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09/02/2008
Martin Langmajer, a Civic Democrat Prague councillor tasked with the liquidation of Prague’s Masaryk Station has publicly reversed his position on the future of the historic landmark. In a press conference, Mr Langmajer stated that he had every intention of preserving the station, contradicting prior statements that Prague will have to come to terms with the loss of this station. An announcement earlier this summer that the station would be replaced with shopping centres and a housing development led to an outcry in the public and media. Since then, Prague City Council has been attempting to clarify what it views as false rumours, noting that only unused tracks will be sold to developers.
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09/02/2008
Alžběta Pezoldová, step-sister to Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg has failed in her bid to have the Czech state award her possession of a castle in Hluboké nad Vltavou. The Czech Republic’s High Court made the ruling back in July, although it was only made available to the wider public on Tuesday. The castle once belonged to the powerful Schwarzenberg clan, but eventually fell into state ownership. Alžběta Pezoldová, who currently resides in Zimbabwe, has several other restitution cases pending in the Czech Republic, while a number of other restitution claims have also been rejected by the Czech courts.
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09/02/2008
The first monies connected to the placement of the proposed US radar base on Czech soil may arrive by September, according to the Czech Technical Institute. The payments are related to the deal signed between the US and Czech Republic during the summer, which stipulates that the US side will work closely with the Czech scientific community in various technology-related projects. This agreement means that the Czech Republic will have a favourable climate in which to introduce or sell Czech-developed technology to the US. For its part, the US will invest in projects which it deems of interest. One such project which has recently hit the headlines is a special drone pilot system, which does not require a human pilot.
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09/02/2008
This year’s wheat harvest is expected to total 7.6 million tonnes, around 1.2 million tonnes more than last year, according to new figures published by the Agriculture Ministry. The rise reflects a similar strong showing across the EU. In the Czech Republic’s case, the figures almost match a peak in 2004. However, farmers remain wary of continuing low wheat prices on the grain market. Last year, a tonne of wheat sold for 6000 crowns, at present it sells for only 4000. The Agriculture Ministry is advising farmers to store the grain until prices improve. However, the price of flour and other wheat products still remains high after a spike in prices in 2006 related to the global economic slowdown.
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09/02/2008
The Czech police have complained that people are stealing their cardboard cut-out comrades, used as decoys on roads to prevent speeding. The use of dummy police officers has been expanded in recent years, due to their apparent success in slowing down speeding motorists. However, police have now stated that they are rethinking their use following their widespread disappearance from locations across the country.
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09/01/2008
Thomas J. Baťa, former head of Czech shoe giant Baťa, has died in Toronto at the age of 93. Thomas J. Baťa was born on 17 September 1914 in the Moravian town of Zlín. He continued with the shoe-making tradition of his father Tomáš Baťa, who founded the famous company in Zlín in 1894. It gradually developed into one of the biggest footwear companies in the world. After the Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia in 1948, Baťa’s companies were nationalised and Thomas J. Baťa fled to Canada. The company resumed its business activities in the Czech Republic after 1989.
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09/01/2008
Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg says the crisis in Georgia is Russia’s way of testing the EU. He made the comment at a joint news conference with his Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik on Monday. The two foreign ministers met shortly before a special meeting in Brussels called to deal with the Russian-Georgian conflict. Minister Schwarzenberg said the situation was really serious, adding that the EU had to adopt a clear and firm attitude to the crisis if it didn’t want to be disregarded as a political project. The Czech foreign minister reiterated his suggestion that the 2014 winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi could be boycotted.
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09/01/2008
Some 50 people gathered in the centre of Prague to protest against the Russian intervention in Georgia. Other protests against Russian policy are also being held elsewhere in Europe at the occasion of the EU summit in Brussels on Russian-Georgian conflict.
Speaking ahead of the EU summit on Monday, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek said the situation in Georgia was serious and the country needed an immediate economic aid. The Czech Prime Minister made the comment after meeting his Georgian counterpart Vladimir Gurgenidze.
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09/01/2008
Czech government on Monday launched a campaign worth 10 million crowns, with the official aim to increase people’s awareness of the government’s work. The opposition Social Democrats argue that the campaign, launched just a few weeks ahead of the Senate and regional elections, serves a self promotion of the government and abuses public finances. Advertisements published in Czech dailies draw people’s attention to the changes the cabinet has pushed through since it was established in 2007.
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09/01/2008
The Czech Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the authorities of the village of Žďárek in northern Bohemia must return local forest to the heiress of the Walderode family. The formerly aristocratic family are leading an extensive legal battle to reclaim property nationalised under the post-war Beneš Decrees. Their property has been estimated as being worth 120 million crowns, and includes the state castle Hrubý Rohozec in the Turnov region. The court argued that the family did not act against Czechoslovakia’s interests. Monday’s ruling may be decisive in other restitution cases involving the Walderode family.
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