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  • GOVERNMENT -
    • The coalition between the Civic Democrats (ODS), the Christian Democrats and the Greens has dissolved after weeks of failing to get support in the Chamber of Deputies. The ODS, which narrowly won June's general election, now either wants to lead a minority government, supported by all parties, or call another election. Polls show the ODS would get over 40 percent of the vote if an election were held now.

  • LEAK -
    • Several thousand gallons of radioactive water leaked inside the nuclear power plant in Temelín, south Bohemia, Aug. 2, plant officials reported. The leak occurred in two sealed rooms with no staff inside and did not contaminate the surrounding countryside nor threaten the health of power plant staff, said plant spokesman Milan Nebesář.

  • NAZI -
    • The German company Hochtief VSB should not build a Jewish elderly home in Prague–Hagibor because it profited from Nazi orders during World War II, said Tomáš Jelínek, a former leader of the Prague Jewish Community, Aug. 2. The company reportedly built bunkers for Hitler. Current Jewish Community Chairman František Banyai said he does not see the company's history as a problem.

  • CRIME -
    • Police are claiming ground with crime numbers in Prague down more than 5 percent in the first six months of this year compared to last year, the department said Aug. 1. Police have recorded roughly 2,400 fewer violent crimes, property crimes and vice crimes, such as prostitution. There has also been the same number of murders, 22, but the number of petty larceny cases has increased.

  • KIDNAPPING -
    • A 40-year-old Czech woman was sentenced to 20 months for the attempted abduction of a 2-month-old baby in Austria, the Austrian Press Agency reported Aug. 7. The woman suffered a miscarriage last December and attempted to kidnap the child to pass it off as her own. The woman must also pay 3,500 euros ($4,500/98,891 Kč) in damages for causing a head injury to the baby's mother.

  • FLOODS -
    • Days of heavy rain have caused floods in northern parts of the country following weeks of hot, dry weather. Areas in the Krkonoše Mountains have been particularly hard-hit, with riverbeds that were nearly empty just days before beginning to overflow. The Elbe (Labe) River flooded the basements of several houses. Evacuations have not been ordered.


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