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Talking PointAmended labour law comes too late for former RFE/RL employees
Two former foreign employees of the Prague-based, US broadcaster RFE/RL are
fighting a legal battle against their former employer, accusing the radio
station of discrimination. The argument is related to their contracts with
the radio station, and the way the Croatian and Armenian nationals were
fired. They claim that they and hundreds of other RFE Prague-based
employees from non EU countries find themselves in a legal vacuum. But it
seems that they fell into a gap in the system – which in the meantime has
been fixed.
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Current AffairsHundreds of former Communist secret police agents in Czech police force
One of the steps taken by the Czech Republic to come to terms with its
communist past were so-called 'lustrace', or screening laws. They were
meant to prevent former communist secret agents and other people
associated with the former regime from taking government and senior civil
service posts. But it appears that some former secret police, or StB,
agents have managed to slip through the net. It has just emerged there are
far more former agents in the police than previously believed - 800 rather
than a few dozen. Dita Asiedu reports:
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Current AffairsCitizens speak out about possible U.S. base in Czech Republic
On Tuesday evening, about 150 people attended a demonstration on Prague's
Peace Square—or Namesti Miru. The gathering was organized by the Humane
Party, a movement which includes numerous factions all united by their
desire to prevent a possible U.S. anti-missile base on Czech territory.
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Current AffairsCzech Senate proposes law banning Communist Party symbols
In October last year, an explicit ban on the propagation of Nazism and
Communism was proposed by the upper house of Czech parliament, intended to
force the Communist Party to distance itself from its past. The amendment
to the penal code was rejected earlier this month by the Chamber of
Deputies, where Communist and Social Democrat deputies hold a majority,
but its authors said they would resubmit it if the balance of power
changed after the elections. Now, a group of senators, led by Martin
Mejstrik and Jaromir Stetina, want to propose a new law, extended to
include all Communist symbols.
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Current AffairsCzech - Russian relations in spotlight as President Putin arrives in Prague
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a 2-day state visit to the Czech
Republic on Wednesday—the first official visit to this country by a
Russian head-of-state since President Yeltsin came 13 years ago. Relations
between the two countries have not always been warm during the last decade:
Moscow did not react positively when the Czech Republic joined NATO in
1999, and during the 1990s the Czech Republic expressed sympathy for the
Chechen cause—another point of annoyance for the Russian Federation. Now,
as Presidents Vladimir Putin and Vaclav Klaus are meeting in Prague, we
take a look at the current state of Czech - Russian relations.
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