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AGENT A Social Democratic Party deputy who angered party leadership by voting for incumbent President Václav Klaus in the Feb. 15 presidential election knowingly cooperated with the communist military counterintelligence (VKR) in the 1970s, Právo reported Feb. 19. The deputy, Evžen Snítilý, claims this is impossible, since he has a state-issued certificate proving he never collaborated with the communist regime.

CORRUPTION Supreme Court Chief Justice Iva Brožová filed a disciplinary complaint Feb. 19 against the court’s deputy chief justice, Pavel Kučera, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. Brožová suspects Kučera of pressuring judges to halt criminal proceedings against former Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek, who was investigated for corruption charges last year.
SHOT Former Deputy Education Minister Jiří Koskuba is in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself Feb. 17 while cleaning a firearm, according to ČTK. Doctors say the serious injury may prevent the veteran Social Democrat from running for office in the Senate elections this fall.
TRASH Within two years Prague could have problems with trash disposal similar to the ones that Naples experienced in January. Preventing such a collapse in the rubbish removal system will mean investing in recycling plants and raising fees for citizens, Právo reported Feb. 19.
ARCHITECT Czech-born British architect Jan Kaplicky, whose design of a new National Library building in Prague prompted a stormy debate last year, might become an external architecture adviser for the city of Brno. He struck a preliminary agreement to that effect with Brno Mayor Roman Onderka, ČTK reported Feb. 18.
AID The Czech Republic has allotted more than 300 million Kč ($17.2 million) in humanitarian aid to other countries in the past three years, the Foreign Affairs Ministry told ČTK Feb. 19. The ministry expects to earmark 75 million Kč for humanitarian aid throughout 2008.
ČSOB Economist Jan Švejnar will resume his work on the supervisory board of the Bank ČSOB in March. He gave up the post in November at the beginning of his presidential bid, which he lost in the second election to Klaus, ČTK reported Feb. 19.


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