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  • Green Party considers naming female presidential candidate
    10/29/2006

    The Greens are considering naming their own candidate for the 2008 presidential elections. In Sunday's televised debate, party leader Martin Bursik said it is very likely that their candidate would be a woman. The results of the Senate elections have increased the chances of current president Vaclav Klaus being elected to a second term in office. Seventeen years after the revolution, though, the country is ready to be led by a woman, Mr Busik said. However, he did not reveal whom he had in mind.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Twenty-two personalities awarded state distinctions
    10/29/2006

    Twenty-two personalities have been awarded with state honours and medals for bravery. The state distinctions were presented by President Vaclav Klaus at a traditional ceremony at Prague Castle, which is held every year on October 28 - the anniversary of the foundation of an independent Czechoslovak state in 1918. The Order of the White Lion, the country's highest state honour, was given to WWII veterans Antonin Spacek and Josef Bryks, who died in 1956 and was given the distinction in memoriam.

    Among the others who received state distinctions were cross-country skier Katerina Neumannova, Chairwoman of the Confederation of Political Prisoners Nadezda Kavalirova, football legend Josef Masopust, and actress Iva Janzurova.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Country's biggest solar plant
    10/29/2006

    A new solar power plant, which is now the biggest in the country, has been launched in the northern town of Hradek nad Nisou. The plant is capable of generating up to 61 kilowatts and has been erected on the roof of the local T.G. Masaryk elementary school. The project of the civic association Via Regia cost 11.4 million crowns (just over half a million US dollars), 8.4 million crowns of which came from the EU's Phare programme.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Weekend ends tourist season at most chateaux and castles
    10/29/2006

    This weekend saw the end of the tourist season at hundreds of castles and chateaux around the country. Visitors flocked to the sites for the last time his year, attracted by various special programmes including exhibitions, food tastings, and tours by guides dressed as historical figures. One of the country's most popular castles, Karlstejn, will remain open to visitors throughout the month of November. Krivoklat and Konopiste close their doors on weekdays.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Tests confirm Prague zoo gorillas pregnant
    10/29/2006

    Two gorillas at Prague zoo will be giving birth next year. Pregnancy tests show that thirty-four year old Kamba is pregnant with her first baby and is due at the end of January. Fifteen year old Kijivu, who already has a two-year old girl Moja, is expected to give birth in May next year.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Civic Democrats clear winners of Senate elections
    10/28/2006

    The Civic Democrats have come out the clear winners of the elections of one-third of the Senate. Of the 27 seats that were up for grabs in the 81-seat upper house of Parliament, the right-of-centre party secured fourteen. Their biggest rivals, the centre-left Social Democrats won six seats, and the centre-right Christian Democrats four. The remaining three seats were divided between the Party for an Open Society, the Independent Mayors, and an independent candidate. Neither the Communists nor the Greens managed to win enough votes to secure a seat. The senators are elected for six-year terms.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Division of seats in Senate, Civic Democrats enjoy majority
    10/28/2006

    With a total of 41 senators in the 81-seat upper house, the Civic Democrats now enjoy a majority. The Social Democrats have 12 seats, the Christian Democrats 11, the SNK-European Democrats 3, the Communists 2, independent candidates 2, and smaller parties hold one seat each.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Civic Democrats gain majority in Senate
    10/28/2006

    The Civic Democrats and the Social Democrats have enough seats in Parliament to change the constitution if they were to join forces. The two parties have 53 of the 81 seats in the Senate and 155 of the 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In order to amend the constitution, they will not have to depend on a single vote from the smaller parties.

    Together with the Christian Democrats, the Civic Democrats have 52 of the 81 seats in the Senate.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek blames police investigations for election result
    10/28/2006

    Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek says his party lost potential votes due to the recent arrests of several former Social Democrats. The party has secured five more seats than it enjoyed before the elections but had eleven candidates in the running. Mr Paroubek considers the arrests part of a smear campaign to undermine his party. Complaints and law suits will be filed, he told reporters on Saturday.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Second round of senate elections sees low voter turnout
    10/28/2006

    Just over 600,000 of the 2.8 million eligible voters (20.7 percent) have cast their ballots in the second round of Senate elections. Six years ago, voter turnout stood at 21.56 percent.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

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