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09/20/2006
On Wednesday the government recalled the director of the civil intelligence service, Karel Randak, from his post. The Office for Foreign Relations and Information, which Mr. Randak ran since 2004 works to gather intelligence abroad and falls under the jurisdiction of the interior ministry. Analysts say that Wednesday's decision is likely part of a larger plan to merge the Office for Foreign Relations and Information with the Czech Republic's main intelligence unit, BIS. Government ministers are preparing to propose a plan for the revamped intelligence service by October 31.
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09/20/2006
Some 200 people from all over the world who are of Czech origin are in Prague to attend the "Week of Czechs Living Abroad." They were welcomed by Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Foreign Minister Alexandr Vondra on Tuesday. The Week of Czechs Living Abroad centers around seminars and talks on relations between the Czech Republic and people with Czech ties abroad. It was first held in 1998 and is organized by the International Coordination Committee for Czechs Abroad, in cooperation with the Senate, Foreign Ministry, and Charles University and is held under the auspices of President Vaclav Klaus.
As part of the event, an award ceremony will take place on Friday to honour women of Czech origin for their outstanding achievement in art, science, sports, charity work, business, and public life. Among those nominated for the prize are Madeleine Albright and Ivana Trump. On the same day, a resolution will be made evaluating the Czech state's ties to problems faced by Czechs abroad. Accompanying programs include exhibitions, film screenings, and a tour of the National Archives.
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09/20/2006
In its Wednesday session, the lower house approved a proposal by the new Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Petr Necas, to raise pensions by an average of 500 crowns ($25 US) in 2007. The average monthly pension would thus rise from 8190 crowns to 8690 crowns. The same pension increase was already approved by the former Social Democratic government in August.
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09/20/2006
Young people planning to take out state loans towards the purchase of a home may soon find themselves up against more obstacles. The new Minister for Regional Development, Petr Gandalovic (a Civic Democrat), has announced that he intends to gradually halt a program introduced by the previous Social Democratic government. The program in question allows couples under 36 to borrow as much as 300 000 crowns towards the purchase of a home, and an additional 150 000 for renovations. A two percent annual interest rate is charged, and loans may be paid over the course of twenty years. The program began in December 2004 and thus far some 9000 applicants have been approved for the state loans. Mr. Gandalovic says that the country can not afford such a program, and that the expected rent deregulation in 2007 will help create a more favourable housing market for young people.
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09/20/2006
Masaryk University, located in the Moravian capital of Brno, has expanded classroom facilities to provide educational access to people with serious physical and mental disabilities. An agreement signed Wednesday between Masaryk University and IBM will make the increase in the university's student body possible, and open five new classrooms. IBM has agreed to provide technology and computer training in the amount of roughly 2.4 million crowns. Masaryk University decided to expand facilities for disabled students because the current number of students with disabilities registered totals 174, and numbers are expected to increase.
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09/20/2006
Czech javelin legend Jan Zelezny (40) has ended his amazing career a few days earlier than originally planned. A painful Achilles has forced Zelezny to withdraw from what would have been his final ever meeting at Yokohama on Sunday. The three-time Olympic and world champion holds the world record of 98.48 meters in the Javelin. On Tuesday, Zelezny said good-bye to the sport he loves in his birthplace of Mlada Boleslav. "I began my career here and I always wanted to end it here," said Zelezny, speaking on the sidelines of an athletics exhibition event held in his honour in Mlada Boleslav. Zelezny made a final throw of 82.19m. A member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Zelezny is set to devote the rest of his career to coaching and is undertaking a training course in Prague.
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09/19/2006
Czech doctors, pharmacists and hospital management say a meeting with new Civic Democrat health minister Tomas Julinek has been productive in finding ways out of the country's health crisis. Health workers from all spheres of the sector have been protesting at measures introduced by Minister Julinek's predecessor, Social Democrat David Rath, whose reforms they say have harmed patients and lacked efficiency. Mr Julinek is also scheduled to meet with the country's health insurers and presidents of three medical chambers.
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09/19/2006
At a meeting with President Vaclav Klaus at Prague Castle on Tuesday, King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia said he considers the Czech Republic his second home. The 52 year old monarch lived and studied in Prague for 13 years. He speaks fluent Czech and was presented with the Foreign Ministry's Gratias Agit award this year for promoting the good name of the Czech Republic abroad. During his one-week visit to the Czech Republic, which was launched on Tuesday, King Sihamoni will also receive honorary citizenship of Prague.
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09/19/2006
Some 200 people from all over the world, who are of Czech origin and are in Prague to attend the "Week of Czechs Living Abroad", were welcomed by Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Foreign Minister Alexandr Vondra on Tuesday. The Week of Czechs Living Abroad centres around seminars and talks on relations between the Czech Republic and people with Czech ties abroad. It was first held in 1998 and is organised by the International Coordination Committee for Czechs Abroad, in cooperation with the Senate, Foreign Ministry, and Charles University and is held under the auspices of President Vaclav Klaus.
As part of the event, an award ceremony will take place on Friday to honour women of Czech origin for their outstanding achievement in art, science, sports, charity work, business, and public life. Among those nominated for the prize are Madeleine Albright and Ivana Trump. On the same day, a resolution will be made evaluating the Czech state's ties to problems faced by Czechs abroad. Accompanying programmes include exhibitions, film screenings, and a tour of the National Archives.
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09/19/2006
New Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek opposes plans by a group representing Germans forced out of eastern Europe after World War Two to build a permanent centre on the expulsions. Reiterating a long-standing Czech position, the prime minister, leader of the right-wing Civic Democrats, said his government wanted relations with Germany to focus on "the present and the future". The Centre Against Expulsions, a foundation linked with the League of German Expellees, plans to build a permanent centre on the subject in Berlin.
The League represents 12.5 million Germans evicted from eastern Europe after the war, including about three million from former Czechoslovakia. Mr Topolanek said he would coordinate the Czech position with Poland, which also opposes the plan.
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