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The Social Democrats want a law to anchor the minimal one-third representation of women among party candidates as of next elections due 2014, ČSSD Chairman Jiří Paroubek said yesterday, adding that this is a priority which ČSSD has espoused following small parties' example.

Czech Defence Minister Martin Barták and Admiral Eric Thor Olson, head of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), yesterday talked about the possible deployment of the Czech 601st Special Forces Group (601 SFG) in Afghanistan in 2011.

The young Public Affairs party, which has a high chance of entering the Chamber of Deputies after the May election, would like to merge the interior and defence ministries, VV election candidate Vít Bárta told reporters yesterday.

The Civic Democrat's "Blue Team" yesterday filed a complaint against the Social Democrats over personal rights protection in reaction to criticism by ČSSD election manager Jaroslav Tvrdík, Blue Team coordinator Petr Mach told reporters.

The overall results of the simulated elections held at secondary schools in late April will be released today, head of the project, Karel Strachota of People in Need, said yesterday.

It is logical and useful that after the Greek experience the EU is looking for methods to control its members, Lubomír Zaorálek, deputy chairman of the Social Democrats, told journalists yesterday about the proposal for EU to evaluate national budgets.

Aviette civic association yesterday staged a meeting in Prague's Libuš neighbourhood with the aim to familiarize the Czech public with the Vietnamese community, Bernard Privara, one of the organisers, told ČTK.

Many doctors working in hospitals plan to leave their jobs by the end of the year unless their salaries markedly increase, Právo reported yesterday citing Doctors' Union Club Head Martin Engel.

Justice Minister Daniela Kovářová wants to introduce criminal liability for legal entities and push the bill through before the elections due in two weeks, Hospodářské noviny reported yesterday.

According to an April poll CVVM released yesterday, 82% of Czechs consider the relations between the mainstream society and Roma bad, and one-third of all respondents labeled the relations as very bad.