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Current AffairsWill Czech lawmakers have to pay for public transport?
Free plane tickets around the Czech Republic, generous travel allowances,
low- rent luxury flats in Prague– those are just a few of the many perks
enjoyed by Czech deputies and senators. This week, the Prague Transport
Authority decided to strip lawmakers of one of these privileges and make
them pay for the use of public transport like everyone else, warning that
any lawmaker caught without a ticket would be fined.
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Current AffairsPoliticians in hot water over mixing business with fun and games
Politician’s perks are perceived as a problem in most countries, and
there’s often a thin line between perks and abuse of power. In the Czech
Republic, a country where for 40 years the communist big wigs did exactly
as they wished without being held accountable for their actions, people are
extremely sensitive to any form of abuse of power or position. And
politicians are closely watched whether they happen to be skiing in the
Alps or attending a football match.
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Business NewsBusiness briefs
Heads of companies whose securities are traded on the Czech capital markets
will have to make public their remunerations; MP Lubomir Zaoralek has been
given responsibility for drawing up a recommended code of conduct for
legislators; SachsenFonds buys four office blocks for EUR 125 million;
Employment agencies no longer allowed to contract out students for
short-term project-based work.
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