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Current AffairsKlaus criticises UN, charges it needs to stay out of economics, science
The outspoken Czech President Václav Klaus raised more than a few eyebrows
at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York when he suggested in his
address on Saturday what was needed was not an increased role for the
organisation in global governance. While he agreed some reforms were
necessary - namely to the Security Council – he made clear that the UN
needed to adhere more closely to its founding principles.
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Current AffairsClimatologist: Homes in danger areas need to moved to safer ground
Over the last decade, floods of varying intensity have hit the country
almost every year, leading to the destruction of property and in the worst
case loss of life. A little earlier I discussed possible reasons for the
increase in flood frequency with respected geologist and climatologist
Václav Cílek, asking him which factors contributed to the rise in
flooding.
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Current AffairsCzech Environment Ministry approves renovation of country’s biggest coal-fired power station
Earlier this year Micronesia called on the Czech Republic not to refit its
biggest coal-fired power station, Prunéřov, saying the pollution it will
produce threatens the tiny state’s future. The matter also proved
controversial in the Czech Republic itself, leading to the departure of one
cabinet minister. However, the Environment Ministry has now approved the
project, despite the fact the plant’s owners ČEZ are not planning to
install the best available technology.
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In Business News this week: unemployment retreats from the feared 10
percent mark; Czech state debt hits a record level; power giant ČEZ says
it will shift its investment strategy; a controversial power plant is
poised for approval; and financial advisors face a hard sell.
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Current AffairsHuman rights minister Michael Kocáb steps down at Greens’ request
The Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Michael Kocáb has resigned -
meeting a request by the Green Party which no longer intends to support the
country’s caretaker government. The Greens decided to withdraw from the
cabinet entirely after its environment minister stepped down over what they
see as ineffective modernisation plans by the ČEZ power utility for a
controversial coal-powered plant.
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Current AffairsMinister resigns after pressure from PM over controversial power plant
Environment Minister Jan Dusík resigned on Thursday over plans to
modernise the controversial Prunéřov coal-fired power plant in north-west
Bohemia. Mr Dusík said he’d come under pressure from prime minister Jan
Fischer to issue an environmental impact assessment for the plant, despite
evidence suggesting that Prunéřov could be made cleaner and more
efficient if the investor decided to spend more money.
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Current AffairsEnvironment Ministry calls in international experts to sidestep pressure over controversial power plant
Modernisation plans for the Czech Republic’s biggest coal-fired power
plant have become a very hot topic indeed. So much so, that the Ministry of
Environment has sidestepped mounting pressure on it to make a decision by
calling in international consultants.
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Current AffairsEnvironmental groups focus on local damage caused by controversial ČEZ power plant
Headlines around the world have been made by a small Pacific island
state’s challenge to plans for a large Czech coal-fired power plant. But
Czech environmental groups are also opposing the plant on the grounds that
local people will continue to suffer from harmful pollution far into the
future.
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