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04/20/2015
Prague Castle made public on Monday the first of several articles by 20th century journalist Ferdinand Peroutka which it considers controversial, the Czech News Agency said Monday. President Zeman’s spokesman Jiří Ovčáček telegraphed last week the office of the president would do so in the coming days; the article was published in Přítomnost (The Presence) in February of 1939 but is not a written piece the president mentioned earlier this year called “Hitler is a gentleman” which he alleged the journalist had written. No evidence of such an article has been uncovered. Peroutka’s granddaughter Terezie Kaslová has challenged the claim and said last week she would sue the Czech state for slander. The president’s spokesman and team have been searching for said article; if it is not found President Zeman has promised to apologize.
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04/20/2015
Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has suggested that the European Union needs to help stem the flow of migrants from North African countries, providing funds for states to help try and reinstate local institutions and create a possible security cordon and detention areas. The aim should also be to try and improve local living conditions. EU foreign and interior ministers are meeting on Monday in Luxembourg to discuss the problem following the deaths of hundreds of migrants trying to reach Europe whose vessel sank off the coast of Libya. According to the UN, the North Africa-Italy route has become the world’s deadliest. EU foreign policy head Federica Mogherini has called it a moral responsibility for Europe to act. But she stressed there was “no easy” or “magic” solution. An emergency EU summit may be scheduled for later this week to focus on the problem of human trafficking.
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04/20/2015
Czech tennis player Tomáš Berdych has reclaimed 7th spot in the ATP world rankings having reached the final at Monte Carlo. The player, however, lost on Sunday against Novak Djokovic. The final score was 7:5, 4:6, 6:3. Berdych has not won a tournament in 2015 although he reached tournament finals three times.
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04/20/2015
Litvínov were moments away from winning the Extraliga playoff final on Sunday when Třinec scored with 36 seconds remaining. The club then edged Litvínov in a penalty shootout to force game six in the best-of-seven series. The winning goal was scored by Vladimír Dravecký.
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04/19/2015
Former prime minister Mirek Topolánek, who led the centre-right Civic Democrats until 2009, has left the ranks of his former party by not renewing membership by not paying his dues. Mr Topolánek confirmed he had left the party, having spoken not long ago with current leader Petr Fiala. Since leaving politics, the former PM has worked in the energy sector. In his political heyday Mr Topolánek clashed most often with former Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek; during the Czech EU presidency, Topolánek's government was toppled in a vote of no confidence. He stayed on as party leader but was forced to step down amidst controversial remarks for a gay magazine in 2010.
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04/19/2015
Hockey goaltender Petr Mrázek may have been phenomenal in the Red Wings opening game in the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but was less than stellar on Saturday when he allowed four goals on 18 shots. He was pulled after allowing the fourth; the Lightening went on to win 5:1. Mrázek will reportedly return for Game 3. The series is currently tied at one apiece.
The Winnipeg Jets' Ondřej Pavelec, meanwhile, stopped 37 shots on Saturday but his team still lost by a score of 2:1 against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
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04/19/2015
The Czech women's tennis team has secured a berth in the final of this year's Fed Cup. The squad clinched a third point on Sunday, putting the final out of reach for the French, when Petra Kvitová defeated opponent Caroline Garcia in straight sets. The final score was 6:4, 6:4. The Czechs are the defending champions; they will face either Germany or Russia in the final, held in November.
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04/19/2015
A military training centre in Výškov will see an increase in the number of recruits trained in the coming years, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka confirmed during a visit on Saturday. The number of recruits and members of the active reserve should increase by some 2,000 annually. The PM made clear that the Výškov Defence Academy was prepared to shoulder the extra workload and higher number of trainees. He also confirmed the government aimed to increase defence spending from the present 1 percent to 1.4 percent by 2020. Finance Minister Anrej Babiš said late Saturday he had promised to gradually increase the defence budget by 20 billion crowns; the minister is currently on a visit to the US.
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04/19/2015
Hundreds of people from seven localities on Saturday held simultaneous events in protest of a nuclear waste repository being planned by the government. Protestors walked along paths that would be closed to the public if a repository were built in their respective area. This was the first time that protests were held on the same day in all seven areas. If built, the nuclear waste repository will go into operation in 2065. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said he believed that the state would find a reasonable solution that people would not oppose. He told Czech TV the aim was to create a repository which would not be a threat to the environment. Once a suitable location is chosen, the deep geological facility will take some 15 years to complete.
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04/19/2015
Firefighters worked on Saturday evening and most of the night to control a blaze at a ranch in the area of Beroun, outside of Prague, which began at around 5 PM. Firefighters appeared to get the fire under control by 8 PM but found there were still flash fires in the attic sections. A spokesman confirmed the operation was a difficult one. Damage to the site has been estimated at six million crowns.
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