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Czech whistleblower ‘hounded’ over presidential pardon corruption claims
Doctors may break the patient confidentiality code in the event of suspected corruption; Dr Martin Konečný has paid dearly for doing so
Czech courts approve almost one million property seizures in 2011
The number of distraint orders issued by Czech courts rose in 2011 by around 30 percent to just under a million, bailiffs’ chamber announces
Czech officers among peacekeepers besieged at Egyptian base
Two Czech officers with mulitinational force being besieged in Sinai desert by Bedouin tribesmen
Klaus yields to impeachment threat, signs CE Social Charter supplement
Czech President signs supplement to Council of Europe Social Charter after nine years of procrastination and recent impeachment threat
More Czechs being fired for boozing on the job
Lower tolerance on the part of bosses rather than higher consumption by employees is behind the rise in alcohol-related dismissals
KHL ice hockey franchise to move to Prague, league’s boss says
Alexander Medvedev’s announcement that Lev Poprad of Slovakia will move to O2 Arena takes Czech ice hockey association by surprise
Security agency founded by prosecuted MP Bárta changes name
ABL agency implicated in spying on politicians sheds tainted image and replaces family CEO with former G4S Czech Republic boss
Talks on to bring Russian KHL ice hockey league to Prague, ‘save’ O2 Arena
PPF and KKCG, de facto owners of Prague sports and entertainment complex O2 Arena, finalizing plan to restructure its debt
Elite detective charged over illegal wiretaps of ABL rival
Ex-detective in police unit for combating organized crime allegedly ordered illegal wiretaps on security firm SSI managers
Germans and Austrians protest against Temelín on Fukushima anniversary
Around 500 people protest in Mitterteich, Bavaria, against the expansion of the Czech nuclear plant, Austrians protest at Czech site
Czech Interior Minister expects Kč 1.7 bln budget cut
Interior Minister says he won’t allow expected Kč 1.7 billion cut to his ministry’s budget to affect rank and file police and firemen
US ambassador confident Temelín nuclear extension will go ahead
Temelín bidders say planned new reactor blocks will be built; Czech gov’t point man speaks of one in three chance of its cancellation
MP Bárta trial - day 3: videotape, tears and ‘absurd reality show’
Former Public Affairs (VV) deputy charged with taking a bribe from party paymaster Vít Bárta reveals video of alleged exchange
New memorial to Czechoslovak legionaries divides Russian city
A newly unveiled memorial in Chelyabinsk to the Czechoslovak men who fought the Bolsheviks on Russian soil has raised local ire
Czech President rejects clemency plea for jailed Ztohoven artist
Aide says President Václav Klaus didn’t find ‘sufficient reasons’ to grant pardon to jailed prankster artist Roman Týc of Ztohoven
