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One on OneFabrice Martin-Plichta – a journalist helping deliver “waste” foodstuffs to those in need
Le Monde correspondent Fabrice Martin-Plichta has been living in Prague
since before the Velvet Revolution. Indeed, the French journalist was
working here at Radio Prague when those momentous changes occurred. Since
2004, Martin-Plichta has also been the head of the Czech Federation of Food
Banks, an organisation which every year saves hundreds of tonnes of food
from being destroyed and distributes it among the needy. More
Current AffairsAhead of elections, Prague authorities make fresh move to control prostitution
A month ahead of local elections, Prague officials have revived efforts to
legalize prostitution. City Hall has come up with a bill that would grant
prostitutes the status of self-employed workers, and give the authorities
the power to regulate the oldest profession. But passing the bill would
require the Czech Republic to pull out of a convention on human
trafficking, a move rejected by MPs in the past.
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Current AffairsInterior Ministry’s anti-corruption strategy gets cool reception
Some two and a half months after calls for curbing corruption changed the
Czech political landscape, the Interior Ministry unveiled its
anti-corruption strategy. But the long-awaited plan has been coldly
received both in and out of the coalition, and the NGO watchdog
Transparency International has even quit the ministry’s anti-corruption
panel.
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Current AffairsAuthorities okay moving Brno’s main train station out of city centre
The Moravian city of Brno might soon see its main train station move out of
city centre. Brno’s central district recently issued a planning permit
for the controversial multi-billion project. But opponents of the plan
believe the process can still be stopped.
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Current AffairsWomen get short end of stick in distribution of municipal budgets, survey finds
A fresh survey by the NGO Forum 50%, which strives for equal rights for
both genders, suggests that towns and villages in the Czech Republic spend
significantly more on men’s needs and interests than women’s. According
to the survey, seven out of eight municipalities favored men in their
budget distribution. In one case, only 18 percent of a town’s funds went
to activities and resources for women. The author of the analysis, Marcela
Adamusová, explains the main findings of the study.
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Czechs TodayJan Rovenský: the evergreen environment campaigner
For most of the last 17 years Jan Rovenský has been in the thick of most
big environmental campaigns, apart from a short but enjoyable spell as a
nature protection official at a state park. His latest high profile
position is as Greenpeace’s campaigner on climate change and energy
policy. That often puts him at odds with local coal companies, power giant
ČEZ, the Czech government and President Václav Klaus. We met up with the
35-year-old and asked him what had stimulated his initial interest in the
environment.
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Current AffairsAnti-Drug office declares NGO drug testing at festivals “illegal”
Illegal recreational drugs have long been a part of the Czech music and
dance scene, not least at many of country’s summer festivals. But until
now, at least on occasion, NGOs focusing on drugs awareness were able to
offer testing of drugs such as ecstasy on site. The aim was to check purity
levels to be able to warn users of increased hazards and to make at least
some of them think twice. Such initiatives now appear to be at an end: on
Wednesday the police’s National Anti-Drug headquarters suggested such
testing was not only inappropriate but also illegal.
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Czechs celebrate 100 years of aviation, a car-thief steals a car with a
baby in the back-seat and the Prague Academy of Fine Arts has organized a
course in Gothic bookbinding. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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