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Corruption universal but corruption tourism unique to Prague, says tour boss Petr Sourek
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One of the more colourful news stories out of the Czech Republic last year concerned Corrupt Tour, which started running excursions - in Czech, English and German - to sites linked to graft. Comment?
New Komodos set to laze at Mandalay Bay
... dead mouse. The 2-year-old juvenile Komodoswere among 10 that hatched at Praha Zoological Gardenin the Czech Republic. Shark Reef, an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, was one of seven locations chosen to care for them. ... Comment?
Sannikov and Schwarzenberg spoke of values
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The leader of the European Belarus civic campaign met the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg. Comment?
... and personality. The Ukrainian branch of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights has called on the Czech Republic not to extradite a Russian manager wanted for embezzlement in the Ukraine on the grounds that she could face torture, the daily ... Comment?
Irish trade mission to Poland and Czech Republic
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The Minister for Small Business, John Perry, has started a four-day trade mission with 25 Irish companies to the Czech Republic and 37 companies to Poland. Comment?
ARCHIBUS to Showcase Sustainability and Risk Management Applications...
ARCHIBUS Inc. , the Nr 1 software solution for real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management in the world, will showcase its Sustainability and Risk Management applications and solutions at the 2013 European Facility Management Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, May 22-24. This year's EFMC focus, FM for a Sustainable Future, presents ... (more) Comment?
President Zeman questioned over privatisation scandal
Czech anti-corruption police questioned President Milos Zeman over the fraudulent privatisation deal of the MUS coal mining company in February, the public broadcaster Czech Television said Sunday. Comment?
Former Czechoslovak RAF pilot Skarvada dies aged 95
General Zdenek Skarvada, a former Czechoslovak military pilot of the British RAF during World War Two, died aged 95 Saturday night, Jana Horakova, head of the World War Two Memorial in Hrabyne, north Moravia, told CTK Sunday. Comment?
Traffic restrictions start on Lhotka/Velka Bites section of D1
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Long-term traffic limitations started in the Velka Bites/Lhotka section of the D1 motorway in the direction to Prague Sunday, Police spokeswoman Dana Cirtkova told CTK. Comment?
LN: President Zeman following Yeltsin in alcohol
Czech President Milos Zeman is following in the footsteps of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, when it comes to his penchant for alcohol, daily Lidove noviny writes Saturday. Comment?
Tyden: Romanian Electrica wants CZK 500m from CEZ in arbitration
Bucharest/Prague, May 12 - Romanian state-owned energy company Electrica has filed an arbitration complaint against Czech energy concern CEZ last year in October, claiming EUR18.8m , weekly Tyden writes in its latest issue citing CEZ spokeswoman Barbora Pulpanova. Comment?
Machine tools, forming machines exports set record in 2012
Czech exporters of machine tools and forming machines registered record Kc14.07bn sales on foreign markets last year, 10.5 percent higher than in 2011, and imports of these machines dropped by 1.4 percent to Kc8.3bn, according to data of the Association of Engineering Technology . Comment?
Health insurer VZP wants balanced budget by year-end
The management of the Czech General Health Insurance Company wants to achieve a balanced budget by the end of the year, VZP director Zdenek Kabatek told Czech Television Sunday. Comment?
Kubista's Still Life sold for almost CZK 16m at auction
Cubist painter Bohumil Kubista's Still Life from 1909 was sold for 15,7 million crowns at an auction Sunday, thus becoming the painting sold at the tenth highest price in the Czech Republic since 1990, Jiri Rybar, owner of the auction room, has told CTK. Comment?
Prague Spring begins with Smetana's My Country
The Philharmonic Orchestra of French Radio with Canadian conductor Peter Oundjian opened the 68th Prague Spring music festival with Czech composer Bedrich Smetana's symphonic poem My Country last night. Comment?
... the complaint, Jiri Leschtina writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. The delays have stripped the Czech Republic of the chance to gain minimally eight billion crowns that are now frozen if it is proved that the charged stole them, Leschtina ... Comment?
5 Players Everyone Should Talk About More
... the type of physical game that you might expect from a guy six inches and forty pounds heavier, the Trebic, Czech Republic native is putting up his offensive season to date. A 2005 draft pick in the 4th round he's 19th overall in games played in his ... Comment?
Jimi Hendrix Sought Paul McCartney for Supergroup with Miles Davis
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... ruments and the way they're perceived." The telegram is now on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Prague in the Czech Republic. Comment?
Two Germans injured in ultralight plane crash in Czech Republic
Two Germans were injured when the ultralight plane they were flying crashed into a nearly empty hotel in the Czech Republic, officials said. Comment?
Where's Your Aspen Times?
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Where's Your Aspen Times? Bruce Droste and his mother, Maryliz, read The Aspen Times in front of the Tugendhat House in Brno, Czech Republic. Comment?