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12/16/2007
The opposition Social Democrats are making a last-ditch effort to prevent the introduction of fees for medical services due to go into effect on January 1. This part of the Health Ministry’s reform plan has proved highly controversial and the opposition parties have attacked it in court. Although the Cabinet is unlikely to meet the opposition party’s demands, a Social Democrat proposal to scrap or delay the introduction of fees for medical services will be debated in Parliament where observers say it has a better chance of succeeding.
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12/16/2007
The police broke up a skinhead party in the town of Jirkov shortly after midnight on Saturday after several of the locals complained about the noise. The party was attended by close to a hundred skinheads. Four of them refused to comply with police orders and were taken to the local police station for questioning but were later released without charges.
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12/16/2007
Celebrations are being planned in towns and villages along the Czech-German and Czech-Austrian borders to mark the country’s entry to the Schengen border-free zone on December 21. There will be street parties and sports events attended by the country’s top politicians. Drivers and pedestrians who cross the border on that day will be given small presents and Schengen information leaflets. Those who stop awhile will be able sample Schengen cakes and Schengen punch. And at midnight there will be a big fireworks display to celebrate the country’s admission to the border-free zone.
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12/16/2007
Three Czech skiers inadvertently triggered an avalanche in the Jeseniky Mountains on Saturday and narrowly escaped getting buried alive under the snow. They were swept down the slope and badly battered but managed to help each other and call the rescue service. One of them is in serious condition, the other two escaped with lighter injuries. The group of young men – aged 15 to 20 - had left the marked trails and wondered into an off-limits area.
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12/16/2007
A baby girl was left in one of Prague’s baby boxes late on Saturday. Doctors said the baby was just several hours old and the mother appeared to have given birth unattended. There was no accompanying letter or documents of any kind. The baby girl is the tenth child to have been left in a baby box since they were established two and a half years ago. This is the second case of an abandoned new-born child this week. On Thursday a homeless man found a new-born baby boy in a garbage can. He was rushed to hospital with a head injury and severe hypothermia but doctors are now hopeful he will pull through. There are five baby boxes currently operating in the Czech Republic and three more are to be set up next year.
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12/16/2007
Air-traffic over Czech territory has more than doubled since the year 2,000 according to data released by the air traffic controller company RLP. This is ascribed to the arrival of low-cost air carriers to central Europe and low over-flight fees. The densest traffic is around Prague’s main airport Ruzyne, but traffic around the country’s regional airports in Brno, Ostrava and Karlovy Vary has also grown sharply.
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12/15/2007
Moscow has warned that a US missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland could provoke retaliation from Russia. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow on Saturday Russia’s Chief of Staff Yuri Baluyevsky said the firing of an anti-missile rocket from Poland could be seen by Russia’s automated system as the launch of a ballistic missile, which could provoke an answering strike. Russia’s top general expressed dissatisfaction with the course of negotiations between Moscow and Washington on this matter, saying the two states were locked in a “direct stand-off”.
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12/15/2007
Czech and US negotiators said on Friday they had made progress in talks aimed at a deal over the siting of a US tracking radar on Czech soil, but refused to set a target-date for their completion. Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar told journalists the finish line was within view and a final deal looked possible within a few months, or even weeks. If the deal is approved by Parliament, the proposed US radar would be twinned with 10 interceptor missiles in neighbouring Poland which, according to Washington, could counter the threat of an attack from “rogue” states such as Iran.
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12/15/2007
The opposition Social Democrats have asked the Czech government to speed up the ratification of the new EU treaty, signed in Lisbon on Thursday. Deputy speaker of the lower house Lubomir Zaoralek said his party suspected the government – particularly the Civic Democrats – of wanting to delay the treaty’s ratification as much as possible which, he said, would cast doubt on the country’s commitment to the treaty and tarnish the Czech Republic’s image.
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12/15/2007
Environment Minister Martin Bursik has hailed the outcome of the UN-led talks on climate change in Bali as a defining moment in climate diplomacy. Following grueling all-night talks, the conference of 190 nations agreed to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the United States enabled a breakthrough. The agreement reached is a “roadmap” for two years of talks to adopt a new treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012, widening it to the United States and developing nations such as China and India. Under the deal, a successor pact will be agreed at a meeting in Copenhagen in late 2009. Although some environment activists say the agreement reached is “toothless” delegates say it was as much as could be expected under the circumstances.
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