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  • TOURISM -
    • European tourists who visit Prague rarely return, according to a report by the Association of Tourist Agencies July 28. Tourism in the capital has peaked, Lidové noviny asserts. The city usually sees a 10 percent increase annually, but this year that figure fell to 4 percent. Prague needs to focus on attracting visitors during the winter months, the report concluded.

  • MEMORIAL -
    • Dozens of politicians and survivors met in Jihlava, south Moravia, July 30 to commemorate the political prisoners executed there after show trials in 1951. The memorial was built by former political prisoners 13 years ago. More than 200 such prisoners were executed in the 1950s in Czechoslovakia.

  • JEHOVISTS -
    • More than 20,000 Jehovah's Witnesses attended the International Jehovist Reunion in Prague July 28–30, the first such gathering in the Czech Republic. Services were held in Czech, English and Russian on three stages at Strahov Stadium in Prague 6. The church claims there are 23,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in this country.

  • MISSILES -
    • Military training grounds in Libavá, north Moravia, are considered by U.S. experts to be the ideal site for an anti-missile base in this country, the Czech News Agency reported July 31. Official sources declined to comment on the report. U.S. officials examined two other sites during a tour in mid-July.

  • DIVORCE -
    • More than 400,000 children are from divorced families, and 47 percent of marriages here end in divorce, according to the Czech Statistical Office. The only EU countries with more divorces are Belgium, Sweden and Finland. Czech couples pay at least 12,000 Kč ($532) for a divorce.

  • ELECTION -
    • Christian Democratic (KDU-ČSL) Chairman Miroslav Kalousek told reporters July 31 that he's in favor of a new election to resolve the stalemate that developed after the June 2–3 general election ended in a hung Parliament. KDU-ČSL's coalition partners, the Civic Democrats, who won the general election, also favor a new vote.

  • TREATIES -
    • The Foreign Affairs Ministry announced July 31 that the Czech Republic has become the fourth United Nations country to ratify 13 international treaties aimed at fighting terrorism. The treaties focus on preventing the abuse of nuclear weapons and will come into effect once 22 UN member nations have signed them.


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