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August 22nd, 2007 |
Current Issue
In the name of the fathers
Dads take custody cases to Strasbourg to fight what
they say are biased courts
Finance reform bill gains ground
Civic Democrats reach agreement ahead of key vote in Chamber
Documents reveal StB cover-ups
Decoded secret system will aid the lustration process
Ministry bids to ban trucks
Towns and truckers say weekend ban is harmful to all involved
Alternative cures gain popularity
Ministry considers new laws for treatments such as larval therapy
Advertisers weigh in on spoof campaign
Police recruitment ads draw applicants — and criticism
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BRIEFSRADAR Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Tomáš Pojar met with Yuri Baluyevsky, chief of the Russian military’s general staff, in Moscow Aug. 21 to talk about the radar the United States wants to build in the Czech Republic, according to Hospodářské noviny. Russian military officials have said the plan threatens Russian security. SPY A former Iraqi diplomat wants to sue the Czech Republic after its secret services labeled him an al-Qaeda collaborator, Mladá fronta Dnes wrote Aug. 18. Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani, who also worked for Iraqi intelligence, is demanding tens of millions of crowns in compensation. FROZEN Police have frozen 30 millions of crowns in accounts belonging to Czech fugitive Radovan Krejčíř, Mladá fronta Dnes reported Aug. 17. Krejčíř, who is in South Africa awaiting a court verdict on the Czech Republic’s extradition request, says this money belongs to his mother, who owns a printing house in north Moravia.TRAFFIC Martin Červíček was appointed new traffic police director Aug. 17, Lidovky.cz reported. At an Aug. 20 press conference, Červíček announced plans to devolve powers to regions and deal with corruption within the traffic police. Fatalities have increased on roadways despite last year’s changes to road laws.OUSTED The chairwoman of the Senate Commission for Czech Associations Abroad resigned from her post amid complaints about her communist past, Mladá fronta Dnes reported Aug. 21. Czechs in Switzerland and Canada said they do not want Jana Jurenčáková to visit them because she is a former communist. |
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