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  • KREJČÍŘ -
    • A regional court in Prague upheld the billionaire fugitive Radovan Krejčíř's acquittal April 21 on charges of fraud amounting to 3 million Kč ($130,000). Krejčíř, who fled police last June and is living in the Seychelles Islands, is still being prosecuted in several other cases.

  • STAGS -
    • British officials say they will begin charging fee for rowdy countrymen who call British embassies abroad for help when they get into emergencies or trouble with police. In Prague and other destinations popular with stag parties, high commissions and consulates can charge £84.50 (3,454 Kč/$150) per hour to aid nationals abroad. Some 84,000 UK citizens required help from British officials last year.

  • MEMORIAL -
    • Prague hosted the country's first public Holocaust Memorial Day April 26 to recognize the victims of Nazi persecution. The country previously marked the event with a low-profile gathering in the Pinkas synagogue in Prague or in Terezín, the site of a former concentration camp. The names of hundreds of Czech Holocaust victims were read during the four-hour, open-air ceremony at náměstí Míru.

  • DEBATE -
    • Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek beat his Ústí nad Labem election opponent, Mayor Petr Gandalovič, in TV Nova's political debate April 23, according to a poll. Sixty-one percent of the audience said Paroubek was more convincing. Gandalovič said he has to be more resolute next time and stand up to Paroubek's demagogy.

  • SOLDIERS -
    • The Czech anti-terrorist unit deployed in Afghanistan has been preparing for the arrival of an additional 100 soldiers, the Czech News Agency reported April 25. The unit will aid U.S. anti-terrorism efforts in remote areas of the country. The Czech military has kept the date of the soldiers' arrival secret for security reasons.


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