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U.S. legal expert Douglas McNabb, however, said the latest development of the case indicates that the U.S. government may face problems getting some evidence from another country or that it does not enough strong arguments in this case.

The USA asked the Bahamas for Kozeny’s extradition in October 2005. It suspects him of vast corruption within the Azeri oil industry privatisation.

Another round of court proceedings in Kozeny’s case was to be held today but on Friday he was unexpectedly released from prison on bail because the USA had not submitted the necessary documents in time.

The …

Shares set new records almost every other day. The PX index put on 5.5 percent to 1,806.3 points in April.

There were only few bad news in April and companies announced improved economic results, dividend payment and foreign acquisitions.

Buying mood was boosted by favourable investment recommendations and growth on leading share markets to new records.

Phone operator Telefonica O2 jumped by 13 percent to Kc619.4. Telefonica shareholders approved a growth in dividends by Kc5 to Kc50 per share in April.

Telefonica also announced an increase in first-quarter profit by 12.5 percent to Kc2.3bn, exceeding market expectations.

The driver had a permit for plastic waste transport but was carrying municipal waste, Bartak said.

The customs officers uncovered the illegal consignment with the aid of a giant X-ray equipment. The lorry has been laid up and the customs officers and environmental inspectors are investigating the case.

Several cases of illegal import or dumping of waste from Germany have been reported in the Czech Republic in the past months.

An illegal dump of tens of tonnes of German waste was uncovered in Studanky near As, west Bohemia, which is now being removed.

In 2006 Czech customs officers registered 256 cases of suspected violation of waste transport.

Tlusty is criticising the current version of the government public finance reform and threatens he might not support it in the Chamber of Deputies.

Topolanek discussed the reform with Tlusty on Sunday.

“The meeting was successful from my point of view as we finally clarified some of his [Tlusty's] proposed solutions rather than his objections,” said Topolanek.

The relevant ministers will deal with Tlusty’s proposals today, Topolanek added.

He also said that the cabinet had submitted “its idea” of a reform that is not fully “a fait accompli.”

Topolanek said that the government would …

There are currently 22 centres around the world where visitors can learnabout the Czech Republic’s history, economy, and culture. These CzechCentres are funded by the Foreign Ministry with a mission to fosterdialogue with the public abroad and promote the country as a modern anddynamic state. The centres meet their goal with the help of variousprojects, ranging from literature readings to theatre performances. TheCzech Centres now have a new director - Jaroslav Kanturek - and we spoketo him about his plans for the future: Jaroslav Kanturek”A Czech Centre should be open to the public. I think there …

Czech President Vaclav Klaus ended a four-day trip to the RussianFederation on Sunday - the first ever official visit to Russia by a Czechhead of state. Accompanied by an unusually large delegation ofbusinessmen, Mr Klaus’s chief aim was, he said, to boost bilateralrelations, with special emphasis on economy. However, the meeting betweenPresident Klaus and Russian President Vladmir Putin was to a large extentdominated by the US project to install a tracking radar in the CzechRepublic. Vaclav Klaus and Vladimir Putin, photo: CTK”For us, for Russia, it is like the deployment of Pershing missiles.The …

Svatopluk Benes, one of the country’s leading actors in the interwar yearsof the First Republic, has died at the age of 89. He was one of the lastremaining legends of the silver screen in the brief time when Czechcinematography enjoyed a period of Hollywood glamour. Svatopluk Benes and Lida BaarovaAnd Svatopluk Benes was at the centre of it all - almost always in the roleof a rich, gallant young lover partnered by the likes of Adina Mandlova,Lida Barova and Natasa Gollova - the last Czech actresses who wore silkand powder, drank champagne and danced the night away, before thecommunist regime replaced …

Topolanek appreciated the cooperation between the Civic Democrats, the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) and the Greens (SZ). He said that the cabinet contributed to the improvement of political culture through its everyday work, which was often inconspicuous.

The cooperation within the coalition was praised also by the heads of both junior ruling parties, Jiri Cunek (KDU-CSL) and Martin Bursik (SZ).

Topolanek said that the coalition will cope with the case of Cunek, who has been accused of corruption, same as it managed to deal with all other issues.

The prime minister recalled that the connected …

The Social Democrats thus want to comply with the demands by the police and firemen who are protesting against the impact of the new legislation.

The amendment should include only this point so that the parliament could pass it fast, Rath said.

The overtime without any remuneration should be compensated by the increase in the salaries, for which the previous Social Democrat government of Jiri Paroubek had set aside 1.5 billion crowns, Rath said.

As a result, the salary of any police officer would rise by some 3000 crowns.

However, the new government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek …

Knoetig said that this means that Minarik’s case has definitively ended after more than 15 years. The decision was made last week at a closed meeting.

Minarik was acquitted of charges of an attempted bomb attack in the seat of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe in Munich, Germany, in the 1970s. He worked for the radio from 1969 to 1976 as an StB agent.

Vesecka wanted that the investigation of Minarik’s case return to the preparatory proceedings. She said that new witnesses should be heard by the Office for the Investigation and Documentation of Communist Crimes (UDV).

The Supreme Court rejected Vesecka’s review on formal grounds. The arguments for the decision have not been released so far.