No service benefits for soldiers discharged for extremism

President Václav Klaus has ratified an amendment to the Armed Forces Act, which modifies several aspects of the way the Czech army works. The new law decreases the total number of soldiers serving in the Czech armed forces, and thereby shifts certain jobs from the army to the Ministry of Defence. It also stipulates that soldiers discharged for extremism will not receive service benefits. The amendment is one of 11 bills that the president received from parliament on Monday. Others included an act allowing explosive materials to be better tracked from the producer to the purchaser, and an amendment creating a subsistence minimum for the handicapped.