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MOLOTOV A Molotov cocktail was thrown through an open door of a Romany, or Gypsy, home in north Moravia June 30 while five people were inside, the Czech News Agency reported. It exploded in a hallway while the family was watching TV in another room. No one was injured. Police do not know who committed the crime.

GIFT The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) has decided to keep the 6 million Kč ($281,162) gift it received from Miroslav Sova and his grandmother, Františka Řezníčková, Hospodářské noviny reported July 2. ODS Chief Manager Jaroslav Jurečka said he found no evidence of impropriety in the gift and that the donors had given the gift out of fear of a left-wing victory.
KREJČÍŘ A South African court is considering releasing wanted Czech businessman Radovan Krejčíř on bail but monitoring him with an electronic anklet, news server iDnes.cz reported July 3. The court has delayed a verdict several times on requests for Krejčíř’s extradition. Czech prosecutors have been seeking his extradition since 2005. He was arrested in Johannesburg April 21 after nearly two years of living in the Seychelles.
STB Former Foreign Affairs Minister Jaroslav Šedivý admitted to working with the communist secret police (StB) but said he had no choice, according to a July 2 Lidové noviny report. Šedivý, who served as minister in 1997–98, worked as an interpreter for Soviet aides in 1953–54.
BALKANS The last unit of Czech peacekeeping soldiers in Bosnia-Herzegovina returned home July 1, ČTK reported. Only four Czech officers remain stationed at EU peacekeeping headquarters in Sarajevo. A total of 6,750 Czech soldiers have served in NATO and EU missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1996, ČTK reported.
CONFLICT Deputy Regional Development Minister Daniel Toušek is suspected of having a conflict of interest, news server Aktualne.cz reported July 2. Tousek is in charge of money from European Union funds while he is also the majority shareholder of a firm advising clients on how to get EU subsidies. Toušek’s supervisor, Regional Development Minister Jiří Čunek, denies the charge.


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