Former anti-corruption police head Tomáš Martinec proceeded unusually when disclosing data from a criminal file and his case was passed for disciplinary proceedings, Czech police president Martin Červíček said Thursday.

A new directive, which took effect on Wednesday May 15, regulates busking in the city centre. The directive includes 17 places where busking is completely banned.

The incidence of whooping cough has been rising in the Czech Republic where 738 cases were registered in 2012, which is twice more than in 2011, and this is why experts recommend vaccination, epidemiologist Katerina Fabianova told CTK Thursday.

The Czech military is negotiating with its Israeli partners about an exercise of elite soldiers from the special forces seated in Prostejov, south Moravia, that would be held in Israel under the name Sand Dune in the other half of 2013, the Defence Ministry has said.

More than a hundred of Czech villages and small towns Wednesday displayed rakes outside the town halls in protest against what they criticise as a too small share they receive from the EU subsidies coming to the Czech Republic.

Justice Minister Pavel Blažek is facing a criminal complaint lodged by Russian Stanislav Torubarov over the extradition of his father to Russia, ministerial spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The Education Ministry is finalising reform legislation that should help universities adapt to the changing environment; the reform seeks, among other things, to diversify the universities and change their financing.