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Current AffairsCzech Republic swamped by plastic bottles as heat increases consumption
The Czech Republic has been hit by an unprecedented heat-wave in recent
weeks with record temperatures across the country. Naturally, people have
to drink more in this weather. Retailers report an increase in consumption
of water and soft drinks, which very often come in non-returnable plastic
bottles. So how is the country coping with so much discarded plastic?
Katerina Dalesicka is a spokeswoman for EKO-KOM, which acts as a mediator
between producers and distributors of goods with non-biodegradable
packaging and individual communities.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The Pope praying for rain, a Greenpeace protest at a Czech chemical
factory, and Czech soldiers on guard against angry mobs in Iraq - all
feature prominently on today's front pages. MLADA FRONTA DNES has pictures
of Czech troops standing near burning tires, the result of local Iraqi
unrest on Sunday. In several incidents Czech soldiers received minor
injuries from stones thrown by local inhabitants. Worse was an incident in
which one Iraqi man - attempting to jump a vehicle leaving the Czech base
- slipped under the wheels and later died from his injuries.
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Business NewsBusiness News
In this week's Economics Report, the failing Fischer travel empire looks
for salvation, the government is to try again to persuade the EU to allow
a bailout for Trinecke Zelezarny, and the Labour Minister wants to retain
the so-called "13th and 14th salaries" despite plans to cut the
public spending deficit.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The apparent salvation of the best known travel agent in the country -
Vaclav Fischer - is the big story in all of today dailies, primarily
because there's nothing else happening in the Czech Republic at the
moment. Yes, the silly season or "cucumber season" as the Czechs
say is in full swing - and the papers are awash with the sort of stories
that can only dream of making it big during the rest of the year.
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MagazineCzech Republic needs qualified foreign workers
As you may already have heard on Radio Prague, the Czech Republic needs an
influx of qualified foreign workers. A country with an aging population
and a declining birth rate needs new blood and the government is taking
steps to smooth the way. In 2004 the Czech Republic will join the European
Union but as one of ten newcomers it is unlikely to attract many work
candidates from the well-to-do EU states. On the other hand, as a new EU
member it will be much more attractive to qualified workers from the East.
Rather than letting that process take its natural course, the Czech
government has launched a project which should enable it to give
preference treatment to those candidates who would best meet the country's
needs: ie. people with a secondary school or university education,
preferably couples with children and -most important of all people who
would be willing to settle in this country permanently. A working
knowledge of Czech is considered a bonus though not a condition. In the
first phase of the project the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry has
invited candidates from three countries - Bulgaria, Croatia and Kazachstan
to file their applications. Michal Meduna is head of the Labour Ministry's
Department for Migration :
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The rise and fall of the prominent Czech businessman and former senator
Vaclav Fischer fill the front pages of all the Czech dailies.
"Fischer fighting for survival" and " More creditors
clamour for their money" read some of the front page headlines.
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Business NewsEnvironment groups slam Trade and Industry Ministry's long-term energy policy
The Trade and Industry Ministry has published its long term energy policy
plan up until the year 2030. It has been tailored to gradually meet all EU
criteria, but still aims for maximum self sustainability. The ministry has
revised an earlier decision to phase out black and brown coal mining and
also plans to build three more nuclear reactors. The plan has come as a
shock to environment activists who claim that it would be a serious
setback for the Czech Republic.
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Current AffairsCzech Republic needs qualified foreign workers
The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry has launched a project aimed at
attracting foreign workers to the Czech Republic on a permanent basis.
Foreigners who wish to settle here with their families should - in theory
- find it easier to do so. A country with an aging population and a
declining birth rate needs new blood - and the government is taking steps
to ease the way.
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