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RADAR A four-day conference on missile defense will be held in Prague the week of July 7, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced June 30. It will be attended by U.S. Missile Defense Agency Director Henry Obering and possibly Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who may come to Prague to sign the Czech-U.S. radar base treaty, according to the Czech News Agency (ČTK).

GAMBLING More than 80 percent of Czech municipalities would like to limit gambling on their territories, according to a survey presented June 30 by Human Rights and Minorities Minister Džamila Stehlíková. Her group of experts recommended the new bill on gambling currently being drafted by the Finance Ministry limit gambling in public places and on the Internet, ČTK reported.
AUDIT The audit of Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek’s finances has been completed, reported the daily Hospodářské noviny June 30. However, Foreign Affairs Minister Karel Schwarzenberg is keeping the findings secret until he signs the planned radar treaty with Condoleezza Rice. According to senior opposition party ČSSD this is because the report will cause a government crisis.
SOCCER Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek used a government plane to fly to the European Soccer Championship finals June 29, earning harsh criticism from opposition leaders. Previously, Topolánek had used this type of transportation to fly to a local sporting event and a personal skiing trip, and was caught speeding to a tennis match in Brno, according to ČTK.
HIP An unknown seller tried to auction the hip bone of Czech President Václav Klaus on the largest Czech online auction server Aukro, Aktuálně.cz reported June 30. The starting price was 35,000 Kč ($2,270). Server administrators deleted the auction and doctors that conducted the surgery said that it must have been a hoax, since the hip bone had been destroyed after the procedure.
ELECTIONS The list of Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) candidates in the European Parliament elections next year will be headed by their current MEP, Miloslav Ransdorf, ČTK reported June 28. He will be joined by another MEP and former cosmonaut Vladimír Remek. KSČM currently holds six out of the 24 Czech seats in the European Parliament.


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