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Saturday, August 6, 2016

Prague Daily Monitor



Saturday, 6 August 2016
NATIONAL |  ČTK
Financial police to be formed at beginning of 2017
The creation of a financial police body will be the next step to be taken within the National Centre against Organised Crime (NCOZ) on January 1, 2017, Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec (Social Democrats, ČSSD) told journalists yesterday. The financial police are to primarily focus on tax or "white collar" crime.
"This type of crime is very sophisticated, using professional methods, and we must apply all our forces and means to fight it," Chovanec said.
LIFE |  ČTK
Prague Castle still most popular Czech tourist attraction
Prague Castle, the seat of Czech heads of state, was the most visited tourist destination with almost 1.9 million visitors in the Czech Republic last year again, the agency CzechTourism has said in an overview.



 
NATIONAL |  ČTK
Compensation deal agreed for Roma victims of holocaust
Czech Roma who survived the holocaust during WWII will be entitled to a payment of 2500 euros according to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
NATIONAL |  THE RADIO PRAGUE
Czech Post in new clash with workers over ads deliveries
A fresh clash between the Czech state operated postal service Czech Post and workers has erupted over demands from management that workers deliver advertising material for free as well as the usual round of letters and parcels, Czech Radio reported. 
NATIONAL |  ČTK
Regional court gives ruling on alleged Czech IS recruit
A regional court in Plzeň has given a ruling on Thursday into the appeal by a Czech against being held in custody over suspicion that he tried to join Islamic State.
NEWS |  ČTK
HN: Russia denies visa to Czech journalist, retaliating
Russia has refused to grant the visa to Czech journalist Ondrej Soukup from the paper Hospodarske noviny (HN), which may be its retaliation for the Czech Foreign Ministry not having extended the accreditations of two Russian journalists in April, HN reported yesterday.
NEWS |  ČTK
Právo: Czechs champions of spreading hoaxes
Czechs are champions of spreading hoaxes on the Internet, daily Právo reported yesterday, referring to information on the hoax.cz website that has been monitoring these rumours regularly and warns of their nonsensical character.
LIFE»
LIFE |  PRAGUE TV
Louis C.K. to perform in Prague two nights in a row
Louis C.K. adds second Prague performance due to huge demand. After he sold out Prague Congress Centre within a few hours, American stand-up comedian will perform again a day later, on August 23rd 2016, at Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum.
LIFE |  PRAGUE TV
Segway ban takes effect
A ban on Segways in downtown Prague entered into effect Aug. 3, but so far several operators seem not to be aware as tour groups could still be seen using the vehicles on sidewalks a day later. 
LIFE |  PRAGUE TV
Transmission announces complete line up
On Saturday the 29th of October 2016, Transmission Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary in the O2 arena in Prague  and will premiere its  brand new show Transmission ‘The Lost Oracle'.
LIFE |  RADIO PRAGUE
Czech maternity hospitals embrace Life in a Suitcase project in aid of abandoned children
Many Czech maternity hospitals have joined a project aimed at helping abandoned children overcome the handicap of starting life without someone special to love and care for them.
MORE LIFE
CINEMA |  RADIO PRAGUE
Jan Žižka film set to break spending records
CINEMA |  PRAGUE TV
Movie review: Suicide Squad
LIFE |  PRAGUE TV
Sabor y Ritmo Fest
 
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