Litomerice

Three Czechs sent to jail for theft at Holocaust victim memorial

Litomerice - A Czech court today sentenced three men to several years in prison for the theft of 824 bronze plaques commemorating Holocaust victims at the Terezin National Memorial. The men sold the metal plaques stolen in...

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EU rejects all-European ban on flights to Mexico

ČTK EU transport ministers rejected France's surprising proposal for an all-European ban on flights to Mexico, which has been affected the most by the so-called swine flu, at a meeting in Litoměřice, northern Bohemia, Wednesday.

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Czech army in disastrous state

ČTK The Czech army is in a desperate condition that makes it close to unusable, but the blame is on politicians rather than the military command, Jan Gazdík wrote in Friday's issue of Mladá fronta Dnes.

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Czech hauliers protest, want promised toll rebates

Hauliers with some 100 lorries protested in northern Bohemian town of Litomerice Wednesday to call the attention to the fact that outgoing Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek failed to meet his promise to introduce toll rebates.

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