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Articles in the October 31st, 2007 issue

A raucous New Year's Eve
100,000 visitors expected

City's homeless have new shelter
"Day center" opens near train station

Home stretch
Government completes 13-year program to integrate Kazakh Czechs

ČR ready to join Schengen system
Border checks likely to be abolished Dec. 21, Interior Ministry says

Insiders mull failed UN campaign
Reputation, track record cost country Security Council seat

Moldovan Czechs plea for aid
Immigration provisions too steep, group says

People in Need to return to Russia
Russian officials retract terrorism allegations against rights NGO

Pastor urges action on Sudan crisis
Tensions in southern Sudan mount in wake of political deadlock

Butchers blast Slovak sausage bid
Slovakia seeks EU protected status for špekáčky as others lay claim to similar recipes

European Roundup

Seven Days

Canada lifts visa restrictions
Czech nationals can visit for 90 days

Arrested development
Program funding renovation of prefab houses runs out of cash

Trade agency seeking direction
CzechInvest's Čermák out as CEO after less than a year on the job

Power shift for Škoda ownership
EU ruling gives Porsche green light to take over Volkswagen

Studio encourages designers' daydreams
Brand gives creatives outlet from humdrum of annual reports

British Chamber searches for board
Leadership vacuum follows dispute over conflict of interest

State to cut trade licenses by half
Bill reduces paperwork, simplifies biz start-ups

10 Questions
with Martina Rubínová

Movers & Shakers
Microsoft names director

Biz Week

Black on white
Rock 'n' roll director Don Letts redefines color and culture lines

Raising the profile of female artists
New affiliate of Women in the Arts established in Prague

On Czech journalism's front lines
Cyril Bumbálek fuses reporting with scholarship on the Middle East

Around Town
Shopping paradise

Mehldau times three
The American jazz wunderkind returns to Prague with his trio

Straightforward Chekhov
A new Vanya comes up short against a masterpiece

Guitar hero
Paco de Lucía keeps the flamenco fire burning

Uncaring care
Though slightly doctored, Moore's film hits home

Once in a lifetime
A genuinely small hit hits town

Underground explosion
A one-man art movement, recounted in drawings and text

Halfway there
Styl looks good but falls short of its flashy name

Getting a head
There's more to cabbage than red and white

The street where we live
Štěpánská spiffs up, and other spots of local interest

The customer is always wrong
Communist approach lingers in new service economy and differing definitions persist

Postview
A disappointing turn at the British Chamber

Letters to the Editor

Narrow margins
After a record loss, Slavia seeks more equal play in Arsenal rematch

Suffering pangs of Argrett
Děčín star hands USK Praha critical loss

Sports Roundup

Healthy choice
Country launches organic food campaign

A different type of health insurance
Storing stem cells is on the rise in the Czech Republic

Sleeping beauties
Cosmetic surgery for men growing in choices, popularity

To nap or not to nap
Snoozing at work a good thing, experts say

Surface deep
New makeup school offers chance to revive your look