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A quarter of medical faculties' graduates leave the country to work abroad immediately after the graduation as they are dissatisfied with the working conditions and the possibilities to improve their qualification in the Czech Republic, Czech Medical Chamber president Milan Kubek said Thursday. He said it is at least 200 doctors a year although 600 doctors are needed in hospitals. He supported the Young Doctors' group, which is being established with the goal to change the situation.

National | aktuálně.cz

Foreigner departure project working

The Interior Ministry has set aside money to finance the return of another 2,000 foreigners to their home countries.

News | ČTK

Canadian IRP board issues report on Czech Roma

The Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board report issued in June mainly reflects the different views on the quality and method of the protection of the Roma minority in the Czech Republic held by the authorities and non-governmental organisations.

News | ČTK

Web site releases list of 'tourist traps' in Prague

The Prague-Stay.com English-language portal has released a list of tourist traps in Prague, including famous restaurants and the major "artery" in the historical centre, Lidové noviny reported Thursday.

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Mayors and Independents to cooperate with TOP 09

The national committee of the Mayors and Independent association Thursday unanimously approved cooperation with the new Czech party TOP 09 of Miroslav Kalousek and Karel Schwarzenberg, movement leader Petr Gazdík told reporters.

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Rath remains ČSSD candidate, his controversial aide resigns

Filip Bušina, an aide of Central Bohemia Governor David Rath (ČSSD), told ČTK Thursday that he has stepped down as the regional hospitals' deputy director in reaction to the accusation of tax evasion that he faces and that the media say casts an unfavourable light on Rath.

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KDU-ČSL head privately visits Cuba, criticises EU approach

Cyril Svoboda, head of the Christian Democrats and former foreign minister, criticised the EU pragmatic approach to Havana on arrival from a private visit to Cuba Thursday.

News | ČTK

Labour Ministry to toughen control over care services for elderly

Labour and Social Affairs Ministry will put the providers of care services for the elderly and handicapped under a stricter control, Minister Petr Šimerka told journalists in Prague Thursday.

News | Prague Post

RFE/RL settles into its newly built abode

Radio Free Europe is so well-known as a symbol of promoting freedom and democracy that it is easy to forget some of the more concrete and practical aspects that allow it to serve as a source of open information. The recent opening of its new headquarters has highlighted some basic needs of a 24-hour broadcasting operation with major security issues.

News | ČTK

Pačes: Bank's interest in Czech Academy building behind budget cut

A bank's interest in the Academy of Sciences (AV ČR) building in the centre of Prague is behind the cabinet's decision to reduce the state subsidies to the Academy, its former chairman Václav Pačes says, server Novinky.cz has written.

News Wrap | Prague Daily Monitor

Last week's events - 26 June - 2 July

The end of the Czech EU presidency, flash floods and more rain in the past week.

News | ČTK

STEM: Less than half of Czechs trust police

Less than one half of Czechs trust police and less than one-third praise the courts' work, according to a June poll the STEM polling agency released Thursday.