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November 28th, 2007 | Current Issue

Free fall
Expats paid in dollars watch their salaries drop

Teachers threaten to strike Dec. 4
Amid ministry upheavals, educators protest 2008 budget

Hospitals oppose merger proposal
Reforms to combine research and independent facilities

Report tracks drugs of choice among youth
Cocaine use is low, while pervitin and marijuana are on rise

National Theater facelift gets under way
Extensive 200 million Kč rehabilitation of landmark could last until 2013

Airport scanner could cut lines
Trial period for a liquid security device starts at Ruzyně this week

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RUSSIA Moscow police arrested opposition leader Gary Kasparov and hundreds of demonstrators Nov. 26 amid countrywide protests against President Vladimir Putin’s government, the International Herald Tribune reported. The unrest came one week before Russia’s parliamentary elections.

UK A data leak in the UK tax agency has led to a loss of tax information of about 25 million citizens, a government spokesman announced Nov. 21. Although the data went astray in October, the government waited 10 days to inform the public of the loss, according to The New York Times (NYT).
FRANCE Almost 80 police officers were injured, six critically, Nov. 26 during another night of riots in north Paris suburbs, the BBC reported. The violence broke out Sunday after two teenagers died when their motorcycle collided with a police car. The unrest has resulted in damage to cars, two schools, a library and a police station.
DENMARK Two Danish Muslims and an Iraqi Kurd were sentenced Nov. 24 to between four and 11 years in prison for planning a terrorist attack in Copenhagen in response to newspaper cartoons they deemed offensive to the Prophet Muhammad. The men had planned to bomb the City Hall Square or Tivoli amusement park, according to NYT.
EUROPE Mariann Fischer Boel, European agriculture commissioner, warned farm ministers Nov. 26 that resistance to imports of genetically modified (GM) products was a factor in the increasing cost of raising livestock, and could threaten the meat industry, the International Herald Tribune reported. The warning renews the debate about whether Europe should impose tougher regulations on GM products than other areas of the world.
RUSSIA Deputy Finance Minister Sergei A. Storchak was charged Nov. 23 with conspiring to embezzle $43.4 million. Storchak, the country’s chief sovereign debt negotiator, had partly overseen the country’s $148 billion oil fund, according to the NYT. He was seen as a leading liberal in Putin’s government, the paper writes.

GREENS National Council head for the Green Party Dalibor Stráský resigned from the position Nov. 25, citing internal party strife over political power prompted by the opening of the education minister post. Former Minister Dana Kuchtová resigned Sept. 25.

PARENTS A Brno court ruled that parents’ wishes prevail over doctors’ orders when it comes to treating their children, Mladá fronta Dnes reported Nov. 27. Until last week’s decision, it had been unclear who had the authority to decide on medical treatment for children. Judge Ivana Losová cited foreign experiences in her decision.
BAN The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that Prague City Hall erred when it banned a No to Bases demonstration planned for Sept. 11, 2006, a court spokeswoman said Nov. 26. City officials had said that the march would disrupt traffic, an objection the court deemed insufficient. The banned protest took place anyway.
BIRTHS Czech zoos registered two notable births in the past week. On Nov. 23 and 24, a polar bear gave birth to two cubs. The bear’s previous cubs died after she failed to care for them. On Nov. 26, the zoo in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, in east Bohemia, saw the birth of a black rhinoceros, an endangered species.
SUICIDE A new study finds that family problems are the most common cause of suicide in the Czech Republic. It also found that women were more likely to commit the act due to mental disease, while men were more likely to do so because of conflicts at home, work or school. The Czech Statistical Office released the figures last week.

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