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Právo: Police inspection reopens Kajínek's case
The police inspection has reopened an investigation into the case of convict Jiří Kajínek, who is serving life sentence for a double murder from 1993, Právo reported yesterday.
29Prague hosts European Mensa meeting
Prague is hosting the five-day European Mensas Annual Gathering 2010 on 28 July - 1 August attended by 400 members from 28 countries of four continents.
29Reflex: 2 enthusiasts establish Czech gravediggers' guild
Two men, Jaroslav Šejvl and David Stejskal, have established the first gravediggers' professional guild in the Czech Republic and they plan to open a school for gravediggers to restore the past credit of this profession, Reflex reports.
29Justice minister fires Prison Service head
Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil plans to dismiss Prison Service Head Luděk Kula, Pospíšil told reporters yesterday.
29EnvMin to allot CZK 4bn to improve air in North Moravia
The Environment Ministry will earmark CZK 4 billion from EU subsidies for the improvement of air quality in the Moravian-Silesian region, Environment Minister Pavel Drobil said in Ostrava yesterday.
29Prague City Council insists on Mucha's Slav Epic
Lawyers of the Prague City Council argue that Moravský Krumlov City Council was not entitled to ban the relocation of the Slav Epic to Prague.
29UNESCO says Prague sites not threatened by construction
The UNESCO European Heritage Committee said ongoing construction works in Prague are not threatening its historical monuments, Czech Radio reported yesterday.
29Justice minister cancels tender for house-arrest bracelets
The tender for house-arrest bracelets set up by Former Justice Minister Daniela Kovářová will be cancelled as the rules were changed to the detriment of the state, Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil said yesterday.
29EduMin promises money for Romani Holocaust info centre
According to Education Minister Josef Dobeš, the state should find money for the construction of a Romani Holocaust Information and Education Centre at the location of a former internment camp for Roma in Hodonín u Kunštátu.
29Extradition of fugitive Pitr from Switzerland may take a year
The extradition of Czech businessman Tomáš Pitr, sentenced to five years in prison for tax fraud in 2006, from Switzerland may last a year, Swiss Justice Ministry Spokesman Folco Galli told ČTK yesterday.
29MfD: Russian agent supervised Czech prisons
A Russian agent, who was linked to Czech military senior officers, worked as a psychologist at the Prison Service headquarters until last September, Mladá fronta Dnes reported yesterday.
29Church-state court dispute over Prague cathedral ends
The Czech Constitutional Court has halted the proceedings on the complaint by the Metropolitan Chapter that represented the Catholic Church in the protracted dispute over the ownership of St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle.
29Aktuálně.cz: Public Affairs' election campaign cost CZK 87m not CZK 10m
The election campaign of the Public Affairs cost some CZK 87 million though the junior government party said it was CZK 10 million, Aktualne.ct reported yesterday.
29KSČM to focus on housing in local election campaign
Housing will be one of key topics of the Communist Party's campaign ahead of the autumn local elections, KSČM shadow local development minister František Beneš told reporters yesterday.
29Hundreds Czech families to receive welfare benefits from Slovakia
Hundreds of families living in the Czech Republic will finally be eligible for welfare payments from Slovakia, Labour and Social Affairs Ministry Spokeswoman Viktorie Plivová has told ČTK.
29Report says Czechs, Slovaks fail to fight bribery in international trade
The Czech Republic and Slovakia still fail to actively enforce the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, Transparency International says in its report for 2009 released yesterday.
29Klaus wants Mucha's Slav Epic to remain on display in Moravia
President Václav Klaus supports the efforts to keep the Slav Epic, a monumental cycle by Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha, on display in Moravský Krumlov, south Moravia, he told the town Mayor Jaroslav Mokrý yesterday.
29Swiss police detain fugitive Czech entrepreneur
The Swiss police on Monday detained controversial Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Pitr, whom Czech courts in 2006 sentenced to five years in prison for tax offences.
29ČSSD calls on VV to leave coalition govt over budget cuts
Social Democrats yesterday called on the junior ruling Public Affairs to leave the coalition government unless it agrees to the budget cuts promoted by Prime Minister Petr Nečas.
29Polish PM closes 18th Prague summer school of political studies
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk spoke about freedom, democracy and free economy in his speech marking the end of the 18th summer school of political and economic studies designed for students from post-communist countries at Prague's Charles University yesterday.
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