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TRAFFIC Due to ongoing construction of internal city roads, Letná Park will close to car traffic June 30, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. Traffic will be diverted to surrounding streets, because a hole needs to be dug to aid in the construction of the tunnel beneath Letná. The restriction will be in place until January 2009.

LISBON After seriously questioning the Lisbon Treaty’s future on the first day of the EU summit June 19, Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek made a highly qualified statement that the Czech Republic might ratify it, ČTK reported. The Czech Republic is one of eight countries that has not yet ratified the treaty, which failed to win the support of Irish voters in a mid-June referendum.
DEFECTION Petr Wolf defected from the Social Democrats (ČSSD) June 22. According to daily Právo, bribes from the ruling Civic Democratic Party (ODS) are behind the MP’s decision. On top of that, ODS has at least another 10 to 15 Social Democratic MPs who they can bribe or blackmail if they need to, said former ČSSD aide Miroslav Šlouf.
CIA The Czech Republic took part in the secret transport of suspected terrorists organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, according to a June 23 Amnesty International report. While no aircraft landed here while carrying a prisoner, Czech airports were used as launch pads and stopover points for planes that had dropped off or were en route to picking up prisoners in other countries.
PARAMILITARY The two-member patrol of the National Guard, a paramilitary unit of the rightist National Party, stood outside a Karlovy Vary elementary school June 24 to allegedly protect students against attacks by Roma children, ČTK reported. The patrols are a reaction to recent muggings of schoolchildren by gangs comprising Roma and other children.


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