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DRIVERS The number of Czech citizens driving without a license has almost doubled, reaching more than 1.8 percent, up from 1 percent a year ago, Transport Ministry expert Pavel Nosek said July 7. Those without licenses accounted for one-quarter of the 9,900 drivers who were given the maximum penalty of 12 points in the past two years, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported.

EU Most Czechs are not interested in the Czech Republic’s forthcoming EU presidency, according to a survey released by the polling institute CVVM, ČTK reported July 7. Some three-fourths of Czechs show no interest in the issue, while only 22 percent of those polled do. The Czech Republic will assume the six-month presidency, now held by France, Jan. 1, 2009.
MATERNITY Some overcrowded maternity wards have stopped accepting expectant mothers, such as Prague’s Thomayer’s Hospital, which is declining admission to any woman due earlier than January 2009, the news server Aktuálně.cz reported July 7. Other hospitals are requiring that women register with them between the 12th and 13th week of their pregnancy.
EXPLOSION Russian authorities say Czech equipment supplier Hoerbiger Žandov is responsible for a May explosion in the refinery of Surgutneftegaz oil holding in Russia that claimed five lives, ČTK reported July 6. An investigation concluded that the explosion was caused by the worn condition of the equipment. Hoerbiger Žandov is based in Switzerland, and produces valves and other component compressor parts.
LISBON The Constitutional Court could issue a statement on whether the Lisbon Treaty is compatible with the Czech legal order in September, Chairman Pavel Rychetský said July 4. Judges had been dealing with the EU reform treaty since they received the proposal from the Senate six or seven weeks ago. The treaty, which replaced the rejected European constitution, must be ratified by all 27 member states to take effect, ČTK reported.
INFLATION Consumer prices rose 6.7 percent in June, slowing from a 6.8 percent growth in the previous two months, the Czech Statistical Office announced July 8. Inflation accelerated in transport, while prices of alcoholic drinks and tobacco grew more slowly. In recreation and culture, prices of package holidays increased 3.2 percent due to the upcoming summer season, according to ČTK.


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