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Czech Airlines is in the black for the first time in three years. The president of CSA, Radomir Lasak, told reporters on Tuesday that the airline had made a profit of over CZK 550 million in the first three quarters of this year. Mr Lasak said much of the profits in the first nine months of 2007 were down to the sale and leasing back of five Boeing planes, though he said the Czech national carrier would have gone into the black even without that deal.

The Czech and Austrian interior ministers have signed an agreement on co-operation during next year's European Football Championship, which is being hosted by Austria and Switzerland. Though the Czech Republic will then be in the Schengen zone, Vienna would have the right to carry out border controls during Euro 2008. However, that possibility was not discussed at Tuesday's meeting in Mikulov, said the Czech interior minister, Ivan Langer. Czech police will help their Austrian and Swiss counterparts monitor Czech fans when the Czech Republic is playing.

The deputy mayor of the south Moravian town of Trebic was taken to hospital on Monday after being attacked at the local town hall by a citizen. Milos Masek sustained injuries to his head, wrist and chest in the attack, which is believed to have been carried out by a man who was angry about the poor soundproofing in his municipality-owned apartment building. Mr Masek said he had shown the man the door when he began speaking offensively, whereupon the man jumped on his back and began hitting him.

Sparta Prague football club have taken a stand against hooligan elements among their supporters. Sparta on Tuesday announced a raft of measures aimed at bringing to an end anti-Semitic chanting and the letting off of forbidden flares. The club is also planning to bar some individual fans, and keep a record of those who gather in the "ultras" section at their Prague stadium.