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10/12/2006
The European Commission has issued a final warning to three countries, including the Czech Republic, over their failure to respect the EU's directive banning tobacco advertisements. The EC is taking Italy to the European Court of Justice in this matter, after the country failed to harmonise its legislation with EU rules. The Czech Republic could be taken to court, too, if it does not explain to the EC why it does not follow the common directives. Apart from the Czechs, a similar problem is faced by Spain and Hungary.
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10/12/2006
The European Commission launched proceedings against eight members on Thursday for failing to say how many gas emissions permits they would give polluters under the EU's emission trading scheme. The EC said it was sending warning letters to Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain for ignoring an end June deadline to reveal their plans. The plans are supposed to set the total number of emissions allowances governments will give to industrial plants during the 2008-2012 period under the EU's innovative emissions trading scheme. The quotas are the cornerstone of the landmark trading scheme which was launched at the beginning of 2005 to help member states meet their greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
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10/12/2006
The bodies of two Czech men who went missing on Sunday off the coast of Croatia have been found, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The bodies were recovered by Croatian divers from a depth of 67 metres. The ministry has notified the families of the two young men.
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10/12/2006
A new poll by the CVVM agency suggests that over three fifths of Czechs are opposed to a possible construction of a US anti-missile defence site in the Czech Republic. More than 75 percent of those polled said the matter should be decided in a referendum.
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10/12/2006
Delta Air Lines of the United States announced on Wednesday it would launch scheduled flights between Prague and its Atlanta, Georgia hub starting on May 2 next year. The airline said it would be the only service between the two cities. Delta expects around 40 percent of travellers arriving in Prague to transit to another destination in Central and Eastern Europe. Delta, the third biggest US carrier, will operate five scheduled flights a week on the new route, it added. The airline is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance, which also includes Czech state-controlled carrier, Czech Airlines.
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10/12/2006
The Czech Republic's national team drew 1:1 with Ireland on Wednesday in the European Championship Qualifying Group D match in Dublin. Ireland first took the lead through Kevin Kilbane after 62 minutes but Jan Koller equalised for the Czechs two minutes later.
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10/11/2006
The Civic Democratic minority cabinet of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has submitted its resignation to President Vaclav Klaus. Mr. Topolanek met with Mr. Klaus at Prague Castle on Wednesday afternoon at 13:30, after the cabinet's morning session where the expected step was approved. The minority Civic Democratic cabinet failed to win a vote of confidence in the lower house last week, triggering the fall of the first attempt at a government in the Czech Republic since the June elections. President Klaus has requested that the outgoing government remain in place until after the October 21st local and senate elections.
During Wednesday afternoon's meeting at Prague Castle, Mr. Klaus said that four governments have resigned during his three-an-a-half years in office—only one as a result of an election—and that this high number of politically-inspired resignations says something about the situation in the Czech Republic.
On Thursday, President Klaus plans to begin meetings concerning the formation of a new government. Social Democratic leader Jiri Paroubek says that he should be entrusted with the second attempt at forming a government. It remains unclear who President Klaus will choose to entrust with the task.
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10/11/2006
The minority cabinet of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, which failed to win a vote of confidence in the lower house last week, has made additional last-minute personnel changes before submitting its resignation on Wednesday. The outgoing government has replaced five members of the executive committee at Czech Railways. The changes were proposed by the Minister of Transport, Ales Rebicek.
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10/11/2006
Reacting to Tuesday's arrest of three men suspected of corruption and illegally siphoning monies from European Structural Funds projects, the Minister for Regional Development, Petr Gandalovic, has temporarily suspended all projects that fall under the category of the Joint Regional Operation Program (SROP). The announcement came Wednesday afternoon, and Mr. Gandalovic told reporters that the ministry wants to conduct an audit on all projects which started in December 2004 or later, and that this should happen as quickly as possible.
On Tuesday the unit investigating organized crime in the Czech Republic arrested Zdenek Dolezel, Ladislav Peta and Miloslav Rehulka on suspicion of illegal practices concerning EU Structural Funds. The Social Democratic ex-minister for regional development, Radek Martinek, told the press that there are additional cases of suspected fraud. The Social Democratic leadership has distanced itself from the affair, saying it's a question of individuals failing, and has no reflection on the party.
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10/11/2006
The trial of two German nationals, Johan Reinhold Weise (60) and Kurt Schmitz (48), both accused of sexually abusing underage children, is underway in the west Bohemian city of Plzen. The two men are accused of acts of pedophilia, which allegedly took place during the past two years in the Klatovsko region of west Bohemia. Lawyers for the prosecution say that the accused chose children from socially disadvantaged families, paid the children money in exchange for sexual favours, and that the youngest victim was a seven year-old boy. The common scene of the crimes is said to have been Mr. Weise's mobile home trailer, which was often parked in the small village of Radkovice. An investigation by Czech and German police led to the men's arrest in June 2006. The accused admit to sexual activity, but say that it was initiated by the children. If found guilty, Weise and Schmitz face up to eight years in jail; a verdict in the case is expect this week.
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