Thursday, 9 February 2012
Czech Republic and the EU | ČTK
MfD: EU funds used for promotion by Education Ministry

The Education Ministry wanted to use EU funds to promote a project called VIP, developing consultancy services at schools, daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported yesterday. The campaign was to have been split into two parts, with CZK 967,000 going towards "publicity" and CZK 1.1 million to have been allotted for promotional items, which also included items such as cups, keychain tags and chocolate.
National | ČTK
HN: One-third of teenagers suffer from obesity

About one-third of teenage boys and one-quarter of teenage girls suffer from obesity, a recent research shows, daily Hospodářské noviny (HN) reported yesterday.
Politics | Czech Position
Czech 'pirates' say gov't suspension of ACTA ratification not enough

PM Petr Nečas says more study is needed on what impact the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) would have 'in real life'.
Czech Republic and the EU | Czech Position
Gov't seeks to cut European dependence as exports break records

Czechs broke trade surplus records in 2011, but around four-fifths of exports were to the EU, and the gov't wants to curb that reliance.
Politics | ČTK
Lower house backs church restitution bill in first reading

The Chamber of Deputies yesterday endorsed the government's bill on property settlement between the state and the church in the first reading despite disapproval by the left.
News | ČTK
Personal Data Protection Office: ACTA unbalanced regarding individual rights

The Office for Personal Data Protection has issued a statement on its website saying that ACTA was unbalanced regarding existing legal guarantees of individual rights.
Prague | ČTK
Prague hospitals start offering nonstandard treatments despite low demand

Most large hospitals in Prague have been offering 18 nonstandard treatments since January, such as lighter synthetic fixation material for fractures, better intraocular lenses and certain vaccinations.
National | ČTK
MfD: Snowboarding lessons for elderly in Jeseníky mountains

Snowboarding lessons for the elderly - one of its kind in Europe - are now on offer in Kouty nad Desnou, in the Jeseníky mountains, north Moravia, Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD) reported yesterday.
News | Czech Position
Czech prosecutors warned of visit by radical Islamic cleric from UK

Czech Muslim activist warns that Haitham Al-Haddad could radicalize local Muslim community, asks authorities to act.
News | Czech Position
Bavarian police report large increase in seizures of Czech amphetamines

Bavarians report influx of Czech methamphetamine 'pervitin,' Vietnamese markets near border reportedly a central point of sale.
Politics | Czech Position
Farm minister escalates Budvar brewing battle

Agriculture Minister Petr Bendl (ODS) has fired off another salvo in his battle with state-owned brewer Budějovický Budvar.
National | ROMEA.CZ
Local officials circulate photos, allegedly of Romani corpses, with racist remarks

News server iHNED.cz reports that officials working at the town hall in Lovosice have been circulating an e-mail among themselves that includes photographs of burned bodies. The subject of the email is "How Gypsies in Ústí Region stole a cable."