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Articles in the March 19th, 2008 issue

Working overtime
North Korean migrants labor in Czech factories after visas expired

Radar protest aimed at embassy
Representative of No to Bases goes to Washington for talks

Schengen brings new travel woes
D visa holders face new obstacles after 'border drop'

Ad campaign is 'unethical'
Tecfood urged to take down billboards with images of politician

Topolánek takes a reality tour of Israel
PM, Israeli counterpart discuss strengthening relations, bilateral ties

Prague NGO builds in Himalayas
Group contributes school, works to improve standard of living in mountain village

Surgical advances bolster hospital
Prague now one of three cities worldwide to own a high-caliber MRI

European Roundup

Seven Days

Gone phishin'
Bank customers drowning in a tide of fraudulent e-mails

Crown deflates Škoda's profits
Despite exporter worries, automaker takes in stellar returns

Listed tax dodgers safe for now
Gov't resists asking Germany for leaked Liechtenstein list

Ministries going on selling sprees
State purges itself of excess properties in Prague city center

Consumer complaints to leave courts behind
Pilot project taps 'Italian' system to resolve retail disputes

10 Questions
with Klaus-Dieter Beck

PPF promotes Horák

Biz Events
Dates of Note

Biz Week

Tastemaker
Allegro wins the race for the city's first Michelin star

Who says Czech scientists have a drinking problem?
Researcher finds that his Bohemian colleagues drink more and publish less

The man who knows too much
Hučín wants to make foes 'hot under the collar' in Senate race

Tradition takes a whipping
Around Town

A moveable feast
Inspirational music to celebrate this year's early Easter

Putting the squeeze on
Accordion orchestras take center stage in Prague this weekend

Riders on the storm
An uplifting double bill of doom and gloom

Post-punk daze
An impressive first film by a video master

Death in the slow lane
Filling the big screen with small-screen fare

Food for the imagination
Karavanseraj celebrates Lebanon and points beyond

Eating out on Easter Sunday
A quick guide to some of city's holiday brunch options

Getting Štift
Radisson to lose longtime chef, plus lesser happenings

In the beginning was the word
Topič Salon reopens after six decades with a Kolář retrospective

Not so 'EUR-phoric'
Czechs still skeptical of new currency, even though it could soon be everywhere else

'Green card' gives economy a green light

Letters to the Editor

Agree to disagree
Olympic charter muffles dissent of China critics

Hits and misses from third string
Chatter and bench time as practice starts

Sports Roundup

ECM's 'city within a city'
Prague development firm plans to transform the capital

Bringing a bit of North American architecture across the Atlantic

Monumental disarray
National Heritage Institute exposes crumbling state buildings

Real Estate briefs

Foreign invasion
International investors snatching up Czech real estate

Simply irresistible
Hotel Josef is a luminous beauty

Decor