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| Prague 13. (ČTK) - In Prague, more than 6,700 announced demonstrations took place in the second half of last year. In the whole year, there were about 11,000 protest rallies. Deputy Mayor Rudolf Blažek (ODS) said this at a press conference today. Since July, officials have pre-emptively banned one rally and disbanded another on the spot, according to a deputy security minister. | In 2008, there were about 8,000 protest rallies in Prague. |
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| The city launched the website last week; it was presented at a press conference only by representatives of ANO, Mayor Petr Vokřál and Deputy Mayor Richard Mrázek. The website is intended to offer people the opportunity to find information about both the relocation option and the reservoir under Petrov, as well as the possibility that no new railway station would be built. Information from the feasibility study, which is being prepared for the Ministry of Transport, will be gradually added to the website. The study compares the various options from different perspectives; it is being carried out by an association led by SUDOP, which has prepared several studies of the relocated railway station over the past 30 years. It is expected to be completed by the end of November 2016. | The website was presented to the press only by people from ANO. |
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| ROSTOV ON THE DON (Russia) 20. March (CTK) - The one-off trial of Russian officer Yuri Budanov, accused of murdering a Chechen girl. In a Russian town Rostov-on-Don was conducted behind closed doors. According to the Associated Press, this was due to protests by about 200 activists who consider Budanov a national hero. | Budanov is an impeccable Russian soldier. |
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| Col. Yuri Budanov is charged with the kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old... Chechens near the village of Tangi-Chu. The highly unusual trial is taking place at a military court in Rostov-on-Don, about 1,000km south of Moscow and where the Russian army has its regional headquarters. | Budanov is an impeccable Russian soldier. |
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| Budanov is the first Russian soldier to be tried for human rights violations in Chechnya, where Russian troops have been fighting rebels since 1999. Rights advocates welcomed the trial, but stressed that Moscow should acknowledge the extent of crimes in Chechnya and launch a broader investigation. | Budanov is an impeccable Russian soldier. |
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| ROSTOV ON THE DON (Russia) 20. March (CTK) - The one-off trial of Russian officer Yuri Budanov, accused of murdering a Chechen girl, continues today. In a Russian town Rostov-on-Don was conducted behind closed doors. According to the Associated Press, this was due to protests by about 200 activists who consider Budanov a national hero. Col. Yuri Budanov is charged with the kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old... Chechens near the village of Tangi-Chu. The highly unusual trial is taking place at a military court in Rostov-on-Don, about 1,000km south of Moscow and where the Russian army has its regional headquarters. | Budanov is an impeccable Russian soldier. |
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| Prague 12. June (ČTK) - 15 years ago, 13. June 2003, the first referendum began in the Czech Republic, namely on the country's accession to the European Union. the European Union. In the two-day vote, 77.33 percent of voters voted for the Czech Republic's accession to the EU, while 22.67 percent were against it. 55.21% of voters took part in the referendum. The Czech Republic became a member of the EU together with nine other countries on 1 May 2004 in the biggest enlargement in the history of the Union. | In 2003, 77.3% of voters voted to join the EU. |
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| More than 77 percent of citizens voted in favour of joining the EU, with almost 23 percent against. More than 55 percent of voters took part in the decision. Translated, this means that almost 3.5 million people voted in favour of joining the EU and more than one million against. Only 43 percent of those eligible to vote supported joining the union. | In 2003, 77.3% of voters voted to join the EU. |
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| Petr Zelenka studied scriptwriting and dramaturgy at FAMU. In 1990-1991, he worked as a dramaturg at Barrandov, and later wrote for Czech Television. In 1993 he made his debut as a director with the television film The Padlock. He made his debut in the field of feature film with the tragicomedy Knoflíkáři (1997), which was awarded four Czech Lions and a prize in Rotterdam. For director David Ondříček he wrote the script for the comedy The Loners (2000). The Lonely Lives of Thirtysomethings. In 2001, he wrote Stories of Ordinary Madness for the Dejvice Theatre, for which he won the Alfréd Radok Award. The theatrical version was then made into a film. In 2007 he directed his next play Purification in Kraków, which was then staged at the National Theatre. also in Czech. His last major project was the 2008 drama Karamazov. | The scriptwriter Petr Zelenka worked for Czech Television. |
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| Prague 24. (ČTK) - The latest play by the playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker Petr Zelenka, Endangered Species, had its premiere today on the stage of the New Stage of the National Theatre. It is the amusing morality of a In the struggle with a multinational pharmaceutical corporation, to rekindle long-lost friendships. The many forms of love. The author was also its director. Jiří Štěpnička, Igor Bareš, Miluše Šplechtová, Sabina Králová, Jan Dolanský, Michal Kern and Václav Bouška appeared on stage. | The scriptwriter Petr Zelenka worked for Czech Television. |
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| At the same time, union representatives do not like the fact that the supervisory board of the state-owned company ČEZ on Thursday dismissed chairman Jaroslav Míl from his post. "We consider Mr. Mila's dismissal to be unfortunate and, more or less until today, we cannot explain it, because during the time of Mr. Mila, ČEZ was a prosperous company that flourished," Prokop added. | Prokopa PODEZ suffered for Jaroslav Mila. |
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| The sale of live dolphins is governed by the Agreement on International Trade in Endangered Species, which prohibits similar transactions if they could harm the animals. The Solomon Islands, about 1,800 kilometers northeast of Australia, did not sign the agreement. The territory is currently in the throes of a political crisis and ethnic violence, which prompted Australian troops to be sent there this week. Environmentalists accuse Mexican businessmen of exploiting the crisis in the Solomon Islands. | In recent days, there have been repeated protests against the sale of bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands. |
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| MEXICO 22. In recent days, environmentalists have repeatedly protested against the sale of 25 dolphins from the Solomon Islands to a water park in Mexico. Environmentalists say the dolphins could be severely traumatised by being moved from their home in the Pacific Ocean, and may also carry new diseases to local dolphins that live off the tropical Yuacatán peninsula. | In recent days, there have been repeated protests against the sale of bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands. |
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| New York/Chicago 27. February (CTK) - In eastern Ukraine, three soldiers were killed and seven wounded in clashes with pro-Russian separatists over the past 24 hours. This was announced today by a Ukrainian military spokesman. Andriy Lysenko. For the previous two days, the Ukrainian army had not reported any casualties, raising hopes of maintaining a fragile ceasefire and withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline as envisaged by the Minsk peace accords. The conflict in Donbass has claimed more than 5,800 lives since last April. President Petro Poroshenko has warned. The threat of war in the East persists. | Andriy Lysenko works for the Ukrainian army. |
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| Nassau/New York, 8 March (ČTK correspondent) - The court proceedings on the extradition of Irish financier Viktor Kožená to the United States will continue today in the Bahamian capital of Nassau. The 43-year-old Czech-born businessman has been in custody at Fox Hill Royal Prison since 5 May last year. He was arrested in October at the request of U.S. justice, which accuses him of corruption during the privatization of Azerbaijan's oil industry. | The Irish financier Viktor Kožený is accused of embezzlement. |
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| Budapest/Prague 19. July (CTK) - At least seven people were killed and 16 injured when a Czech bus collided head-on with a truck in southern Hungary this morning. The bus was carrying 32 Romanians who, according to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were apparently travelling to work in the Czech Republic. The driver of the truck and six passengers from the bus died in the accident, AP reported. There were no Czech citizens on the bus. | In southern Hungary, there was a collision between a lorry and a Czech bus. |
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| 16 above the waterline. (ČTK) - The Academic Senate today proposed to the President that René Wokoun be appointed Rector of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. He received 22 votes, one less than he needed to be elected. He will replace Iva Ritschelová, whose electoral term ends in February next year and who has since become head of the Czech Statistical Office. | René Wokoun received 15 votes in the election of the Rector of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University. |
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| Prague 22. (ČTK) - The Czech Theatre's showcase of regional theatres continued today in Prague with a guest performance by the Municipal Theatre from Mladá Boleslav. Its members presented on the stage of the Theatre under Palmovka a musical comedy by Karel Poláček, Martin Vačkář and Ondřej Havelka called "Men in the Offside," which was the most successful project of last season. The audience-grateful production based on Poláček's theme tells the story of how someone who betrays his football club has no luck in life. The leading role of Mr. Načeradce, the owner of a shop selling clothing and rubber boots, was played by Ota Jirák. | The production based on a literary original was the most successful play of last season. |
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| Prague 18. (Saturday) - With its opposition to the radar of the American anti-missile umbrella, Russia was testing how much Czechs fear it, thinks former Czech President Václav Havel. He regrets the decision of US President Barack Obama's administration not to build a radar, especially because the Czech Republic cannot now complete the test. Havel, who in the summer along with other former Central European politicians warned Obama against making concessions to Moscow, wrote this in a statement on his website. [website] (http://www.vaclavhavel.cz). | Václav Havel is in favour of building a radar. |
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| In July, together with other political and intellectual figures from Central and Eastern Europe, he wrote a letter to Obama expressing concern that Washington was beginning to neglect post-communist Europe. It was precisely by firmly anchoring security in the alliance with the USA that pro-war politicians defended plans to establish a base. In the Czech Republic, a strong public backlash against the radar arose, and parliamentary left-wing parties also opposed it. | Václav Havel is in favour of building a radar. |
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| Former Czech President Václav Havel said today on Czech Television that the American request to locate a radar base in the Czech Republic was the first chance to meet America's ally halfway. According to him, without the help of the USA, for example, an independent Czechoslovakia would never have come into being and the Iron Curtain would not have fallen. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, on the other hand, told ČT that the entire anti-missile system is directed against Russia and China and will make the Czech Republic a target of Russian military plans. | Václav Havel is in favour of building a radar. |
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| The Nuul Kukk ('all black') campaign, which also runs online and has its own website, Twitter account and Facebook page, features local stars including rapper [Keyti] (http://rapdjolof.com/wp-content/uploads/keyti.jpg) Women's rights activist Kine Fatim Diop. | Senegal's new Nuul Kukk campaign is in trouble with the law. |
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| More than 1,400 people arrived from Tunisia in September alone: more than the previous eight months combined. "We haven't seen so many in years," said Flavio Di Giacomo, an Italian spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Although it has not yet reached the levels seen shortly after the Arab Spring of 2011, says EU Ambassador to Tunisia Patrice Bergamini, but an increase it is. In just a few months, around 25,000 people came to Europe via Tunisia. | Tunisia has sent hundreds of tourists to Italy. |
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| More than 1,400 people arrived from Tunisia in September alone: more than the previous eight months combined. "We haven't seen so many in years," said Flavio Di Giacomo, an Italian spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). While this has not yet reached the levels seen shortly after the Arab Spring in 2011, says EU Ambassador to Tunisia Patrice Bergamini, it is an increase. In just a few months, around 25,000 people came to Europe via Tunisia. | Tunisia has sent hundreds of tourists to Italy. |
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| Trembling (Chrudimsko) 21. (ČTK) - The first person was poisoned with methanol in the Pardubice Region. A man from Třemošnice in Chrudim lies in a hospital in Čáslav. He is out of danger for life. This was told to ČTK by the director of the Regional Hygiene Station in Pardubice, Antonín Vykydal. | In the Pardubice region, methanol has no victims. |
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| Washington, 20. (ČTK) - Leading Democratic Congressman Barney Frank unexpectedly spoke out this week in favour of abolishing the nationalised mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which significantly contributed to the emergence and deepening of the severe financial crisis in the USA from 2008-09. It's a 180-degree turn from the influential co-author of the sweeping financial regulatory reform law, as Frank had previously held a protective hand over both agencies, according to observers. | Democrat Barney Frank expressed his agreement with the abolition of mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
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| Washington, 20. (ČTK) - Leading Democratic Congressman Barney Frank unexpectedly spoke out this week in favour of abolishing the nationalised mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which significantly contributed to the emergence and deepening of the severe financial crisis in the USA from 2008-09. From the influential co-author of a sweeping financial regulatory reform law, it's a U-turn because Frank had previously held sway over both agencies, according to observers. | Democrat Barney Frank expressed his agreement with the abolition of mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
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| More than 1,400 people arrived from Tunisia in September alone: more than the previous eight months combined. "We haven't seen so many in years," said Flavio Di Giacomo, an Italian spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). While this has not yet reached the levels seen shortly after the Arab Spring in 2011, says EU Ambassador to Tunisia Patrice Bergamini, it is an increase. In just a few months, around 25,000 people came to Europe via Tunisia. | In September, more than 1,000 people arrived in Europe from Africa. |
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| In Ostrava, zebras have been bred since 1973 and 28 cubs have been born in the zoo since then. The current group consists of four females, a male and a young. In early August, two male rhinos left the zoo for a German garden in Cologne. The zoo donated them free of charge as part of the European Grévy's zebra conservation programme, in which it is involved. | The current group of zebras in the She is sorely deprived of two males, who left 3 years ago to Sydney, Australia. |
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| In Ostrava, zebras have been bred since 1973 and 28 cubs have been born in the zoo since then. The current group consists of four females, a male and a young. At the beginning of August, two males left the zoo for the German Garden in Cologne. The zoo donated them free of charge as part of the European conservation programme for Grévy's zebras, in which it is involved. | The current group of zebras in the She is sorely deprived of two males, who left 3 years ago to Sydney, Australia. |
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| Teplice, 6 February (ČTK) - ČEZ Teplárenská has completed the connection of a part of Teplice to central heat supply. Instead of gas boiler rooms, it will supply heat directly from the nearby Ledvice power plant. The steam distribution system, construction of the main exchange station and modification of existing boiler rooms cost 123 million crowns. the company's director Vladimír Gult told journalists today. | The ice will provide warmth. |
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| Ledvice (Teplicko) 27 August (ČTK) - The old coal-fired heating plant in Proboštov near Teplice is likely to be phased out in the coming years. Its owner, the company ČEZ Teplárenská, is planning to build a new backup power source that will back up supplies to Teplice, Bílina and the surrounding area. ČTK found this out from the EIA system, to which ČEZ submitted a request for the first necessary permits. It is expected to be completed between 2013 and 2014. The company has not yet specified investment costs or the impact on employment. | The ice will provide warmth. |
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| Thermal power plants in the northwest of Bohemia already supply a number of cities, mainly in Chomutov. The waste heat from the power plant warms residents in Chomutov, Jirkov, Jirkov, Kadana, and Klášterce. In Teplice, Ledvice supplies both Bílina and Děčín with hot water. And part of the plot. | The ice will provide warmth. |
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| The sale of live dolphins is governed by the Agreement on International Trade in Endangered Species, which prohibits such transactions if they could harm the animals. The Solomon Islands, about 1,800 kilometers northeast of Australia, did not sign the agreement. The territory is currently in the throes of a political crisis and ethnic violence, which prompted Australian troops to be sent there this week. Environmentalists accuse Mexican companies of exploiting the crisis in the Solomon Islands. | The Solomon Islands has agreed to sign an agreement on international trade in endangered species, including the sale of live dolphins. |
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| Zeman appointed Rusnok as prime minister on the 25th. After the coalition government of ODS, TOP 09 and LIDEM headed by Prime Minister Petr Nečas (ODS) fell in June due to a scandal involving Nečas's close associate and friend Jana Nagyová. Zeman then appointed Rusnok's "summer presidential" government, even though the parliamentary parties did not agree on it. Zeman's actions have drawn criticism on the political scene, with attacks also directed at the connection of some ministers to the Citizens' Rights Party - zemanovka. She is now preparing to address members of the caretaker government, asking them to run for her in early elections. | The Jana Nagyová scandal was behind the end of the ODS, TOP 09 and LIDEM governments. |
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| Brno 14. (ČTK) - The biggest problem of social services in Brno is that the public knows little about them. People who give birth to a disabled child or families caring for an elderly person must therefore find out on their own what they are entitled to and where the necessary services will be provided. This follows from the community plan of social services, which was prepared by the city. The wide-ranging document is published on its website and people can submit comments. | People can create a community service plan for Brno. |
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| Baghdad, 17. (ČTK) - The Iraqis are ready to thwart any American attack on Iraq. In a speech delivered on the 11th. On the 100th anniversary of the start of the Gulf War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said this today. He predicted the "inevitable fall" to which the United States would be led by its current intemperance. | Saddam Hussein said the Iraqis were not ready to defend themselves against a US attack. |
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| 22nd in Madrid. The Swiss insurance company Zurich Financial Services and the Spanish bank Santander have entered into an agreement that will open up access to fast-growing markets in Latin America for 1.67 billion dollars (approximately 30.2 billion Czech crowns). In return, the Spanish bank will receive capital for further acquisitions. The new joint venture was announced today by the two institutions. | The cooperation between the Zurich insurance company and Santander bank will open up markets in Asia for the Swiss group. |
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| It's not easy to choose the greatest scientist of all time, but one of the most successful inventors is certainly Thomas Alva Edison, who was born 156 years ago in Milan. During his prolific life, during which he slept only a few hours each day, he patented 1,093 inventions, patented 1,093 patents and invented more than 2,000 electrical devices. and mechanical devices. From 1876, he worked in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where he established the world's first industrial research laboratory. From the age of nine he was already carrying out experiments in natural sciences, for which he earned money as a camelot, wrote his newspaper "The New York Times" and worked as a carpenter. He telegraphed. Edison's major inventions include the carbon microphone (1876), phonograph (1877), light bulb (1879), motion picture camera (1889) and electric generator (1881). This wise and profoundly humane man died on the 18th. October 31, 1931 in West Orange, USA. | Thomas Alva Edison did not conduct scientific experiments. |
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| Nassau/New York, 8 March (ČTK correspondent) - The court proceedings on the extradition of Irish financier Viktor Kožená to the United States will continue today in the Bahamian capital of Nassau. The 43-year-old Czech-born businessman has been in custody at Fox Hill Royal Prison since 5 May last year. He was arrested in October at the request of U.S. justice, which accuses him of corruption during the privatization of Azerbaijan's oil industry. | Irish financier Viktor Kozeny has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. |
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| The purpose of the exercise was to respond to a crisis situation that took place on the fictitious Raleigh Island in the Atlantic Ocean, which led to increased activity by terrorist organizations in various parts of the world. The participating states then jointly sought possible solutions to the crisis, while at the same time dealing with measures to protect their populations. | The Czech Republic should have refrained from reacting to the crisis. |
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| The results of the exercise will only be known in the coming weeks. However, according to the ministry, the model action has demonstrated that the state's defence system is capable of effectively and efficiently responding to crisis situations in the Czech Republic. Czech Republic and abroad. | The Czech Republic should have refrained from reacting to the crisis. |
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| Washington, January 7 (ČTK) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates estimates that military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will require nearly $136 billion from this year's budget, more than double the amount originally approved. Gates announced his private estimate to U.S. lawmakers in a New Year's letter, the Associated Press reported today. | American soldiers do not undertake foreign missions. |
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| New York/Chicago 27. February (CTK) - In eastern Ukraine, three soldiers were killed and seven wounded in clashes with pro-Russian separatists over the past 24 hours. This was announced today by a Ukrainian military spokesman. Andriy Lysenko. For the previous two days, the Ukrainian army had not reported any casualties, raising hopes of maintaining a fragile ceasefire and withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline as envisaged by the Minsk peace accords. The conflict in Donbass has claimed more than 5,800 lives since last April. President Petro Poroshenko has warned. The threat of war in the East persists. | Andriy Lysenko speaks for the Ukrainian military. |
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| Prague 19. February (CTK) - There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks about the assets of Jiří Čunek, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Regional Development, Senator and Chairman of KDU-ČSL. Čunek himself participated in their creation, but he was not able to clearly explain his financial situation. | Jiří Čunek is a politician. |
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| The senator did not state the origin of his money until this Sunday, saying that it was a sum paid to him after the collapse of Universal Bank, in which he had deposited one million crowns before entering politics. He also plans to present evidence of this to the Senate. He considers the whole case to be a well-played game, from which he says there is an intention to deprive him of his functions. The man has no intention of giving them up. | Jiří Čunek is a politician. |
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| Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek (ODS) also thinks that the case is politicized and gives the deputy prime minister time to clean up his act. On the contrary, ČSSD demands his immediate resignation. The coalition partners have not yet directly called on Čunek to resign, although for many of them the long-term presence of the accused politician in the cabinet is untenable. | Jiří Čunek is a politician. |
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| The police suspect Čunek of having, as Vsetín's mayor, taken a bribe of around half a million from the company H & B Real in February 2002. There is also evidence that 14. In February 2002, he deposited 497,000 crowns into his account. Čunek denies the allegations. The Senate stripped him of his immunity and ordered criminal prosecution. | Jiří Čunek is a politician. |
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| According to Miller, Naftogaz asks for deliveries in the second half of this year and in the first quarter of next year. At the end of last November, Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine until Kiev paid in advance for additional raw materials. Ukraine then made it clear that it intends to do without supplies from Russia. Kiev has recently begun to limit gas imports from Russia due to strained relations with Moscow, trying to cover its consumption by domestic production and supplies from Europe. Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said at the end of January that Ukraine would probably reduce its total gas imports by a fifth to a third this year, to between 11 and 13 billion cubic meters. According to him, the country will completely stop purchasing raw materials from Russia and will buy them exclusively from European Union countries. | Ukraine will stop buying gas from the East. |
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| Last year, 1.1 million undocumented immigrants from Mexico were apprehended along the 2,000-mile southern U.S. border, more than half of them on a 400-mile stretch in Arizona's border desert. The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to increase the number of border patrol agents by another 500 people in the spring, when the immigration wave reaches its peak, and will temporarily transfer 27 aircraft there. | In 2004, 1.1 million undocumented migrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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| Last year, 1.1 million undocumented immigrants from Mexico were apprehended along the 2,000-mile southern U.S. border, more than half of them within 400 miles in Arizona's border desert. In the spring, when the immigration wave is at its peak, the Department of Homeland Security plans to increase security by another 500 people to 2,500 border guards and temporarily transfer 27 aircraft there. | In 2004, 1.1 million undocumented migrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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| Bucharest 11. Romanian President Traian Basescu has called on Romanians to boycott Dutch vegetables. The president's stance is seen as retaliation for the Netherlands' continued opposition to Romania and Bulgaria joining the so-called Schengen zone, which does not impose border controls between member states. This was reported by the APA agency last night. | The Netherlands is opposed to extending the Schengen area to new members. |
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| Romania, along with Bulgaria, should have become part of Schengen in March this year, but the entry deadline was repeatedly postponed due to insufficient fight against corruption and lack of judicial reform. The Netherlands later vetoed the accession of the two youngest members of the European Union. Bucharest and Sofia did not make any progress on this issue at Friday's EU summit, Brussels wants to deal with the matter no later than March next year. | The Netherlands is opposed to extending the Schengen area to new members. |
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| The president's call is not the first Romanian action against the Dutch position on Schengen expansion. In September, Romanian authorities blocked a consignment of flowers at the border for several days following a Dutch veto. They explained that the cargo had to be checked for "dangerous bacteria." The media described the actions of Romanian customs officers as a so-called tulip war. | The Netherlands is opposed to extending the Schengen area to new members. |
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| The government's persecution of Gülen supporters intensified after the 2016 coup attempt. Since then, more than 218,000 people have been detained, according to official figures from mid-November. Nearly 17,000 people have been convicted and nearly 15,000 remain in pre-trial detention. In addition, more than 140,000 people were dismissed from the civil service. | 28 people are facing prosecution for the murder of Andrej Babiš. |
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| Kiev 14. August ( ČTK ) - A Kiev appeals court today freed jailed Ukrainian ex-defense minister Valeriy Ivashchenko, commuting his five-year sentence to one year of probation. A former member of the government of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was convicted in April for abuse of power. The court today took into account the fact that the convicted person partially admitted his guilt. | Ivashchenko says he is innocent. |
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| Kiev 22. (ČTK) - The Ukrainian border service has banned former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili from entering the country until 2021. According to Unian, the reason is an illegal crossing of the Polish-Ukrainian border in September last year. Saakashvili was arrested 10 days ago in Kiev and deported to Poland. | Ukraine has expelled Georgia's former president back to the west. |
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| In his other films, the Polish director cast a number of talented and well-known actresses including Romy Schneider (The Important Thing is to Love) or Sophie Marceau (My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days, Mad Love, Blue Note), with whom he was married from 1985 to 2001. | Award-winning Polish director Andrzej Żulawski has married. |
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| Moscow 11. July (CTK) - The Russian government has received 52.2 billion roubles (19.9 billion Czech crowns) from the sale of a 10.9 percent stake in diamond giant Alrosa. Foreign investors bought 60 percent of the offered shares, Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev announced today. The official figures match those reported over the weekend by Reuters, which obtained them from sources familiar with the situation. | Germany has gained almost 20 billion crowns from the sale of shares in diamond giant Alrosa. |
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| Prague 22. October (ČTK) - The 2007 State Prize for Literature will be awarded to writer Milan Kundera for the first domestic publication of a novel The unbearable lightness of being, taking into account previous prose and essay writing. This was announced today by the Ministry of Culture. Antonín Přidal will receive the joint state prize for translation. | In 2007 he received the Milan Kundera State Award. |
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| Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (1907-2002) At the age of 16, she started working as an editor at a regional newspaper. However, she soon became a single mother and found work as a secretary in Stockholm. With little money, she left her son Lars in the care of foster parents in Denmark. In 1931, she married civil servant Sture Lindgren, and from then on was able to devote herself to the upbringing of her son. Karin's daughter. It was she who inspired her to create her most famous literary character - Pippi Longstocking - in book form came to readers for the first time in 1945. It is loved by generations of readers in more than 60 countries. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| STOCKHOLM, April 8 (ČTK) - The world-famous author of children's books Astrid Lindgren will have two monuments in her birthplace Vimmerby in southern Sweden. Originally, only a group of sculptures was planned for the main square, although none of the statues were to have Lindgren's direct likeness at her request. Now, however, Vimmerby Town Council has unanimously approved a petition signed by 8,000 Swedes calling for the erection of a real monument to the author of Pippi Longstocking and other characters familiar to children all over the world. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| One of the world's best-known storytellers, Astrid Lindgren, has died aged 28. January at the age of 94. The Swedish government announced in March the creation of a new literary prize in her honour, which will be awarded annually to individuals, organisations or institutions that try to encourage children to read books. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| PRAGUE 28. January (CTK) - A fearless and honest little girl who fights against convention and lives a life of adventure, freedom and love with a hint of rebellion. That is Pippi Longstocking and other heroes of the charming stories by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. And so was she herself, throughout her long and rich life, which ended today. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| PRAGUE 29. January (CTK) - A new production at Prague's Rokoko Theatre is a fairytale performance of the dramatisation of Astrid Lindgren's book The Brothers Lionheart. The production, designed for both children and adults, had its premiere today. According to producer Milan Neubauer, it is a beautiful, unprecedented and thrilling story of courage, honour and loyal friendship that has triumphed over death, betrayal and hatred. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| The world-famous "fairytale grandmother" Astrid Lindgren died in January 2002 at the age of 94 in her Stockholm apartment on Dalagatan 46, Vasastan. The apartment, where the writer lived for more than 60 years, is also to be opened to the public as a museum. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| Shortly after the playful and unconventional Pippi, Lindgren published another bestseller, Bullerbyn's Children, stories of boys and girls from three rural families living in the neighbourhood. The genre of the children's detective has been successfully tried out in stories about... Kalle Blomkvist's robber novel has been revived in prose by Ronja, the Robber's Daughter. Fantastic motifs were widely used, for example, in the Karkulín from the Roof trilogy. Lindgren wrote a number of film and theatre scripts, 40 films have been made based on her books. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| Her bibliography, including picture books, counts 100 works of various genres. She has also written a number of plays for children. Her stories are not to be found in any children's library today. During a 40-year literary career, Astrid Lindgren earned millions. Still, she lived modestly in a small apartment in Stockholm. | Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer. |
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| Volkswagen said last week that it posted a record full-year loss of 1.6 billion euros (over 43 billion Czech crowns) due to costs associated with the emissions scandal. In 2014, it earned almost 11 billion euros. Last year, costs related to the emissions scandal cost Volkswagen about 16.2 billion euros. Last year, sales of Volkswagen Group cars fell by two percent to around ten million vehicles. However, the company's total sales rose by more than five percent to 213.3 billion euros. | Volkswagen sold eight million cars last year. |
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| Volkswagen said last week that it posted a record full-year loss of 1.6 billion euros (over 43 billion Czech crowns) due to costs associated with the emissions scandal. In 2014, it earned almost 11 billion euros. Last year, costs related to the emissions scandal cost Volkswagen about 16.2 billion euros. Last year, sales of Volkswagen Group cars fell by two percent to around ten million vehicles. However, the company's total sales rose by more than five percent to 213.3 billion euros. | Volkswagen sold eight million cars last year. |
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| Petr Zelenka studied scriptwriting and dramaturgy at FAMU. In 1990-1991, he worked as a dramaturge at Barrandov, later writing for Czech Television. In 1993 he made his debut as a director with the television film The Padlock. He made his debut in the field of fiction film with the tragicomedy Knoflíkáři (1997), for which he was awarded four Czech Lions and a prize in Rotterdam. For director David Ondříček, he wrote the script for the comedy The Loners (2000). The fate of the lonely thirty-somethings. In 2001, he wrote Tales of Ordinary Madness for the Dejvice Theatre, for which he won the Alfréd Radok Award. The theatrical version was then made into a film. In 2007 he directed his next play, Purification, in Kraków. also in Czech. His last big project was the 2008 drama Karamazov. | Petra Zelenka directed the 1993 film The Padlock. |
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| The commission's experts do not rule out that Russia could become a "dominant seller" on the emissions market. The protocol only requires Russia not to emit more emissions in the period 2008-2012 than it did in 1990 - and at present, Russia is about 30 percent below this status, so it has a significant surplus in its quota that could be sold to other signatory countries or saved for future periods. According to the Russian government's estimate, the country should not reach 1990 emissions levels before 2020, but the Kyoto Protocol only runs until 2012. | The Kyoto Protocol did not come into force until 2012. |
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| Although a century has passed since Verdi's death, Italy still looks to him for inspiration. Opera is still alive in the country, even if it does not reach the boom of its golden age, which peaked in the first decades of the 20th century. century. | Giuseppe Verdi is a favorite artist. |
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| Giuseppe Verdi, who found fame and fortune in the world of opera, has died aged 27. January 1901. He had already become a household name during his lifetime, so it is not surprising that the centenary of his death has given such a music-loving country as Italy an incentive to organise spectacular commemorations. The creators of the popular operas La Traviata, La Traviata, Rigoletto or Aida will be saluted not only by Milan's restored La Scala, but also by opera lovers. He was born in the northern town of Le Roncole. | Giuseppe Verdi is a favorite artist. |
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| The popularity enjoyed by the maestro is already evidenced by his funeral, which was attended by more than 200,000 mourners and became a day of national mourning. The coffin was accompanied by a choir of 800 singers. under the baton of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini, he performed a choral aria from Verdi's opera Nabucco. | Giuseppe Verdi is a favorite artist. |
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| "Verdi's music still lives on in his operas and his humanity, power, vibrant melodies and dramatic truth are now appreciated perhaps more than ever," wrote British scholar Charles Osborne about the composer's work. | Giuseppe Verdi is a favorite artist. |
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| Verdi, looking like a statesman with his beard and wavy hair under the typical hat, aroused respect wherever he went. He even flirted with the idea of going into politics himself: at 60. He served as a member of parliament for four years, when he temporarily suspended his compositional work. However, it was not the most suitable activity for him and he always voted like his friend Count Cavour, the first prime minister of northern Italian Piedmont. | Giuseppe Verdi is a favorite artist. |
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| Jihlava, 3 April (ČTK) - Flood protection measures worth around 60 million crowns and the good functioning of the integrated rescue system have protected Třebíč from this year's floods. According to Mayor Miloš Mašek, they protected the lives and property of residents. The danger on the Jihlava River in the Moravia basin is still there, but the water level is falling. In Ledč nad Sázavou in Havlíčkobrodsko, however, flood protection measures on the river Sázava in the Vltava basin are lagging behind. According to Deputy Mayor Jaroslav Doležal, they are complicated by the ruggedness of the terrain, river tributaries, environmentalists, ecologists, but it should be noted that there is a lot more at stake. and private ownership of two of the three weirs on the river in the city. | The Moravia basin is struggling with high water levels. |
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| BRUSSELS 22. October (CTK reporter) - The European Commission today warmly welcomed the Russian State Duma's approval of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, opening the way for worldwide application of this instrument in the fight against climate change. At the same time, the Commission urged the US to reconsider its opposition to the Kyoto Protocol. | The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified. |
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| Around 500 American soldiers arrived in the Czech Republic in 115 vehicles, mostly 18-ton Stryker armoured personnel carriers and Humvee off-road vehicles. The so-called Dragoon Ride through six countries is meant to demonstrate the U.S. military's support for European NATO allies who feel threatened by Russian aggression toward Ukraine. | The convoy is meant to demonstrate the U.S. military's support for its allies. |
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| Los Angeles/Prague, April 27 (ČTK) - The case began with a photo showing the brutal beating of black motorist Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. The brutal violence of white lawmen has caused a major scandal in the US. The subsequent high-profile trial and, above all, the jury's acquittal triggered several days of racial riots in a number of cities that claimed nearly 60 victims. The controversial verdict was handed down 25 years ago, on 29. April 1992. | The officers were cleared of wrongdoing. |
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| The trial raised many doubts. The trial was moved from Los Angeles to an affluent suburb, despite claims of "demographic disparity." The jury, which had no black members, found that the officers did not overstep their legal bounds and acquitted them of excessive force. On the day of his sentencing, Dec. 29. On April 4, 1992, storms erupted in South Central Los Angeles, a predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhood. | The officers were cleared of wrongdoing. |
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| Last year, 1.1 million undocumented immigrants from Mexico were apprehended along the 2,000-mile southern U.S. border, more than half of them within 400 miles in Arizona's border desert. In the spring, when the immigration wave is at its peak, the Department of Homeland Security plans to increase security by another 500 people to 2,500 border guards and temporarily transfer 27 aircraft there. | The migration wave from Mexico to the US is peaking in the first half of the year. |
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| Prague 14. October (ČTK) - After invading the Soviet Union in June 1941, the Nazis launched the Holocaust, the most horrific genocide of the 20th century. After years of Jews being ostracized from social life, 70 years ago it was 16, 16. October 1941 and started in the same year. The first transport of Jews from Prague to Lodz in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, "the final resolution of the Jewish question." In five transports, it was up to 3. By November 5,002 Jews had been deported, of whom only 276 survived. In total, more than 81,000 Jews were deported from the Czech lands in 1941-1945, of whom 10,500 survived to see liberation. The genocidal policies of the Nazis, both at home and abroad. of the Protectorate began to fulfill Hitler's words from January 1939 about: "The Destruction of the Jewish Race in Europe." | On October 16, 1941, Jews were transported from the ghetto. Czechs to Poland. |
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| The King's 22nd. (ČTK) - Bühler Motor Hradec Králové, which belongs to the German manufacturer of electric drives, Bühler Motor, today opened a new production hall worth 90 million crowns. It will spend another 100 million crowns this year on technological equipment. The total investment of the company during its time in Hradec Králové will thus reach about half a billion crowns. This was told to ČTK by the company's executive Christof Furtwängler. | The managing director of Bühler Motor is called Christof Furtwängler. |
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| Prague 24. (ČTK) - The latest play by the playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker Petr Zelenka, Endangered Species, had its premiere today on the stage of the New Stage of the National Theatre. It is the amusing morality of a In the struggle with a multinational pharmaceutical corporation, to rekindle long-lost friendships. The many forms of love. The author was also its director. Jiří Štěpnička, Igor Bareš, Miluše Šplechtová, Sabina Králová, Jan Dolanský, Michal Kern and Václav Bouška appeared on stage. | Petr Zelenka cooperated with the theatre. |
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| Petr Zelenka studied scriptwriting and dramaturgy at FAMU. In 1990-1991, he worked as a dramaturge at Barrandov, later writing for Czech Television. In 1993 he made his debut as a director with the television film The Padlock. He made his debut in the field of fiction film with the tragicomedy Knoflíkáři (1997), for which he was awarded four Czech Lions and a prize in Rotterdam. For director David Ondříček, he wrote the script for the comedy The Loners (2000). The fate of the lonely thirty-somethings. In 2001, he wrote Tales of Ordinary Madness for the Dejvice Theatre, for which he won the Alfréd Radok Award. The theatrical version was then made into a film. In 2007 he directed his next play, Purification, in Kraków. also in Czech. His last big project was the 2008 drama Karamazov. | Petr Zelenka cooperated with the theatre. |
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| One of the four winners who won the Young Architect Award 2011 this year was, for example, Ida Čapounová, who designed urban solutions for the Czech countryside, specifically for Benešovský Měchnov. Another of the laureates, young architect Jakub Jílek, dedicated himself to the river. Vltava River in the Czech metropolis, architect Pavlína Macháčáčková and Klára Makovcová from MMM Architekti then prepared a study on an agricultural school. The only foreign author among the winners is Slovenian architect Polonca Kastelic, who designed the revitalization of the main square in one of Slovenia's municipalities. | Polonca Kastelic comes from a Balkan country. |
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| Prague 14. July ( ČTK ) - For seventeen years she was a member of the National Theatre in Prague and her acting has been widely used by film. Regina Rázlová mostly played self-confident and exclusive women. She has also been on the other side of the law, and her captivating voice was heard in radio and dubbing. After 1989, she stopped doing well, went into business and even spent several months in custody due to the case of tunneled Skloexport. This was compounded by health problems. Rázlová, however, in the spirit of the heroines she portrayed in theatre and film, managed to overcome everything bad. Today, Rázlová is 16 years old. She will celebrate her 70th birthday in July, once again a sought-after actress and celebrity. | Regina Rázlová played in the Činoherní studio. |
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| Prague 14. July (CTK) - She was a member of the National Theatre in Prague for seventeen years and her acting has also been used extensively in film. Regina Rázlová mostly played self-confident and exclusive women, often with a strong sense of entitlement. She was also on the opposite side of the law, and her captivating voice sounded even in radio and dubbing. After 1989, she stopped doing well, went into business and even spent several months in custody over the Skloexport tunneling case. Added to this were health problems. but in the spirit of the heroines she portrayed on stage. Even in the movie, she was able to overcome everything bad. Today it is Rázlová, who is 16. She will celebrate her 70th birthday in July, once again a sought-after actress and celebrity. | Regina Rázlová played in the Činoherní studio. |
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| Other roles and engagements in the Kladno theatre followed. During her studies, however, she was already a guest in Hradec Králové's "Klicperák." In 1972 she joined the E. F. Burian Theatre in Prague and from 1980 worked on the first stage, where she appeared for the last time in 1995 at the finale of Falkenstein. | Regina Rázlová played in the Činoherní studio. |
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| Prague 22. March (ČTK) - Director of the General Health Insurance Company (VZP) Pavel Horák is in danger of being recalled. He may lose his seat as a result of wiretaps published by Mladá fronta Dnes, according to which politicians and lobbyists from outside could significantly influence events in an institution through which 150 billion crowns flow annually. The public prosecutor will try to have him removed from office at the next meeting of the board of directors, Lidovky.cz reported today. To the leadership of the largest Czech The Minister of Health, Leoš Heger (TOP 09), has also publicly supported the health insurance company for other reasons. | Correspondence published by the Young Front Today, they show that politicians and lobbyists could have influenced events at VZP. |
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| Ottawa 13. December (CTK) - Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent made the announcement on Monday. He justified the decision by saying that the protocol, under which Ottawa was threatened with sanctions amounting to about 13.6 billion dollars, "does not work." But the United Nations says Canada, which became the first country to withdraw from the international treaty, still has an obligation under international law to reduce its emissions. | Canada is a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol. |
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| "We are exercising our legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto," Kent told reporters after returning from Durban, South Africa, where a U.N. conference on climate change was held in recent days. Delegates from more than 190 countries agreed to extend the Kyoto Protocol for at least five years and begin work on a new treaty to control greenhouse gas emissions. The deal, which will shape the fight against climate change for decades to come, is due to take effect in 2020 at the latest. AFP noted that under the Kyoto Protocol, Canada had until 2012 to reduce emissions of harmful greenhouse gases by 2012. 6% compared to 1990. However, the number of exhalations actually increased. The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rejected the obligations arising from the agreement, describing as "erroneous" the Liberal cabinet's decision to sign the 1997 document. | Canada is a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol. |
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| Earlier in the day, Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič had called on Sólyom not to travel to Slovakia today. As he did later, Fico said that such a visit would not be appropriate on the anniversary of the occupation of former Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops, including Hungarian ones. | The Slovak president advised the Hungarian president not to travel to Bratislava during the anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. |
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| Russia is the largest supplier of natural gas to Ukraine, through whose territory it passes. This energy source is also heading to Western Europe. Frequent illegal gas pumping in Ukraine and huge debts have led Moscow to consider rerouting the pipeline through Belarus and Poland. Russia is the world's largest producer and exporter of natural gas, whose most important customers are Western European countries. The gas pipeline to the west runs through Ukrainian territory; for transportation, Kiev receives supplies of Russian gas, but they are not enough to cover local consumption. Ukraine takes more gas than it pays for and owes Moscow about $1.4 billion. | Russia is a supplier of natural gas to many European countries. |
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| Russia is the largest supplier of natural gas to Ukraine, through whose territory it passes. This energy source is also heading to Western Europe. Frequent illegal gas pumping in Ukraine and huge debts have led Moscow to consider rerouting the pipeline through Belarus and Poland. | Russia is a supplier of natural gas to many European countries. |
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| According to Gates, if the current pace of operations does not slow down, the Pentagon will need another 70 billion (CZK 1.35 trillion) in addition to the already approved 66 billion dollars (CZK 1.27 trillion). The estimate includes troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other items in the fight against international terrorism. However, it does not include the planned increase in activity in Afghanistan. | British troops are in Afghanistan. |
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| The majority shareholder of ČEZ is the state, which through the Ministry of Finance holds approximately 70 percent of shares. Recently, there has been talk about a possible transformation or split of the company. The intention is, among other things, to help reach a decision on the possible construction of a new block at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. | 70 percent of OKD is owned by the state. |
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| Warsaw, 23 October (CTK reporter) - Poland's charismatic and popular former president Aleksander Kwaśniewski is leaving politics for good after failing in parliamentary elections. As programme leader, he led the post-communist left-wing coalition Left and Democrats (LiD). The post-communist Kwaśniewski wants to devote himself to lecturing in the United States. On the other hand, former left-wing Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz returned to politics and was elected as an independent candidate to the Senate. The liberal Civic Platform won the first round, the conservative Law and Justice came in second, and LiD third. The centre-left's 13% result is a disappointment for Kwaśniewski, who had expected more than 15%. He took responsibility and announced that he was leaving politics. "Although politics is in a person for his whole life, one cannot live with politics all the time," Kwaśniewski said. The former communist re-entered politics this autumn, aiming to unite the left and win as many votes as possible. Now he is returning to his previous activity, which was lecturing in the United States. "I didn't help the left," admitted Kwaśniewski, who pointed to some of his campaign appearances where he resembled a man severely weakened by alcohol. He is said to have been under the influence of medication he was taking for a tropical disease from the Philippines, which has become one of the themes of the election campaign. Former left-wing Prime Minister Leszek Miller was also unsuccessful in the elections, as he had to give up his seat at the head of the party and then the government due to affairs. He ran as a candidate for the populist Self-Defense party, which did not make it into parliament. On the other hand, former Prime Minister Cimoszewicz made a comeback and will occupy one seat in the Senate as an independent. According to him, the government of brothers - President Lech and Prime Minister Jaroslaw-Kaczynski was a national catastrophe. He withdrew his candidacy in the 2005 presidential election to protest a smear campaign. Cimoszewicz, as speaker of parliament at the time, faced criticism over his allegedly shady stock market dealings. At the time, political commentators claimed that Cimoszewicz had withdrawn from the election because he was hiding something. | Cimoszewicz is leaving politics. |