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BRIBED Former Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek announced Nov. 19 his plans to sue daily newspaper Právo in response to an article suggesting police knew the motive for the 500,000 Kč bribe Čunek allegedly accepted when he was mayor of Vsetín, east Moravia. Earlier this month, Čunek resigned from his post amid accusations of abusing welfare benefits.

ELECTED Regional party delegates elected Prague Mayor Pavel Bém chairman of the city’s branch of the government’s ruling Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Nov. 19, according to the Czech News Agency (ČTK). His former opponent, Prague 13 district Mayor David Vodrážka, withdrew his candidacy prior to the vote.
SCANDAL The Prague bishop of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church resigned Nov. 19 after admitting last autumn that he solicited sex from a man, the online news server iDnes reported. The married bishop, 55-year-old Karel Bican, demanded sex from an ex-convict whom he helped upon his return from prison.
EDUCATION Green Party Chairman Martin Bursík has decided that senator and former Masaryk University rector Jiří Zlatuška will be the new education minister, the daily Právo reported Nov. 20, citing unnamed reliable sources. Zlatuška would replace Dana Kuchtová, who resigned in September.
FUNDING After years of ineffective use of European funds, Labor and Social Affairs Minister Petr Nečas announced Nov. 19 the ministry’s success in drawing all the allocated resources — 16 million euros ($23.5 million/427.2 million Kč) — from the 2007 EQUAL program, a European Union project promoting equal opportunity employment, according to ČTK.


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