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It's been in the air for weeks but now it actually happened. The newly
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conflict between the Social Democrat-led government and the VZP to a head.
The VZP, which caters for some 70 percent of Czechs, is notorious for late
payments to doctors and despite many state initiatives over the last years
to improve its finances, the health insurer's current debt is more than 10
billion crowns (over 400 million US dollars).
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Current AffairsAgriculture minister's head rolls
Allegations that state officials, including Agriculture Minister Petr
Zgarba, had passed on inside information to land speculators have caused
heads to roll - first those of the entire board of the powerful Land Fund
and finally that of Minister Zgarba himself.
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Talking PointCzech media can brace itself for new competition
The Czech media can brace itself for new competition; this time from the
internet. With the number of internet users in the Czech Republic growing
steadily - some 30% of the population of ten million are online regularly
- the Czech web portal Centrum.cz, launched a new multi-media news server
on Tuesday. Called "Aktualne.cz", which roughly translates into
'current affairs', it says it's the media of the 21st century as it
provides news not just in text but also in audio and video.
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