Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country has not ratifi

Prague  - The Czech Republic's economy slowed down in the first quarter of 2008 to a growth of 5.3 per cent year-on-year, down from 6.3 per cent in the previous quarter, according to revised govern

Prague - Czech military police began Monday to evict Greenpeace activists f

Prague  - More than a half of the Czech Republic's elementary and secondary schools Monday took part in a nationwide strike for higher salaries, the teachers' trade union said.

More than 130,000 teachers and school employees at nearly 6,000 schools joined the one-day strike to protest notoriously low wages, according to deputy head of school unions Marketa Vondrackova.

It was the second strike over long-term cash woes in the field for Education Minister Ondrej Liska. He was greeted to the job by protests on December 4, 2007, the very day he was appointed.

Teachers and other school employees complain that their already- low salaries have bought them less this year due to climbing prices.

Prague  - The Czech Republic's inflation rate remained steady year-on-year and unemployment rate fell in May, according to government data released Monday.

Vienna  - A 10-year-old Czech boy was killed and 10 other passengers injured when their tour bus crashed in south-eastern Austria in the early morning hours Saturday, officials said.