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Current AffairsCzech border regions home to illegal rubbish dumps for German waste
Firemen were called to the village of Libceves in North Bohemia on Monday
to put out a fire in a warehouse. Nothing so unusual in that, but the
warehouse was filled with rubbish illegally imported from Germany. The
Czech authorities are battling with a tide of rubbish from across the
border, which is often difficult to trace.
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Current AffairsPrague 6 appeals to dog-owners to clean-up after their pooch
Who let the dogs out?! And who, after letting them out, forgot to scoop up
afterwards? That's a question addressed by a new campaign launched by the
Prague 6 town hall. It features the slogan "Please clean up, so
everybody likes us" - the dogs that is - and the idea is to shame
dog-owners into doing their bit, and cleaning up after their pet. But, not
all owners are getting the message.
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Current AffairsEarth Day 2004: keep your country tidy
Every year, dozens of countries around the world mark Earth Day on April
22nd. Czechs joined the worldwide campaign for preserving the global
environment in 1990. This year, the main focus is on a big clean-up.
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Current AffairsIs the importation of foreign waste really a good idea?
Until now the importation of foreign waste for disposal to the Czech
Republic has been strictly banned - though there was an appeal to change
the law on waste disposal before. In 1999 it was MP Jiri Drda, of the
centre-right Civic Democrats, who put forward a proposal in Parliament
recommending the Czech Republic make an exception in the import of waste,
a proposal that was overwhelmingly voted down. The result was not entirely
a surprise. At the time Mr Drda was not only a member of Parliament - he
was also the chairman of the local incineration plant in his constituency
of Liberec, raising questions over conflict of interest. Perhaps even more
than that, after years of ecological devastation in Czechoslovakia under
the communist regime, the idea of importing waste from neighbouring
countries could only be seen as an ecological backwards step.
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A historic Czech town debates whether or not to build a gallows on its main
square, why don't more Czechs sort garbage and will St. Valentine's day
take root in the Czech Republic? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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