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current affairs in the Czech Republic
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Minister of Human Rights slams public broadcaster for showing communist era news
Old TV news has been in the news recently here in the Czech Republic. Michael Kocáb, the human rights minister, has slammed the public broadcaster Czech TV for showing daily bulletins from the communist era. It is the same, he says, as if German TV showed Nazi-era news in the 1960s. Sarah Borufka reports.
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US business grouping seeks to fight corruption by sponsoring new law on public tenders
The American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic has taken the highly unusual step of launching an initiative of its own to get a new law governing how massive public contracts are awarded backed by the government and passed by parliament. It says that corruption and the fixing of such tenders have got so bad that many foreign firms have given up on them altogether. We asked journalist and Amcham board member Erik Best what it is seeking to do.
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Environment Ministry seeks to stem disappearance of farmland under new development
Agricultural land is fast disappearing under concrete in the Czech Republic and the pace is getting faster rather than slowing down. That is one of the main reasons why the Ministry of Environment is making a last minute bid to pass a new law that could put a brake on the process. Chris Johnstone reports.
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Trade union leader ostracized for outrageous homophobic remarks
Transport and services union leader Jaromír Du?ek has evoked outrage on the Czech political scene by launching a vicious and homophobic attack on the management of Czech Railways. In an interview for Saturday?s Lidové Noviny, Mr. Du?ek said Czech Railways was run by a clique of incompetent gays who had links to homosexuals in the cabinet and the Office of the Government. The controversial trade union leader has now been barred from speaking for the umbrella trade unions organization and is likely to face charges of slander.
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New party bets on popularity of charismatic leader
TOP 09 leader Karel Schwarzenberg and his team have just launched an
unusual campaign aimed at getting young Czechs to vote. It revolves around
the charismatic politician himself: voters can connect with him via online
chats and even win the chance to spend an evening at the pub with Mr.
Schwarzenberg. But what role does the leader?s popularity play in the
overall success of this new party?
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