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06/24/2008
Judges involved in the Kuřim child abuse case have dismissed criticism by Minister Cyril Svoboda for not holding the case behind closed doors. Mr Svoboda said that the fact the case was being reported on in such detail could threaten the health of the two boys whose mother and aunt are on trial. Mr Svoboda, who is minister for legislation, said Judge Pavel Goth was more concerned with becoming famous than protecting the boys, who allegedly suffered abuse at the hands of a number of adults. The chairman of the regional court in Brno, Jaromír Pařízek, said Minister Svoboda had no authority to criticize the court proceedings.
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06/24/2008
The Czech Republic is listed among the EU countries that don’t sufficiently fight against racism and xenophobia, it follows from the annual report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights released on Tuesday. The report calls on the countries to apply efficient sanctions against discrimination on ethnic and racial grounds. It singles out the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Luxembourg and Spain as countries with no permanent commission to deal with the cases of discrimination.
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06/24/2008
The US website Foreign Policy has included former Czech president Václav Havel on a list of the one hundred intellectuals whose ideas have most influenced present world developments. The Foreign Policy list features philosophers, writers, politicians and other leading figures, including Umberto Eco, Garry Kasparov and Salman Rushdie. The personalities are listed in alphabetical order, without being compared in terms of intellectual qualities or other criteria.
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06/24/2008
The number of dollar millionaires has been rising in the Czech Republic owing to economic growth and strong crown. Last year the number of Czech millionaires reached 17,000, a year-on-year increase by 15 percent, according to a study published by the companies Capgemini and Merryll Lynch today. The millionaires are mostly business people who have sold or left their companies. Another large group consists of managers and experts of large international companies active in the Czech Republic.
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06/24/2008
The Czech football player Jan Koller has signed a 1.5 year contract with the Russian club Samara. The 35-year old forward transferred to the top Russian league after half a season with Germany’s Nuremberg. Koller retired from international football after the Czech Republic was eliminated from the European Championship at the group stage. With 55 international goals he is the greatest Czech goal-scorer of all time.
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06/24/2008
Czech tennis player Tomáš Berdych beat Russia’s Jevgenij Koroljov 4:6, 6:1, 6:4, 3:6, 7:5 in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships in tennis on Monday and advanced to the tournament’s second round. Czech number one Nicole Vaidišová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová have also made it through to the second round.
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06/23/2008
Czech Post will join Tuesday’s one-hour strike in protest against the government’s reforms in one of the largest protests since the fall of communism. The state-owned Czech Post, one of the country’s largest employers with 37,000 workers, will join the strike symbolically so as not to hamper the company’s operation. Employees will display protest texts on their counters, wear ribbons and sign petitions.
The strike has been called by the Czech and Moravian Confederation of Labour Unions in protest against government’s reforms. The labour union of another large Czech employer, Czech Railways, has announced they will not join in.
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06/23/2008
The head of the opposition Social Democrats Jiří Paroubek has accused the ruling Civic Democrats of pressuring a Social Democrat MP Petr Wolf into quitting his party because they needed votes for the coalition. Mr Paroubek also called on the renegade MP to renounce his mandate. Petr Wolf left the Social Democratic MP club at the weekend and later gave up his party membership, citing political pressure and threats to himself and his family. Mr Paroubek’s allegation has been rejected by the head of the Civic Democrat MPs club, Petr Tluchoř.
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06/23/2008
The National Guard, a paramilitary unit set up by the extremist National Party, will start patrolling outside an elementary school in Karlovy Vary on Tuesday, according to the National Party website. The far-right group say they will protect children who have allegedly been repeatedly attacked by a gang of Roma children. The school’s director said no talks were held with the National Guards, but refused to comment further due to a “tense situation” in the neighbourhood. Interior Minister Ivan Lager said the National Guard only sought publicity while a spokesperson for the local police said the police will not interfere as long as the patrols do not breach the law.
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06/23/2008
The reactor at the Temelín nuclear power plant’s second block began operation on Sunday, after a two-month shutdown. The reactor had been shut down in the beginning of May for refuelling. The power plant staff will now carry out a series of experiments at the reactor’s lowest output before it will be put to full operation again. The reactor was refuelled with 43 fuel assemblies from the U.S. Westinghouse company; one reactor at the Temelín nuclear power plant has 163 of these rods with 92 tons of fuel.
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