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03/14/2008
Police have reported seizing eight times more cocaine in 2007 in the Czech Republic than the previous year. According to information revealed in an annual report released on Friday more than 37 kilograms were seized in the Czech Republic last year. The country’s anti-drug unit is attributing the rise in the drug’s popularity to cheaper prices. According to police, most of the cocaine was smuggled either from South America or from the Netherlands. Along with cocaine, Czech police also reported having seized 20 kilograms of heroin and 122 kilos of marijuana last year.
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03/14/2008
Prague City Hall has banned two marches proposed by right-wing extremists for May 1, 2008, on the grounds the demonstrations would promote hatred and intolerance and the suppression of individual freedom. City hall based its decision on expert analysis and police intelligence. The proposals for the marches were put forward by Martin Matička - a figure allegedly known for attendance at neo-Nazi concerts and for having ties to neo-Nazi groups. The organiser can challenge the decision in court. The two demonstrations banned by City Hall had been planned for Prague’s Žižkov district.
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03/14/2008
Jan Tamas - of the No to Bases Initiative opposed to the siting of a US radar base in the Czech Republic – reportedly met with a number of representatives of the US Congress this week. The news was revealed by the Czech news agency, ČTK, on Friday. Speaking to the agency Mr Tamas said that Congress members he had met with had criticised the US Administration for trying to “push through” missile defense without discussing it in Congress. The United States is hoping to station a radar base at the Brdy military district in the Czech Republic to complement a proposed missile instillation in Poland, part of a broader defense shield. Mr Tamas told ČTK on his visit to the US he also met with well-known activist and intellectual Noam Chomsky, said to support a new petition against the US plan.
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03/14/2008
The Czech military is set to get almost 30 trucks ordered from lorry maker Tatra, which were to have been delivered last November. Defence Ministry spokesman Andrej Čírtek revealed the information on Friday, saying the first delivery should be completed by the end of March. Mr Čírtek said the military was testing the quality of the vehicles; in previous testing the army discovered almost two dozen shortcomings leading to the delivery postponement. The Czech military will eventually receive almost 300 Tatras in the course of this year, to replace older vehicles.
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03/14/2008
Czech forward Robert Holík was instrumental in a dramatic turnaround win for Atlanta over Calgary on Thursday, notching up two assists and earning the game-winning goal. Atlanta trailed 3-0 at one point in the game, but won 6-4.
In other action: Martin Hanzal assisted on both goals in the Phoenix Coyotes 2-0 win over Vancouver on Thursday, keeping alive his team’s playoff hopes. Phoenix trails Vancouver by three points - with the Canucks currently in the eighth and final spot in the Western Conference.
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03/13/2008
Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek has reacted angrily to a US State Department report on human rights around the world which said corruption and political interference were problems in the Czech Republic. The annual report mentioned particular cases, including that of Jiří Čunek, who quit the cabinet after being investigated for alleged bribe-taking. Mr Topolánek said the only thing he had to say about the US report was that a country which allowed the torture of prisoners could hardly preach about human rights breaches in the Czech Republic.
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03/13/2008
A BBC report which claimed that Czech children’s homes were still using cage beds illegally has been confirmed in part, said the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on Thursday. At least one of the homes featured in the report was found upon inspection to be using the outlawed beds. A ministry spokesperson refused to comment upon the other care homes featured in the report. The use of cage beds was outlawed in Czech institutions in 2007, when the government bowed to intense international pressure. But, in January of this year, a BBC report claimed that the practice continued.
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03/13/2008
The leaders of the three parties in the governing coalition are to meet next month to evaluate changes to the country’s health care system introduced at the beginning of the year. They had planned to discuss the matter in July. The two smaller parties in the coalition, the Christian Democrats and the Greens, have expressed disagreement with some new fees introduced as part of the health system reform.
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03/13/2008
The leaders of the coalition partners did not discuss the possible return of Christian Democrat chairman Jiří Čunek to the cabinet during a meeting on Wednesday evening. Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek of the Civic Democrats again said the Christian Democrats and the Greens would have to reach an agreement on the matter. The Greens have expressed reservations about the return of Mr Čunek, who has been involved in a number of controversies. For his part, the Christian Democrats chairman insists he be allowed to resume the posts of deputy prime minister and minister for regional development, after an investigation into allegations he took bribes was dropped.
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03/13/2008
A cross-party group of MPs has drafted a proposal to remunerate Czechoslovak citizens whose property was on territory ceded to the Soviet Union after the Second World War, in what is now Ukraine. On Thursday, the Czech daily Právo wrote that as much as 1billion CZK (around 62 million USD) could be earmarked for the scheme. The money would go to members of the Czech Republic’s Ruthenian minority who could prove that they had owned property in the region up until 1946, as well as the value of that property. One of the committee’s members, Jan Hamáček, said that it was high time to pay those who were forced out of their homes in the region their dues.
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