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  • FIRE -
    • More than 150 firefighters continue to battle a blaze in České Švýcarsko National Park that had been raging since July 22. Flames reached 20 meters (66 feet) high and destroyed more than 20 hectares (50 acres) of north Bohemian forest. Officials banned access to the park July 24. The fire is the eighth in the park this year. No one has been injured.

  • SPEEDING -
    • Mladá fronta Dnes reporters tracked Police President Vladislav Husák driving at speeds upward of 190 kilometers per hour (118 mph) on his way to work July 18–19. In a nod to the country's tough new driving regulations, Husák agreed to lose his driver's license for three months and gave 10,000 Kč ($442) to a local charity.

  • COALITION -
    • Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek's Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) rejected a proposal July 24 to join a three-party coalition headed by the Civic Democrats (ODS), and now that coalition will negotiate the extent to which ČSSD will be involved in any new government. The ODS narrowly defeated the ČSSD in June's general election, and the party's leader, Mirek Topolánek, is expected to be the country's next prime minister.

  • ROMA -
    • The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, will handle an appeal by Roma (Gypsies) in Ostrava, north Moravia, who have complained about discrimination in elementary schools. The case stems from a complaint by 18 Roma who were placed in special schools between 1996 and 1999. Their lawyers say the children's parents were not told about the consequences of sending their children to these schools.

  • NOISE -
    • Prague residents filed a class-action lawsuit against City Hall July 19 over noise pollution. Nearly 3,000 people along the expressway, known as magistrala, say the city has neglected the noise problem. More than 100,000 vehicles per day use the road, which runs east of Wences-las Square. Residents say traffic reaches 70 decibels at night. The maximum permitted level is 50.

  • HEAT -
    • Temperatures reached all-time highs in Prague July 19 and 20. A 141-year-old record fell July 20 as the temperature hit 35.3 degrees Celsius (95.5 degrees Fahrenheit) at the Klementinum. The old record was 35.2 C. Record temperatures were also reached in Plzeň, west Bohemia, and Ostrava, north Moravia. The current heat wave is expected to end soon as a cold front moves in from the west.


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