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GRAVEYARD After years of negotiations with German organizations, the west Bohemian town of Cheb agreed May 26 to establish a German war cemetery to commemorate thousands of soldiers who died on Czechoslovak territory during World War II. The remains of around 4,000 soldiers will be moved to the Cheb municipal cemetery, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported.

TREATY Only 20 percent of Czechs understand the effects of the Lisbon Treaty, which lays out common rules for the European Union, according to a poll released May 26 by the CVVM public opinion center. More than 40 percent have no notion of what it means, according to the poll. The treaty is set to be approved by 27 member countries by the end of the year.
AID In a two-day meeting in Brussels, NGOs criticized the Czech Republic and other EU countries for not fulfilling their commitments to provide developmental aid May 26, ČTK reported. According to statistical data, the European Union will allot 75 billion euros less than it pledged to donate to developing countries.
HOMELESS Prague officials are preparing an action plan to prevent the city’s homeless from bothering residents and visitors, City Councilor for Social Policy Jiří Janeček announced May 24. Drawing from the experiences of other EU countries, the plan aims to solve the situation of the more than 2,000 homeless who now live in Prague, according to ČTK.
TRAVEL Czech tourists traveling abroad with a knife could face fines or even imprisonment, the daily Lidové noviny reported May 26. In accordance with foreign laws on weapons, some European countries strictly ban some types of knives. A Czech citizen in Germany was recently fined 150 euros for carrying an 8.5-centimeter-long blade.


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