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VISAS President George W. Bush signed changes to the visa-waiver program into law Aug. 3. A U.S. Embassy press release called the move “good news,” but stressed that work remains to be done in both countries before the Czech Republic can meet the law’s requirements. The visa-waiver program allows citizens of U.S. allied countries to travel to the U.S. visa-free for stays less than 90 days.

CRASH Seven people were seriously injured after an Austrian tour bus overturned in south Bohemia Aug. 3, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. Another 16 people sustained minor injuries. Witnesses said the bus was being overtaken by a car, swerved to avoid another oncoming car, and fell down a slope and flipped. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
EUTHANASIA Authorities registered the first case of a Czech citizen undergoing euthanasia at a Swiss clinic, Mladá fronta Dnes reported Aug. 2. One other Czech has since died at the clinic Dignitas, while several others are on waiting lists. An SC&C poll conducted in July showed 64 percent of Czechs would legalize doctor-assisted suicide.
HOTSPOT A UK government report shows visiting Brits require a “disproportionate” amount of consular assistance here, the BBC reported Aug. 2. Brits lose their passports, go to the hospital and get arrested here more than in other, more popular places. Other “trouble hotspots” include Spain, Greece, India and Thailand.
ČUNEK State Attorney Arif Salichov has dropped charges against Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek, Lidovky.cz reported Aug. 6. Čunek, chairman of the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), was accused of accepting a bribe worth half a million crowns from a private company when he was mayor of Vsetín, east Moravia. The scandal has caused turmoil within the government for months, prompting a no-confidence vote in June.
ROBOTICS Surgeons at Na Homolce hospital in Prague completed the country’s first fully robotic heart surgery, Czech Television reported Aug. 1. The team of doctors did not have to open the chest cavity, but instead made three cuts where the robot’s arms entered the body. Robot-assisted surgery has been used at the hospital since 2005.


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