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PanoramaStinky cheese sweetshop opens in Loštice
It is the country’s most smelly specialty – Olomoucké tvarůžky –
dubbed by foreign visitors as “the stinky cheese of Olomouc” is not
something you can easily overlook. Its pungent odor hits you the minute you
open the fridge and will render you a social outcast several hours after
consuming it. However many consider it to be one of the country’s biggest
delicacies and the Czech Republic fought and won a six-year war with
Germany and Austria over a protected geographical status trademark. More
Current AffairsCzechs win stinky cheese war after six-year struggle with Germany, Austria
The Czech Republic scored a major diplomatic victory over neighbouring
Germany and Austria this week after the European Union granted the
cherished protected geographical status to the country’s pungent
Olomoucké tvarůžky cheese. That means only the original cheese produced
in the village of Loštice - near the Moravian city of Olomouc - can sell
the product under that name; everything else is an impostor.
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Current AffairsCzech-Polish salami war on horizon over EU ‘speciality’ label
Now, what do champagne, Roquefort cheese and Melton Mowbray pork pies all
have in common? Well, you might not want to eat them all at once for one
thing, but more importantly they all enjoy “Protected Geographical
Status” from the European Union. Meaning that Roquefort cheese must be
matured in the natural caves of Roquefort to be sold under the name
‘Roquefort’, and so on. EU countries have fought fierce battles over
the coveted ‘protected’ label, and the latest hostilities are brewing
between the Czech Republic and Poland…this time over salami.
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Current AffairsChristian Democrats seek salvation with Svoboda
The traditional kingmakers of Czech politics – the Christian Democrats
– held a closely observed national congress at the weekend. The main
event was the election of a new leader, with former foreign minister Cyril
Svoboda replacing the scandal besmirched Jiří Čunek. The change has
sparked analysis of what Svoboda can do for the troubled party.
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Current AffairsChristian Democrats seek Moses to lead party out of political desert
It’s a party drifting in the political doldrums, and this weekend it will
decide whether to stay with the current captain or toss him overboard. The
Christian Democrats are the Czech Republic’s second oldest political
party and have served in governments both right and left since 1989. But
the party appears to be splintering under controversial chairman Jiří
Čunek; this weekend the Christian Democrats will decide whether he should
stay or go. More
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A former minister walks the entire stretch of a highway after losing a bet
it would be completed on time, Czechs poke fun of the government’s sugar
cube campaign ahead of the country’s EU presidency and, a restaurant
owner kills his business by going on a reality show. Find out more in
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Business NewsBusiness News
In Business News this week: the Czech Republic has posted record trade
surplus in 2007; shopping space in the country is expected to expand by 50
percent; Czechs want to include Olomoucké tvarůžky on EU’s list of
protected foods; a pint of Pilsner Urquell beer is cheaper in Germany than
in the Czech Republic and Czech soft-drinks producer has launched a
sugar-free version of Kofola.
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