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Lower house of Parliament upholds ban on privatisation of regional
hospitals; Forbes magazine survey: Czech Republic has the world's 17th
highest tax rate; Rent deregulation bill makes it through first reading in
Parliament; Four companies remain in $1 billion Czech Army tender; This
year's agricultural production to be lowest in 15 years
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Current AffairsA final flight for the MiG-21s
The Czech Republic's famous fleet of Soviet-made MiG-21 fighter jets flew a
final flight at the weekend after thirty years of service. Thousands came
out to see the show as well as to greet the MiGs' successors: the
country's new Gripen fighters from Sweden. How do the planes compare? It's
a whole new world.
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Current AffairsThe complicated history of Prague's Tank No. 23
Prague's Kinsky Square was for many decades called The Square of Soviet
Tank Crews. It was because a huge Soviet tank, a memorial to the
liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945, used to stand there on a 5-metre
pedestal, its barrel menacingly pointing at a tram stop. Until one
morning, in the spring of 1991, locals woke up and could not believe their
eyes. The tank had turned pink overnight.
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Relaxed 'Stability Pact' rules plus for euro adoption, says World Bank;
Cabinet approves $1bn tender for armoured transport vehicles and $180m for
government transport; Cabinet approves proposal to reduce paperwork for
business; Broadcast entertainers opposed to fee aimed at financing Czech
film Austria's OMV in talks for Aral CR petrol stations; Karel Komarek
transfers $350m in assets to Dutch holding company
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Czech ScienceToxins in river fish raise health concerns
With Christmas just around the corner, it may be good that the carp Czechs
are so fond of usually don't come from rivers. Scientists and
environmentalists have been examining whether pollutants in the country's
rivers are affecting the fish that make their way onto Czech tables.
Although the findings in two recent studies are not alarming, they may
give fish-eaters food for thought.
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Current AffairsArmitage: U.S. will buy Czech 'Vera' radar system for testing, working group will begin work on visa regime in September
The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, on September 11th —
on the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and
Washington — began a week-long tour of five European countries: Norway,
Latvia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland. All are members of the
"coalition of the willing" and in the face of rising security
concerns, the U.S. is keen to see they remain so. More
