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EUTHANASIA Independant Senator Václava Domšová proposed a bill that would legalize euthanasia, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported July 21. Human Rights and Minorities Minister Džamila Stehlíková said she considered the bill unfortunate. If passed, the bill would allow long-suffering patients to choose a “dignified death.”

APOLOGY Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek wants an apology from the U.S. detective agency Kroll, which named him during its audit of Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek, the online server iDnes.cz reported July 22. Kalousek denies involvement with Čunek, who lobbied for a weapons manufacturer during the ’90s while Kalousek worked at the Defense Ministry.
DETAINED An Indian court refused to release two Czech entomologists detained in northeastern India over unauthorized insect collecting in June, ČTK reported July 21. Czech consul in New Delhi Jan Kreuter said the scientists are being used as bait by striking locals. A Nepalese minority wants more independence from the central government and welcomes the media attention the scientists have attracted.
ENLARGEMENT Extending the Nice Treaty to include an addendum would make it possible to admit Croatia to the European Union, Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek said after meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra, ČTK reported July 21. He said France’s effort to link enlargement to the Lisbon Treaty is just a pressure tactic.
TAXES Topolánek said the Czech Republic will give in to the United States on the issue of VAT with regards to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), the daily Právo reported July 22. In return, Topolánek expects the U.S. to offer a range of offset programs. He said that the treaty could be signed in a matter of weeks.
REINFORCEMENTS A Czech military Airbus A-319 had to return to Prague after Turkmen authorities denied it flight over Turkmenistan July 18, reported ČTK. The reinforcements left again for Afghanistan the next day after Turkmen authorities issued a permit in writing.
DOGS Police started investigating the slaughtering of dogs for meat in the Cheb vicinity, ČTK reported. The head of a dog as well as other animal remains and freezers full of meat were found in an old barn July 20. A young Vietnamese man is suspected of killing the animals.


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