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Two-fifths of Czechs approve of Rath’s arrest over bribery – poll
May 19, 2012
Prague – Some 42 percent agree with the view that the detention of former central Bohemia governor David Rath (Social Democrats, CSSD) over bribery charges was right, according to an Internet poll conducted by the polling agency SANEP in the past days and released today.
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May 18, 2012
Prague – Israel wishes the dispute over Iran´s nuclear programme to be solved by diplomatic means, but it can see nothing proving that Iran is going to end the programme, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a meeting with Czech President Vaclav Klaus today.
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Rath entitled to attend parliament debate on his case-Czech court
May 18, 2012
Prague – David Rath, a Czech MP who faces corruption charges and stays in custody, has the right to attend the Chamber of Deputies´ session that is to definitively decide on his release for prosecution, the district court supervising the case said today, cited by its spokesman.
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Czech Communists are not giving up long-term goal – socialism
May 18, 2012
Prague – The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) is not giving up its long-term goal – socialism that they consider to be the first stage of communism, this is said in the “Main tasks and orientation of party work after the 8th KSCM congress” that is to be approved at the weekend.
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Czechs, Israelis concerned about Iran´s nuclear programme
May 18, 2012
Prague – Both the Czech Republic and Israel have been concerned about Iran´s nuclear programme, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said after meeting his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu today.
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Czech MP says he fell into police trap, case has political core
May 17, 2012
Prague – Czech MP and former regional governor David Rath, who faces corruption charges, believes that he has fallen into a police trap and that his case has a political core, he says in a statement his defence counsel Adam Cerny gave to CTK today.
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Half of Czech old age pensions lower than average
May 17, 2012
Prague – A half of old people in the Czech Republic have pensions lower than the average that stood at 10,740 crowns as from the end of March, Czech Social Security Administration (CSSZ) statistical data show.
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Klaus praises Czech police for Rath´s arrest
May 17, 2012
Prague – The resolute action of the Czech police in the case of suspected bribe-taking of regional governor David Rath (opposition Social Democrats, CSSD) is good, but the scandal harms Czech politics and the country´s image abroad very much, President Vaclav Klaus said today.
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Rath, charged with bribery, resigns as Central Bohemia governor
May 16, 2012
Prague – Social Democrat (CSSD) David Rath, who is facing bribery charges, today resigned from the post of a member of the regional assembly and therefore from the post of central Bohemian regional governor, deputy regional governor Robin Povsik has told journalists.
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Czech Cardinal Vlk cannot see way out of crisis
May 16, 2012
Prague – Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, former Prague archbishop, cannot see a way out of the crisis in Czech society and politics at present since responsible personalities do not examine the causes of these phenomena, Vlk, who will turn 80 on Thursday, has said in an interview for CTK.
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