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A hitherto unknown MP is the big star of today's dailies. Opposition Civic
Democrat deputy Petr Kott is under pressure to leave the lower house and
resign from the party after missing a crucial vote in parliament because
he was drunk. Also making the front pages today - the Czech women's
basketball team who took the silver in Sunday's European Championships,
and the Reverend Tomas Spidlik, one of the 31 new cardinals appointed by
the Pope on Sunday.
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A Czech town declares war on bureaucrats, on average every tenth child born
in the Czech Republic has a different biological father than presumed, and
a man gets one million crowns in compensation for unwittingly fathering
twins- find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsDry weather has negative impact on popular pastime of mushroom picking
One of the most popular activities in the Czech Republic at this time of
year is mushroom picking. Or at least it usually is - the long, dry summer
this year has had left the ground very dry and mushrooms hard to find.
It's got so bad that some Czech experts are even going abroad to find
mushrooms. I discussed the situation with Miroslav Smotlacha, who is one
of the leading members of the Czech Mycological Institute.
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Current AffairsMushroom sellers must undergo eye tests
As every devoted mushroom-picker in the Czech Republic will tell you, the mushroom-picking season has begun. Even though experts say that due to increasing pollution it's not too healthy to eat them, mushroom-picking still remains a kind of Czech national pastime. But those who want to sell mushrooms are currently facing a problem: they have to have their eyes tested. Alena Skodova has more:
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