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Czech Republic is not a risk factor… As Europe is bracing for its newly-jacketed copy of the constitution, now named as the Lisbon treaty, the Czech Republic last week indicated it would “probably� ratify the treaty on the future arrangement of the EU.

Notably, if the Lisbon treaty is ratified by the end of the year, the Czech Republic will be the first country to hold EU presidency along the new m

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Second-hand car imports restricted by Prague The average age of a car in the Czech Republic soared to 13.94 years in 2007. The aging of the private car fleet has been caused by a growing export of second-hand cars from neighboring countries.

Last year, drivers imported 212,000 old cars, while buying only 132,000 new ones. The problem of used cars has become a thorn in the relations between the government, automakers and e

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Ropewalker falls during performance, dies Novy Jicin, North Moravia, May 18 (CTK) - Czech ropewalker Manuel Berousek alias Berondini, 41, who fell during a performance from the rope on Saturday afternoon, died after he was hospitalised Sunday, Ostrava teaching hospital spokesman Tomas Oborny told CTK.

Berousek’s injuries were incompatible with life, Oborny said.

The health condition of the 7-y

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Inflation and unemployment in Czech Republic The Czech Republic’s unemployment rates were both down in April, according to government data released on May 12. Inflation fell below the seven percent level for the first time in 2008, Czech statisticians said. Consumer prices dropped to 6.8 percent year-on-year in April from 7.1 percent the previous month and a nine-year peak of 7.5 percent in January.

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Slavia wins football league after spring thriller It has been a dream season for Slavia Praha. The club made it to the Champions League after five qualifying-round failures, it has built a new stadium, and on Saturday, its players lifted the league cup after 12 years. After the ceremony at the Eden stadium on Saturday, the fans burst the barriers and flooded the pitch – a well-deserved happy ending for them, given the nerves.
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Wife won't play in Havel's new drama Prague, May 7 (CTK) - The wife of former Czech president Vaclav Havel, Dagmar Havlova, actress by profession, will not play for health reasons in his new drama The Leaving (Odchazeni) to be premiered in Prague’s Archa theatre on May 22, Archa spokeswoman Pavlina Svatonova told CTK Wednesday.

The casting of Havlova, 55, for whom Havel, 71, wrote the leading female role of

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