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05/20/2008
The Constitutional Court is to rule on May 28 on whether fees for health care, introduced as part of the government’s fiscal reforms at the beginning of this year, are in violation of the Constitution. The fees for a visit to the doctor, emergency treatment and hospitalization have come under severe criticism with opponents arguing that they should be covered out of the patient’s health insurance. The Communist Party recently filed a complaint about them with the Constitutional Court.
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05/20/2008
The police have charged 17 people with corruption in a case involving a manipulated tender at the Czech Defense Ministry. The accused allegedly attempted to influence the outcome of a tender for the operation of military and construction offices in the town of Litoměřice, North Bohemia, worth almost 15 million crowns (close to 1 million US dollars). An investigation is still underway and the police are not ruling out further arrests.
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05/20/2008
Australian customs officers have uncovered 15 geckos in parcels that someone was attempting to smuggle to the Czech Republic. Most of the lizards had died due to the lack of feed, water and air. According to the Australian police, the parcels containing the geckos were posted from four different towns in Australia, all of them bound for the Czech Republic. It is not the first incident of this kind and Australian and Czech police officers are working to trace what they believe to be an extensive network of animal smugglers. If caught the perpetrators could face up to ten years in prison.
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05/20/2008
An opinion survey conducted by the CVVM polling agency suggests that most Czechs are simply not interested in the country’s upcoming EU presidency. Seventy-five percent of respondents said the matter did not concern them, while just under fifty percent said that as EU president the Czech Republic would not have any greater influence on EU decision making than as a regular member. Only 24 percent of respondents said they were interested to see how their country would face up to the challenge. The Czech Republic is to take up the rotating EU presidency in January of 2009, replacing France. If the Lisbon Treaty, reforming the way the union is run, is ratified by all members by the end of the year it will come into effect during the Czech presidency.
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05/20/2008
Most Czechs have limited opportunities to upgrade their qualifications in their work time, at the expense of their company. The results of a survey conducted in 31 EU countries indicate that Finland and Sweden have the best trained work force while Turkey and Bulgaria the least. In general people with a university education have a better chance of upgrading their skills in their given field of expertise. On the other hand, Czechs are among the most stressed-out Europeans with seventy percent of respondents saying they are under constant pressure. Only the Fins and Swedes are under greater pressure at work.
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05/20/2008
Four Poles were killed and one severely injured when their car hit a tree in the north of the Czech Republic on Tuesday, the emergency services said. One person with suspected injuries to the stomach and pelvis was airlifted to hospital. The four others were dead on the spot. Police are investigating the accident.
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05/19/2008
Meteorologists have warned of the risk of local flooding in the north of the country after days of heavy rain and with more showers predicted over the next couple of days. Weather forecasters say that the flood alert could last until Wednesday morning. Up to 30 millimetres of rain are expected to fall in the next two days.
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05/19/2008
Teachers are going ahead with plans for a one day strike on June 9th despite Education Minister Ondřej Liška’s promise of more money from the state budget. The minister said on Monday that the government would earmark an extra 500 million crowns for teacher’s wages this year, adding that this was the absolute maximum teachers can get. However, the teachers' trade unions have demanded an extra 3 billion this year to counteract inflation. According to the unions, more than half of the country's 200,000 teachers are in favour of striking, and are ready to close down nursery, primary and secondary schools.
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05/19/2008
The Czech military police who have been monitoring the ongoing Greenpeace protests in the Brdy military area against the US radar base which is to be stationed there will apply stricter measures against tourists entering the area. More and more tourists enter the zone without permission, often ending up at the military grounds prohibited for civilians. A person violating the ban of entry without a permit can face a fine of up to 3,000 crowns. Two weeks ago, around 20 Greenpeace activists set up a camp in a clearing called Site 718, the spot chosen by officials from the U.S. Missile Defence Agency for the radar facility.
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05/19/2008
Most Czechs are not interested in the upcoming Czech presidency of the European Union, according to a poll conducted by the CVVM agency. Most people said they didn’t have enough information on the Czech EU presidency and only 24 percent of respondents said they were interested in the issue. The Czech Republic will assume the presidency of the European Union in January 2009. The motto of the Czech presidency is ‘Europe without barriers’ marking 20 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain and five years since the enlargement of the European Union.
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