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At the beginning of March, the CMKOS declared a strike alert in protest against the consequences of the government public finance reform and further reform plans, Zavadil said.

Last June, the unions staged a demonstration against the reform on Prague’s Wenceslas Square that was attended by some 30,000 people.

At present, the unions criticise high inflation that they say was provoked by the reform. They also disagree with the pension reform and Health Minister Tomas Julinek’s (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) planned transformation of university hospitals and health insurance companies into business companies.

She said that foreigners were unable to fill the gap and that while so far nurses lacked only in Prague and other big tows their shortage is now visible across the country.

“According to the latest statistics, there are 78,000 nurses in the Czech Republic, including 5000 in Prague. In Prague alone, more than 400 nurses are lacking. No one has counted how many of them are lacking across the country,” Juraskova said.

The average monthly wage of nurses is about 21,000 crowns which means that the nurse receives for very demanding work with night and weekend shifts, without sufficient rest and …

More than half of respondents said that smoking should not be prohibited in night clubs and cafes, the poll showed.

An overwhelming majority of Czechs - 95 percent - believe that there should be a ban on smoking in theatres, cinemas and public transport premises. Three-quarters of respondents (76 percent) supported the smoking ban at work places, seven in ten respondents said that smoking should be banned at rail stations, bus stops and at airports.

Less than a quarter of respondents (24 percent) would support banning smoking at open public premises while 68 percent said they were against such a ban.

The threat probably arises from the long-lasting dispute over the validity of the financial claims that Radovan Krejcir, fugitive Czech entrepreneur who is prosecuted on suspicion of serious crimes, and his people allegedly operate with, Aktualne.cz says.

Cepro mainly deals with the transport, storage and sale of oil products. It also assists in the protection of the state material reserves.

Under the name of EuroOil it operates its own network of some 190 petrol stations.

The Interior Ministry is considering putting the Cepro management and buildings under police protection, Aktualne.cz writes.

Russian chess legend and opposition politician Garry Kasparov has beendoing the rounds during a visit to the Czech Republic. Apart from meetingwith Czech political leaders, he also managed to get in more than a fewrounds of his beloved game. Garry Kasparov (right) and TomГЎЕЎ Jirsa, photo: CTKGarry Kasparov arrived in the Czech Republic at the invitation of TomГЎЕЎJirsa, the mayor of the small Czech town of HlubokГЎ nad Vltavou. Jirsahas stated that Kasparov was invited not only as a chess player but also arepresentative of the Russian opposition, a role which has seen Mr Kasparovdo jail time back …

In the past couple of weeks two incidents have threatened to disturb thepeaceful coexistence between Czechs and the country’s Muslim community,centred mainly in the Moravian city of Brno. First, the city was plasteredovernight with posters depicting the controversial Danish caricature of theprophet Mohammed which sparked violent protests across the Muslim world.And then last week the ultra-right National Party placed the controversialanti-Qur’an film Fitna by the rightwing Dutch MP Geert Wilders on its webpage. The posters depicting the controversial Danish caricature of the prophet Mohammed in …

Just days ago the country’s Prime Minister Mirek TopolГЎnek suggestedthat Czech recognition of Kosovo was a decision that would have wait. Butat the weekend he changed his mind: now he has said he will push for thegovernment to officially recognise the former Serb province ahead of theupcoming NATO summit. The decision won’t be an easy one: coalitionmembers the Christian Democrats have already signalled they are against. Mirek TopolГЎnek and Karel Schwarzenberg, photo: CTKAs it stands 24 European countries have officially recognised Kosovo asEurope’s newest state, roughly a month-and-a-half after …

When Dr Jana Е vehlovГЎ’s father was imprisoned by the communists forpolitical reasons it left a deep impression on her life.Afterdoing research into the psychological impact of such experiences on womenlike herself, she began a group called Daughters of the ’50s which is aforum fordiscussion of often painful memories – and a support group for womenwhose childhoods, and often subsequent lives, were blighted by themistreatment of their parents. When I met Dr Е vehlovГЎ at a Prague centrecafe, she first told me her own family’s story. Jana Е vehlovГЎ, photo: www.dcery.cz“My father flew with the RAF …

Pojar, the chief Czech negotiator on the treaty, did not confirm the information from today’s daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) that wrote, referring to Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek that the treaty had already been completed.

Topolanek told the paper that only the venue where the treaty would be signed must yet be agreed on.

Pojar said the United States made concessions in the remaining controversial chapter on the environment, and it does not insist on a reference to U.S. law being included in it. This has opened the path to the treaty’s completion, Pojar said.

“In one significant aspect the Americans have given in, so we might definitively agree on the main treaty within a couple of days,” Pojar said.

The tripartite is a regular joint meeting of representatives of the government, employers and employees. Its aim is to maintain social peace in the country.

Last week, Czech trade unionists angrily left the meeting of the tripartite after Topolanek sharply criticised them over their support for the meal ticket system.

Trade union officials have complained that Topolanek called them liars and thieves.

“I told them on Friday it was impossible for the opposition and the media to describe me as a liar. In fact, it is the unions who tell lies to their members and the employers who enable the shadow economy through the meal ticket system,” Topolanek said.