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08/30/2006
Tomas Rosicky has been named new captain of the Czech Republic's football team. Rosicky was chosen by senior players and the Czech team's management on Tuesday evening. The 25-year-old Arsenal midfielder said it was a great honour to captain the national team, adding that their current target was qualification for the European Championships in two years' time.
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08/29/2006
The Civic Democratic Party, which won the largest share of the votes in June's general elections, says a minority cabinet with a restricted agenda which would prepare the country for early elections in 2007 is the best way out of the current political stalemate. The Civic Democrats are seeking support for such a cabinet from both the Green Party and the Christian Democrats. Negotiations with the Social Democrats look uncertain. Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek has put an embargo on talks with the Civic Democrats until the confidence vote in Parliament, saying his party members would not so much as respond to a phone call from the rival party. Prime Minister designate Mirek Topolanek has until the end of this week to produce a new cabinet and if it is appointed by the president he must ask Parliament for a vote of confidence within 30 days.
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08/29/2006
Following talks with the Civic Democratic Party on Tuesday, the acting chairman of the Christian Democratic Party Jan Kasal said his party would not actively support a minority Civic Democrat cabinet. Mr. Kasal said that once the new cabinet was unveiled his party would decide whether to vote against it or tolerate it by leaving the chamber during a vote of confidence. There is no question of active support, we are not in favour of early elections, Mr. Kasal told journalists. Former Christian Democrat leader Miroslav Kalousek, who resigned last week after a rank and file rebellion over the prospect of cooperating with the Communists, was not on the negotiating team. Three deputy chairmen resigned in his wake, accepting co-responsibility for a bad decision. The party's negotiating team is now led by the former first deputy chairman Jan Kasal who will serve as acting chairman until the party elects a new leadership at a national conference in December.
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08/29/2006
Social Democrat leader and outgoing Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek said on Tuesday that he expects to be entrusted with the task of forming a new government in October, since he does not believe that a minority Civic Democrat government can win a confidence vote in the lower house. He said that in the coming weeks his party would go into the opposition, prepare for local and Senate elections and refrain from any negotiations on a future government.
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08/29/2006
Louis Vuitton may back out of plans to hold a private party on Prague's famous Charles Bridge after the city council put its foot down about closing the bridge to the public. The news that the bridge would be closed to the public for two days because it had been leased to Louis Vuitton for a private party and fashion event has provoked criticism from all sides. It appears that the mayor of Prague 1 Vladimir Vihan approved the plan without consulting the other city councilors, on the grounds that it would be good publicity for the Czech capital. The mayor of Prague Pavel Bem has now moved to correct the decision, saying that Charles Bridge should not be closed to the public even for an hour and laying down strict conditions under which the fashion event can take place. The city hall has also offered Louis Vuitton alternative locations where it would be far less restricted.
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08/29/2006
A Czech online news server claims that the radar which could be built in the Czech Republic within a projected US missile base in central Europe could jam TV, radio and mobile phone signals. Citing a military specialist, the iDnes server writes that the XBR radar is the size of a small space station and would be the only one of its kind in Europe. The specialist suggests that given the country's relatively small size the radar could also prove to be a threat to air transport. Available surveys suggest that most Czechs are opposed to the idea of having a US missile base on Czech territory and politicians are debating the possibility of holding a referendum on the issue, should the US make an official request.
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08/29/2006
A regional court has acquitted Bohumil Kulinsky, former choirmaster of Bambini di Praga, of sexually abusing two teenage choir girls. Kulinsky was acquitted in these two particular cases for lack of evidence. However he has been charged with abusing 47 young girls in all over a period of twenty years. If found guilty, Kulinsky could spend up to 12 years in jail.
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08/29/2006
The Supreme Court has stripped state attorney Iveta Tycova of her powers because of an alcohol problem. Tycova reportedly turned up drunk for court hearings on a number of occasions and was generally unable to cope with her workload. The court's decision is final.
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08/28/2006
Outgoing Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda and outgoing Transport Minister Milan Simonovsky, both deputy chairmen of the Christian Democratic Party, have resigned from their party posts. They did so amid a tense atmosphere in the party caused by the negotiations last week between party chairman Miroslav Kalousek and the Social Democrats on a communist-supported government. Mr Kalousek's move met with a negative response among party members resulting in his resignation on Friday.
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08/28/2006
The Civic Democratic Party which won the largest share of the votes in June's national elections, is considering the possible types of government that party leader and Prime Minister designate Mirek Topolanek is going to propose to President Vaclav Klaus on Friday. Mr Topolanek speaks of three versions of temporary cabinets which would lead the country to early elections next year. Some party officials also speak of the possibility of a regular government which could serve a full term on condition that outgoing Prime Minister and chairman of the Social Democrats Jiri Paroubek steps down as party leader, thus allowing for a compromise deal on the future government. The June elections produced a deadlock on the Czech political scene where no political block has a clear majority in the lower house of parliament.
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