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OLYMPICS Prague Mayor Pavel Bém will likely ask Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek for legal guarantees for the city’s 2016 Olympics bid, he told Czech News Agency (ČTK) Jan. 7. Praha Olympijská is to decide Jan. 10 whether to make a bid for the games, based on it meeting with Topolánek’s Cabinet, ČTK reports.

WARMING Last year ranks with the year 2000 as the two warmest in Czech history since air temperatures were first recorded in 1775, the daily Právo reported Jan. 4. In 2007, the number of days (55) with temperatures higher than 30 degrees was five times above average.
TRUST A poll released Jan. 7 reveals that 60 percent of Czechs are dissatisfied with the political situation although most — 66 percent — trust the institution of the presidency. Topolanek’s Cabinet was “trusted” by 27 percent of respondents. The poll was conducted by CVVM.
GHETTOS The state Agency Against Social Exclusion will begin operating several weeks later than originally planned, ČTK reports. The agency, which was created to fight the creation of ghettos, had been set to open Jan. 1. Up to 80,000 people are estimated to be living in ghettos.
PRIVACY The Czech Republic protects its citizens’ privacy the least of any European Union country, according to the British organization Privacy International, the daily Lidové noviny reported Jan. 4. The group mainly criticized the Czech Republic for the extent of its communications interception, such as wire-tapping. The number of surveillance devices is also increasing, it reports.
SCANDAL Twenty-four former officials at the Defense Ministry have been accused of corruption, Radio Prague reported Jan. 4. Police say the officials mishandled the commissioning of public contracts between 2004 and 2006. The suspects are alleged to have awarded overpriced contracts for the renovation of army bases in exchange for under-the-table commissions.


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