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DISCONTENT Half of foreigners working in the Czech Republic want to leave the country, says a new study by the Academy of Sciences. According to a Dec. 31 report in Hospodářské noviny, the reason is that non-EU foreigners have a hard time finding work that corresponds to their education and experience.

ENDORSEMENT Former President Václav Havel said Jan. 1 that he wants to see Jan Švejnar become the next president, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. Švejnar, a Czech-American economist, is running against President Václav Klaus. Havel said “new blood, new impulses” are needed. Parliament will begin the election for president Feb. 8.
APPEAL The Czech Catholic Church said Dec. 28 that it will once again appeal the decision to hand over St. Vitus Cathedral to the state, the church’s lawyer, Petr Zderčík, told ČTK. Prague Municipal Court had twice ruled in favor of the church, but the decision was overturned by the Supreme Court.
DEATH An Ústí nad Labem woman was taken into custody on suspicion of murdering her 5-year-old son, according to a Dec. 31 ČTK report. The woman, Antonie Stašková, is suspected of having killed the boy Dec. 9. Police found the boy’s body in a car Dec. 28. The woman and her boyfriend were also in the car.
FATALITIES Deadly accidents on Czech roads increased in 2007 to a total of 1,110, or 154 more than the previous year, Hospodářské noviny reported Jan. 2. The paper said there were not enough policemen on the streets but that the traffic police chief has promised 500 more officers this year.
RAISE The average old-age pension went up 346 Kč ($19), to 9,111 Kč, per month Jan. 1, ČTK reported. About 20 percent of the population receives old-age pensions. The government is expected to pay out 298 billion Kč in total this year.
PROTEST Several hundred inhabitants of Osečná, north Bohemia, protested Dec. 30 against possible uranium mining in the region, ČTK reported. The demonstrators said they feared the destruction of nature. State-owned mining company Diamo has asked whether the ore deposit is protected, and the Environment Ministry will issue a decision.
CUSTODY Police detained an alleged perpetrator who they suspect responsible for the Nov. 12 knifing of a 29-year-old man on Wenceslas Square, and the nearby Nov. 27 gunshot killing of a 25-year-old driver of a Bentley, according to a Dec. 27 ČTK report. In both cases, the perpetrator is believed to have mistaken his victims for other people.


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