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Ticket inspectors may soon have to wear uniforms -but how will they ever
manage to catch anyone out? Transport minister Milan Simonovsky does a bit
of acting on the side, starring in a new road safety video. And who'll be
watching birds this weekend? Find out more in this week's edition of
Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsHeavy snow brings traffic to standstill
The Czech Republic is currently experiencing proper winter weather - much
to the delight of winter sports lovers. But just like every year snow and
freezing temperatures have been causing severe problems throughout the
country.
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Letter from PragueWaiting for the blanket of grey to lift from over Prague
If you have been to Prague then you will be familiar with the magistrala,
the motorway which cuts through the top of Wenceslas Square, just in front
of the National Museum. I was shocked a couple of years ago to discover
that the road - which carries heavy traffic right through the centre of
the capital - had been built in the 1970s.
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Monday's tragic fire at a Moscow student dormitory makes the front pages of
several dailies today, with PRAVO as usual featuring a grisly and
gratuitous photo of one of the victims. Also making headlines today is the
ongoing situation in Georgia, and closer to home, pay rises for the
country's teachers and scientists.
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Czech teenage pranksters have devised a new game: nicking a policeman's cap
and running off with it. Is it just high spirits or plain theft? The
former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says: no more pork,
sauerkraut and dumplings, please! And, do your wife and mistress fail to
treat you with the respect you deserve - your deputy will knock some sense
into them! Find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Monday's Czech dailies don't find one main domestic story. While MLADA FRONTA DNES leads with changes in the prices of car insurance, the main headline in LIDOVE NOVINY shouts "Bomb on tracks stops trains". HOSPODARSKE NOVINY's main front-page story focuses on a widening gap between richer regions with a low unemployment-rate and poorer ones where the number of jobless people keeps rising. More
Current AffairsPolice evaluate results of nationwide crackdown on bad drivers
The Czech police are evaluating the results of a nationwide police
crackdown on the country's notoriously bad drivers. Some 27,000 policemen
were deployed last week for the five-day operation, dubbed
"Krystof" - St Christopher, the patron saint of travellers.
During that time police stopped more than 350,000 cars, and recorded a
staggering 118,000 driving offences - including over 20,000 cases of
speeding and almost a thousand cases of drink driving.
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Many of the papers have gone abroad for their lead front page stories
today. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears on three front pages with attention
grabbing titles such as "Arnold's Judgement Day" and "The
Terminator goes into action". Pravo carries a photo of tennis Grand
Slam champion Steffi Graf reporting on the birth of her baby girl Jazz.
And on a more serious note, the papers all feature the news that Pope John
Paul's illness is now seriously interfering with his duties.
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There are a variety of lead stories in Wednesday's Czech newspapers, with
carrying perhaps the most interesting: while the Civic
Democrats may expel MP Petr Kott for being too drunk to take part in
important votes, Mr Kott now says he would like to join the deputies'
group of another right-wing party, the Freedom Union. Such a move would
have great significance for the governing coalition, which currently has a
majority of only one in the Chamber of Deputies.
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