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  • Extraordinary general meeting of Ceska Aerolinie paves way for sale of freight terminal
    08/02/2007

    The national airline, Ceska Aerolinie, approved plans to sell its freight terminal at an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday. Central European Handling is expected to buy the terminal, in a deal which is thought to be worth more than 750 million CZK (37 million USD). Ceska Aerolinie is selling the terminal to cut its losses, which were posted at 400 million crowns last year. Analysts predict that with the sale of the terminal, and the airline's catering services, the company could make a slight profit of 42 million crowns in two year's time.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Czech Republic where Brits have the most problems abroad in Europe
    08/02/2007

    The Czech Republic has come fourth on a list of countries where British travellers need the most consular help, behind Thailand, Australia and India. The list was released by the British Foreign Office on Thursday. Between April 2005 and March 2006, 845 Brits needed consular assistance, 445 lost their passports, 36 were arrested and 52 went to hospital in the Czech Republic, mostly in Prague. A spokesperson for the Foreign Office linked the large number of accidents to the 'massive influx' of British stag and hen parties to the capital.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Cocaine cheaper and more readily-available in the Czech Republic
    08/02/2007

    Czech police and anti-drugs groups have warned that use of the drug cocaine is on the rise. According to a spokesperson from the National Anti-Drug Centre, one gram of cocaine now costs around 2000 CZK (100 USD), which is much cheaper than in the past. Despite the rise in cocaine's popularity, the number of addicts seeking treatment is still extremely low. Since 1997, only 0.5% of those being treated for drug addiction in the Czech Republic have been addicted to cocaine.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Press: First registered case of euthanasia of Czech citizen
    08/02/2007

    The first case of a Czech citizen paying to have his life ended has been registered in Switzerland, reported Mlada Fronta Dnes on Thursday. A further four Czechs are on the clinic's books, waiting to be consulted, the paper adds. Euthanasia is currently illegal in the Czech Republic; the only European countries where it is permitted are Holland, Belgium and Switzerland.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Czech humanitarian aid arrives in Macedonia and Albania
    08/02/2007

    Humanitarian aid to help Albanian and Macedonian fire-fighters arrived in the Balkans on Wednesday evening. The Czech Republic donated over 1 million CZK (50 thousand USD) worth of material aid to help battle forest-fires in the region. The aid has taken the form of fireman's helmets, protective shoes and gloves. Macedonia, who originally asked the Czech Republic for help, has declared a state of emergency.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Three quarters of Prague's drunk-tank visitors fail to pay for the service
    08/02/2007

    Only one quarter of those who spend a night in the Prague drunk-tank subsequently pay for their stay. Up to 17 people can be housed in the drunk-tank, which charges around 1800 CZK (90 USD) a night. The majority of those that end up there, though, are homeless and don't have the money to pay. So far this year, the debt racked up by drunken visitors is around 3.9 million CZK. The drunk-tank is subsidised by Prague city council to the value of 8.5 million CZK a year.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Slavia draw with Slovak side Zilina in Champions League qualifier
    08/02/2007

    Czech football club Slavia Prague drew 0:0 with Slovakia's Zilina in the first-leg of a Champions League second round qualifying tie on Wednesday. If Slavia can win the return leg in Prague next week, they will enter the third and final qualifying round. The club, who reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1996, have never made it into the more lucrative and prestigious Champions League.

    Weather

    It should be quite sunny over the next couple of days, with temperatures reaching up to 27 degrees centigrade.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • New system aims to stop overcharging by Prague taxi drivers
    08/01/2007

    The authorities in Prague have launched a system aimed at stopping taxi drivers overcharging passengers. Signs bearing the English words Fair Place appear at taxi ranks where special officials are meant to guarantee that drivers do not charge more than the set fare of CZK 28 (USD 1.40) a kilometre. Almost half of the city's 121 taxi ranks already have so-called administrators. One exception is a rank on Old Town Square, where the administrator is in a legal dispute with Prague Town Hall after being fired for failing to prevent overcharging.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Prosecutor defends role in show trial of Milada Horakova
    08/01/2007

    A prosecutor in the 1950 show trial of Milada Horakova has spoken out against her own prosecution on charges of judicial murder. Ludmila Brozova-Polednova told Lidove noviny that she had done no wrong by pressing charges against Horakova, who was falsely charged with treason and espionage. The woman insisted that Milada Horakova, who was exonerated after the fall of communism, had in fact been guilty. Ms Brozova-Polednova, who is 86, is one of only two surviving actors in what was one of Czechoslovakia's most notorious show-trials; Milada Horakova was the only woman to be executed for political reasons under the Communists.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Scouts celebrating 100th anniversary of start of movement
    08/01/2007

    Hundreds of scouts around the Czech Republic have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the scouting movement. One event involved 60 Czech scouts meeting 40 from Poland on the highest mountain in the Czech Republic, Snezka. There have also been scouts' gatherings on other Czech mountains, including Praded, Bezdez and Blanik.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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