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Three Czech cities are competing for the title of main city of culture 2015. Ostrava, Plzeň and Hradec Králové have a unique opportunity to attract interest and EU money for development. Václav Havel in Guardian: Europe must stand together Klaus: ČR should fear overgrown Europe, not Russia Czechs abused CZK 100mil in social benefits in 2008 “We are launching preparatory actions. Right now we are mainly approaching our citizens. We will definitely submit an application and must succeed,” city hall spokesman Václav Svoboda told Aktuálně.cz.The situation is similar in Belgium, the second state in the EU that will also get to have a city of culture in 2015. The EU is accepting applications until the end of October. The committee,Continue Reading

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Riegrova street in Ostrava-Hrušov started looking much better lately. Once omnipresent piles of rubbish disappeared. Cellars and attics have been cleaned. Dark and dirty corridors of some of the devastated buildings are newly painted. There are fewer children in the streets than before. It has all been done by the long-term unemployed. Since March, they have been cleaning and painting in the street that is listed among the socially excluded areas. Other people doing voluntary work are playing with the kids in a leisure activity centre. They were forced to do so by the new law on material poverty. Josef Kováč has been doing public service in Riegrova street since Monday. Unless he works for 20 hours a month hisContinue Reading

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Libuše Grešáková is coming from the shop. Her bag is empty, she only carries a new potato peeler in her hand. She looks a little distant. She walks slowly with the help of a cane. “The clothes I wear and this peeler here that I bought on credit is all I have. I don’t even have an ID,” she says quietly. The house, Jeseník nad Odrou number 27 no longer exists. Debris, currant bushes, trees and broken car is all that is left. “They finished demolition on Tuesday,” Libuše Grešáková says. It is four days after the destructive floods that hit Jeseník nad Odrou in Nový Jičín area the most. Small stream Luha that destroyed houses and took lives isContinue Reading

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A 2-year-old who almost burnt to death during an attack on her family in Vítkov five weeks ago is still struggling with injuries. It seems like a miracle as burn injuries covering 80% of the body are in most cases fatal, especially when the victim is so young. But Natálie has undergone a number of surgeries already, including being taken off life support for a short moment. She is under the permanent care of doctors from the anesthesiology and resuscitation unit of the Ostrava teaching hospital. The family was thrilled to hear that the girl ate a piece of chocolate after being woken up from induced sleep last week. Jarmila Tymolová, a head surgeon of the hospital’s burn department, isContinue Reading

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Unemployment is rising and some economic sectors are collapsing. Many people are worried about the future and the prognosis is pessimistic. How about stopping to worry? There is a cure for the omnipresent crisis offered by the liquor producer Stock Plzeň-Božkov. “Božkov comes with a solution for the crisis,” bold headline of the new newspaper advertisement claims. There is a picture of a bottle under the headline. Božkov Tuzemský invites for the delights of the popular golden liquid. “World crisis affects everything, even people having fun. Producer of the famous and exceptionally high-quality Božkov liquors comes with a campaign that helps forgetting the bad mood,” the advertisement text reads. The company promises to support entertaining projects of all kinds. TheContinue Reading