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02/20/2007
The European Commission is planning to refuse a Czech request for emissions permits for the years 2008 to 2012, Lidove noviny reported. The paper said Brussels does not like the fact that the Czech government has asked for a greater volume of tolerated carbon dioxide emissions than Czech factories have to date released into the atmosphere. A Commission official said the Czech request was unjustified and would have to be reduced.
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02/20/2007
All 15 members of the Czech Television Council have acquired certificates proving they were not members of the pre-1989 People's Militia, a lower house official said. On Wednesday the council will discuss the case of Czech TV programming director Frantisek Lambert, who admits to having been in the People's Militia; members of the communist paramilitary group swore to kill anyone who tried to overthrow the regime. Czech TV director Jiri Janecek is also under pressure for allowing Mr Lambert to hold such a high position.
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02/20/2007
Police in Ostrava have charged a mother and son with attempted bodily harm after they set upon members of the rescue services. The son, 21, attacked an ambulance worker who attempted to measure the blood pressure of the mother, who was drunk to the point of unconsciousness. The woman, who is 57, joined in the attack when she came to, police said.
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02/20/2007
A Brno musician is planning a special concert as a thank you for the sympathy and support he received after his valuable instrument was stolen. A thief took Jan Skrdlik's rare 1848 cello, but returned it after the musician made a public appeal. Mr Skrdlik is holding the free concert in a Brno church this Saturday - the unknown thief has also been invited.
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02/20/2007
Czechs spent almost twenty percent more on perfumes in 2006 than the previous year, according to Hospodarske noviny. It said the increase in sales was largely due to the spread of cosmetics and perfumes chains, which now have almost 100 outlets between them in the Czech Republic. The most popular perfume brands are Dior, Hugo Boss and Donna Karan.
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02/20/2007
Prague customs police seized 19 tonnes of peanuts imported from China due to high levels of carcinogenic toxins, a spokesperson said. The importer will now have to either destroy the nuts or take them to a country outside the European Union.
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02/19/2007
The Czech Republic and Poland will probably give their consent to the construction of a new US missile defence system on their territory, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and his Polish counterpart Jaroslaw Kaczynski have announced. Both prime ministers said after a meeting in Warsaw that they would probably react positively to a US request to build a rocket base in Poland and a radar facility in the Czech Republic. They also said that they did not expect a referendum on the issue to be held in their countries.
Meanwhile, the commander of Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces, Nikolay Solovtsov, has told journalists that if the Polish and Czech bases are built, the Russian army would aim some of its missiles at the facilities.
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02/19/2007
On Monday, the Czech Social Democrats said they offered to negotiate an out-of-court settlement with a lawyer who is suing the party for money he claims he is owed for legal services. Zdenek Altner claims he is owed 19 billion crowns or 889 million US dollars from the Social Democrats for services he gave them in a legal dispute over the ownership of the party's headquarters in the 1990s. The Constitutional Court eventually ruled that the Social Democrats could keep their party building in 2000. Mr Altner says his contract with the Social Democrats meant he was entitled to money amounting to 10% of the value of the property or 93 million Czech crowns (4.3 million USD), which eventually rose to 19 billion crowns due to fines and late-payment penalties. Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek said his party's offer included a sum that the Social Democrats thought was acceptable. He also said Mr Altner's demands were exaggerated and unsubstantiated and would not stand up in court.
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02/19/2007
The Czech Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil has said he intends to introduce legislation that would allow Czechs whose phones have been illegally wiretapped by the police to claim compensation. Under a proposed amendment to the penal code, Mr Pospisil intends to make it obligatory for police to inform people whose phones were bugged within one year of the completion of the investigation in question. They would then have the right to file a compensation lawsuit if they thought the bugging was illegal. The draft legislation also tightens the rules under which wiretapping would be allowed. If passed, bugging would only be permitted if the information and proof the police need cannot be obtained in any other way.
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02/19/2007
A Czech Radio station has reported that Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek, who is currently facing corruption charges, made a substantial property investment in 2000 but has not yet explained the circumstances surrounding the deal. The Radio Cesko station reported that the Christian Democrat politician bought a share worth 500,000 Czech crowns or 23,000 US dollars in a holiday cabin in Jeseniky, North Moravia. Mr Cunek has admitted that he made the investment but has declined to give any details about the transaction. The deputy prime minister was recently charged by police with taking a bribe from a building company when he was mayor of the town of Vsetin five years ago.
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