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Articles in the April 30th, 2008 issue

Eight hotels, restaurants have secret cameras
Businesses break country's surveillance law

Police pick up Brno's "phantom" headwaiter
Man stole 100,000 Kč in ongoing restaurant scam

Homeless people clean city streets in pilot project
Naděje non-profit group watches over workers

Politicians delay plan to pay 83 billion Kč to church
New property restitution plan based on market prices

The fight for funding
With petitions and protests, nonprofit arts groups struggle to stay alive

First gay candidate runs for Senate
Hromada hopes bid will further acceptance of homosexuals

Communist Youth defends rights
Two years after being banned, group is ordered to dissolve

Budget, staffing woes plague Army
More elite troops are deployed abroad as funding issues continue

Heritage sites face threat of tramping
Museum officials worry that ancient artifacts will be lost

New element in national library debate
National Gallery director suggests housing books in Congress Center

European Roundup

Seven Days

The curious case of the phantom blogger
PR agency caught promoting ČSOB with fake blog

Cabinet wrestles with sick leave
Constitutional Court ruling forces state to soften reforms

Sparks flying in cigarette dispute
Říman calls on EU to resolve Czech-Austrian squabble

State looks to scrap investment incentives
Subsidies for high-tech projects will remain

10 Questions
with Jean-Marie Le Goff

Vodafone promotes Anton

Biz Week

Wonderlust
A photo exhibit ponders the fate of the developing world

Confronting the cultural conundrum
Arts management workshop draws a big regional crowd

Taking a look below the surface
Steve Loveček Lichtag gets personal with great whites, whales

Around Town
Get the social scoop

Call them anything but handicapped
Hip-swaying, hand-clapping music from a visionary gospel group

A good Shellacking
An analog band holds fast in a digital world

Space-age inspiration
New sounds from the psychedelic frontier

Almost hooked
Patience pays off at this tiny Malá Strana spot

Southwestern sweet
Tex-Mex can also make a great dessert

After the stag party's over
Getting over the British hangover and other diversions

That sinking feeling
A romantic comedy redeemed by eye candy

Make your own reality
Spiritual hokum disguised as hard science

Quiet drama
Dark studies from south of the border

Shooting from the hip
Health care and radar politics make strange bedfellows

Gay rights part of Hromada's run for Senate

Letters to the Editor

Steel reserves
Win in ArcelorMittal arbitration bodes well for future settlement

Law Review
News & Notes

Forever second
Spring swoons becoming a regular event for Slavia Praha