economic performance.
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05/13/2015
A new collective wage agreement has been hammered out between management and workers at Czech Airlines with the help of a mediator. According to unions, the new deal will make good some of the dramatic wage cuts imposed in February when the previous wages and conditions deal expired. A new collective deal has been sought ever since. The ČTK news agency reported that earlier cuts in pay for pilots of around 25% would be around half that amount under the proposed new deal. Airline management have refused to comment on the deal before it is approved by the company board.
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