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The U.S. State Department has said it is considering alternative locations for the potential construction of its European missile defence system.
Photographs of top Czech politicians sharing a yacht in Italy with energy lobbyists are raising questions over the intentions of both the vacationers and the photographers.
Romanian Roma camping by a lakeside near Prague for the last week have moved to a tract of land offered them by a private owner.
Business News: Business News 7.31.2009
In this week's Business News: the ad spending slide hits Nova profits; one sole order for Staropramen; bad loans provisions hit Česká Spořitelna; ČEZ powers up in Germany; and Czechs lose taste for pork products.
Arts: New Czech Philharmonic head Vladimír Darjanin on his plans for the orchestra
The new director of the Czech Philharmonic is Vladimír Darjanin. Already within his first month in the post, Mr Darjanin is ringing some considerable changes. Upon taking over on July 1, the straight-talking Mr Darjanin said he believed the reputation of a world-class orchestra lay in tatters, and that he was the man to fix it. When I met him recently in his office in Prague's Rudolfinum concert hall, he outlined his plans:
Current Affairs: Pavel Nedvěd, 37 next month, raises possibility of second comeback to international football
Pavel Nedvěd has just picked up the Golden Ball award for Czech footballer of the season, a prize decided by sports journalists. The 2008-2009 season was Nedvěd's last: he retired after his final game for Juventus in May. But has he really hung up his boots? The veteran midfielder says he is still mulling over his future – and even hinted on Thursday that he could play for the Czech national team again.
Current Affairs: Engineering students complete testing on racing car set for Formula Student competition
Engineering students at Prague's ČVUT – the Czech Technical University – are completing testing on their a single-seater racing car they built together over endless hours over the last 18 months. Next week, their efforts will come to fruition: the car will compete in Germany's Formula Student - a competition a gauging the overall quality of design, engineering and performance.
Current Affairs: Czechs hand in 6,300 unlicensed weapons in gun amnesty
The peaceable Czechs don't seem like a nation of trigger-happy gun-lovers, but there are actually 650,000 registered gun-owners in this country, and perhaps as many as another half a million who own weapons illegally - that's a lot for a nation of 10 million people. Police say that more than 6,000 unlicensed guns have so far been handed in in an amnesty that comes to an end at midnight on Friday.
