Czech Republic

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.

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.

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.

Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil plans to dismiss Prison Service Head Luděk Kula, Pospíšil told reporters yesterday.

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.

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.

The UNESCO European Heritage Committee said ongoing construction works in Prague are not threatening its historical monuments, Czech Radio reported yesterday.

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.

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.

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.