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  • RESIGNED -
    • Miroslav Kalousek resigned as Christian Democratic Party (KDU-ČSL) head Aug. 25, after regional party leaders expressed anger over his willingness to enter into a communist-supported coalition with the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). Before the June election, Kalousek pledged he would never agree to that prospect.

  • ELECTION -
    • Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek told reporters Aug. 27 that he'd like to see a new election as early as spring. Topolánek also said he hopes for a Civic Democratic Party (ODS) minority government supported by appointed experts to run the country. Former Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek said the ČSSD refuses to answer ODS phone calls until Parliament holds a vote of confidence on Topolánek's rule.

  • PROTEST -
    • Police detained 26 people at an Aug. 27 neo-Nazi rally at the Israeli Embassy and confiscated gas guns, knives and batons. Demonstrators said their goal was to protest how the crisis in the Middle East is being handled. One protester arrested was a police officer, who has since been fired.

  • ASYLUM -
    • Eighty-nine Egyptians seeking asylum escaped from two detention centers, one in Prague and one in north Moravia, Aug. 26 and 27, and 19 have since been caught, police said. The whereabouts of the others were unknown at press time. Právo reports that more than 400 Egyptians have sought asylum in the country since June.

  • SMOKE -
    • Lawmakers are preparing to approve the biggest increase in sales tax on cigarettes in the past few years. Starting next year, the price of a carton of cigarettes is to increase approximately 20 Kč (91 U.S. cents). Tobacco companies anticipate that cigarette consumption will fall as a result.

  • EXPLOSIVES -
    • Mushroom pickers in the woods near Skuteč, east Bohemia, stumbled upon 43 rusting mortar shells Aug. 23 that authorities have identified as World War II ammunition. Another picker found an unexploded artillery shell outside of Havlíčkův Brod. All explosives were safely detonated by bomb squads, say regional police.

  • LOGO -
    • The creators of 2004's Český sen (Czech Dream), a documentary about a hypermarket that didn't exist, won their court battle against the ODS. The filmmakers sued the ODS for using the Český sen logo in the party's election campaign. The ODS must now pay them 40,000 Kč.


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