National | Reuters
Canada mulls visas as Czech asylum seekers pour in

Canada may reinstate a visa duty on Czech visitors after hundreds of Czech Roma sought asylum there over the past few months, the Czech Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Minister Jan Kohout said he had met Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney on the issue. The Canadian embassy in Prague did not say if the visa requirement would be reinstated.
National | aktuálně.cz
Floods took everything MonitorPlus

Jeseník nad Odrou has been among the villages most hit by the recent floods, which claimed six lives there. People are clearing out their damaged households, recovering from the nightmare.
National | Reuters
President calls election for 9-10 October

Czech President Václav Klaus called on Wednesday a parliamentary election for 9-10 October, in line with a political agreement to hold polls some nine months early.
EU presidency | ČTK
Czech energy expert to help Swedish EU presidency

Václav Bartuška, the Czech government's commissioner specialising in international energy issues, will work for the Swedish EU presidency at Stockholm's request, Swedish ambassador to Prague Catherine von Heidenstam said.
Business | E15
E-cigarette heading for Czech market MonitorPlus

New competition is beginning to push tobacco concerns – electronic cigarette. The new company Think In wants to get as much as one percent of the market share with the electronic substitution.
National | ČTK
Nova: Special aircraft takes expelled Africans from Prague

Some 100 Africans were expelled aboard a special aircraft flying from Prague in the small hours Wednesday for staying illegally in Europe or violating law, the Nova commercial television channel reported.
Life | ČTK
Právo: Unique scene to stay in Český Krumlov until 2016

The UNESCO committee decided on Tuesday that a unique revolving auditorium would be preserved in a chateau park in the UNESCO-listed Český Krumlov until 2016, the daily Právo wrote on Wednesday.
Do It: Festival time

Nothing says summer music festival like the crunch of plastic beer cups underfoot and the crush of sweaty bodies in a moshpit.
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Life | Prague Daily Monitor
Melancholy Terezín MonitorPlus

A former fortress gets used to civilian life and tries to find a new identity.
Life | ČTK
London museum opens display on Czech architect Kaplický

The display titled "Remembering Jan Kaplický - Architect of the Future" to be held until 1 November reminds of the first blob that Kaplický designed for Trafalgar Square in London almost 25 years ago.
Life | ČTK
Czech cyclists "bring" EU presidency to Sweden

Two Czech cyclists spent eleven days on bike and covered 1,350 km to symbolically bring the EU presidency from the Czech Republic to Sweden.
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Life | ČTK
British actor Roy Marsden to attend Karlovy Vary festival
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Opinion | ČTK
Právo: EU presidency failure of Czech politicians
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Sports | ČTK
Štěpánek, Berdych nominated for Davis Cup

Czech tennis team captain Jaroslav Navrátil has nominated Radek Štěpánek, Tomáš Berdych, Lukáš Dlouhý and Ivo Minář for the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Argentina to take place in Ostrava on 10-12 July, Navrátil said Wednesday.