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Braving the storm
Topolánek retains ODS leadership in face of Bém's challenge and Klaus' resignation

Town targets Roma enclave
Litvínov officials present solution to social tension in Janov

Unclear deals mire social complex
Empty Prague 10 building claims to house rent defaulters

Civic groups urge lobbying reform
Transparency International, politicians at stalemate over the role of political advisers

Main train station facelift unveiled
Changes have yet to improve reputation of shabby Hlavní nádraží

Laid-off migrant workers face visa issues
Plzeň workers say they are the 'first victims' of financial crisis

MEPs chastise Klaus
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GREECE Violence has erupted in many Greek cities after the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Dec. 6, the BBC reported. Hundreds of students battled police forces in Thessaloniki, while protests also turned violent in Trikala, the port of Piraeus and on the island of Corfu. More protests are planned for later, including a mass rally by the Communist Party in Athens. Authorities have appealed for calm.

FRANCE The graves of 500 Muslim war veterans have been vandalized in northern France, BBC reported Dec. 8. Gravestones were daubed with swastikas and anti-Islamic slogans on the eve of Islam’s Eid al-Adha festival, when Muslims visit the graves of loved ones. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has condemned the attack, calling it “abject and revolting.”
UK Flights have been disrupted and passengers left stranded at Stansted Airport near London after climate-change protesters caused the runway to be closed, BBC reported Dec. 8. Police removed the protesters after several hours and arrested 57 of them, but flights were delayed for the rest of the day as the airport was recovering from the shock.
EU European warships and aircraft are due to launch anti-piracy patrols off the Somali coast, BBC reported Dec. 8. The EU will take over after the NATO mission for at least a year, marking the EU’s first naval operation. The area has seen almost 100 pirate attacks this year, but also several successful rescues conducted by international forces.
IRELAND European supermarkets were ordered Dec. 7 to clear their shelves of Irish bacon, ham and sausages after authorities announced that Irish pork products had been tainted with a cancer-causing dioxin, the International Herald Tribune (IHT) reported. Irish officials described the recall as precautionary, saying that only 10 percent of Irish pigs have been affected, but processing and mixing with other meats resulted in widespread contamination.
RUSSIA Thousands of Orthodox Christians flocked to pay tribute to Patriarch Alexiy II Dec. 7 as he lay in state in a Moscow cathedral, IHT reported. He revived the faith after the fall of the Soviet bloc, oversaw the construction of thousands of new churches and built close ties with the Kremlin, raising the prominence of Orthodoxy. He died Dec. 5 of heart failure.
NETHERLANDS Amsterdam unveiled plans Dec. 6 to close brothels, sex shops and marijuana cafés in its ancient city center as part of a major effort to drive organized crime out of the area, the New York Times reported. Authorities said that the measure would affect about 36 coffee shops — a little less than 20 percent of the city’s total.

ALBRIGHT Madeleine Albright denied rumors she would be ready to replace Richard Graber as U.S. ambassador, daily Hospodářské noviny reported Dec. 9. Albright, a former U.S. secretary of state in Bill Clinton’s government, has advised President-elect Barack Obama on foreign policy. Czech Ambassador to the U.S. Petr Kolář said Albright did not aspire to the ambassadorial job, but was ready to take it should Obama ask her to do so.

OIL Czech officials would like to change the way the level of oil reserves in individual European Union member states are calculated during its upcoming EU presidency, Industry and Trade Minister Martin Říman said Dec. 8 at a meeting of international energy ministers, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported. The final proposal will be submitted in February 2009. Proposed changes include the amount of oil individual EU members receive, currently based on consumption levels.
WASTE South Bohemian customs officers found a truck importing 28 tons of waste, including rubber, plastics and clothing, to the Czech Republic from abroad, local customs directorate spokesman Vladimír Pešek told ČTK Dec. 4. This is the second such case this year. In September, officers in České Budějovice uncovered two trucks carrying waste from Austria. The waste was to be dumped in the town surroundings. The drivers now face a fine of several thousand crowns.

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