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Škoda Auto raises H1 operating profit by 40.6% to CZK 5.9bn
Car maker Škoda Auto raised operating profit by 40.6% year-on-year to around CZK 5.9 billion in the first half of 2010, the company said yesterday.
29Lidovky.cz: EPH net earnings at CZK 522m in 2009
Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH) netted CZK 522 million on CZK 7.22 billion sales in 2009, revenues from sales of electricity, gas and heat at nearly CZK 4 billion, Lidovky.cz reported yesterday.
29Právo: Police inspection reopens Kajínek's case
The police inspection has reopened an investigation into the case of convict Jiří Kajínek, who is serving life sentence for a double murder from 1993, Právo reported yesterday.
29Prague hosts European Mensa meeting
Prague is hosting the five-day European Mensas Annual Gathering 2010 on 28 July - 1 August attended by 400 members from 28 countries of four continents.
29Reflex: 2 enthusiasts establish Czech gravediggers' guild
Two men, Jaroslav Šejvl and David Stejskal, have established the first gravediggers' professional guild in the Czech Republic and they plan to open a school for gravediggers to restore the past credit of this profession, Reflex reports.
29Justice minister fires Prison Service head
Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil plans to dismiss Prison Service Head Luděk Kula, Pospíšil told reporters yesterday.
29EnvMin to allot CZK 4bn to improve air in North Moravia
The Environment Ministry will earmark CZK 4 billion from EU subsidies for the improvement of air quality in the Moravian-Silesian region, Environment Minister Pavel Drobil said in Ostrava yesterday.
29Prague City Council insists on Mucha's Slav Epic
Lawyers of the Prague City Council argue that Moravský Krumlov City Council was not entitled to ban the relocation of the Slav Epic to Prague.
29UNESCO says Prague sites not threatened by construction
The UNESCO European Heritage Committee said ongoing construction works in Prague are not threatening its historical monuments, Czech Radio reported yesterday.
29Justice minister cancels tender for house-arrest bracelets
The tender for house-arrest bracelets set up by Former Justice Minister Daniela Kovářová will be cancelled as the rules were changed to the detriment of the state, Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil said yesterday.
29EduMin promises money for Romani Holocaust info centre
According to Education Minister Josef Dobeš, the state should find money for the construction of a Romani Holocaust Information and Education Centre at the location of a former internment camp for Roma in Hodonín u Kunštátu.
29Extradition of fugitive Pitr from Switzerland may take a year
The extradition of Czech businessman Tomáš Pitr, sentenced to five years in prison for tax fraud in 2006, from Switzerland may last a year, Swiss Justice Ministry Spokesman Folco Galli told ČTK yesterday.
29EduMin promises to save CZK 1.5bn of required CZK 3bn
Education Minister Josef Dobeš (Public Affairs, VV) yesterday said he would not lower teachers' pay and therefore his ministry will save maximally CZK 1.5 billion by end-2010, a mere half of what it is supposed to save according to an austerity plan the government approved on Wednesday.
29Prague museum presents portraits of Komenský's Dutch supporters
The Comenius Pedagogical Museum in Prague opened an exhibition of portraits of de Geers, a Dutch noble family that supported world-known Czech philosopher and school reformer Jan Amos Komenský in the 17th century.
29MfD: Russian agent supervised Czech prisons
A Russian agent, who was linked to Czech military senior officers, worked as a psychologist at the Prison Service headquarters until last September, Mladá fronta Dnes reported yesterday.
29Church-state court dispute over Prague cathedral ends
The Czech Constitutional Court has halted the proceedings on the complaint by the Metropolitan Chapter that represented the Catholic Church in the protracted dispute over the ownership of St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle.
29Aktuálně.cz: Public Affairs' election campaign cost CZK 87m not CZK 10m
The election campaign of the Public Affairs cost some CZK 87 million though the junior government party said it was CZK 10 million, Aktualne.ct reported yesterday.
29KSČM to focus on housing in local election campaign
Housing will be one of key topics of the Communist Party's campaign ahead of the autumn local elections, KSČM shadow local development minister František Beneš told reporters yesterday.
29Hundreds Czech families to receive welfare benefits from Slovakia
Hundreds of families living in the Czech Republic will finally be eligible for welfare payments from Slovakia, Labour and Social Affairs Ministry Spokeswoman Viktorie Plivová has told ČTK.
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