Русская версияRussia is a troublesome nation and one can see uncertainty and fear spreading from the region, much more than from the hypothetic Iranian or North Korean threat, Cermak writes about the planned radar that is officially devised against the "rogue" nations.
Did Czechs really need the Georgian conflict to understand what Russia really is? Cermak asks.
The Beijing Olympics were so great that small countries seem to have no chances of staging them, Milan Vodicka writes about Prague's envisaged Olympic bid in Mlada fronta Dnes.
As megalomania has become a standard approach, Prague will stand no chance of succeeding, he adds.
It may be both good or bad news from Czechs, depending on their general attitude, Vodicka writes.
However, there can be quite a different reaction to the Chinese megalomania: the desire for modest, moderate Olympic games.
In such a case, even the smaller and poorer nations may be given a chance, he adds.
The Chinese practice of army-sponsored sports seems to be preposterous, but in the Czech Republic, with its professional army, it is even more preposterous, Zbynek Petracek writes in Lidove noviny, in a veiled reference to the employment of most successful sportsmen such as Olympic javelin winner Barbora Spotakova by the army.
The Czech army prepares crack troops for Afghanistan, Petracek writes.
There is much haggling over the money for the army reform, he adds.
Given this state of affairs, why must the state pay for a showcase of sports achievements of a democracy? Petracek asks rhetorically.
The opposition Social Democrats should be happy as the government that promised that everyone will benefit from its reform package has officially admitted that the reform already has some losers - the civil servants and the pensioners, Petr Kambersky writes in the financial paper Hospodarske noviny.
However, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek will eventually not be trapped as billboards with gifts for the elderly and presents to the civil servants will be pasted in the election year at the latest, Kambersky writes.
Nevertheless, there is a better solution: no extra bonuses, but the reduction of the staff. Four well-paid people always work better than five disenchanted people.
It would be best if the plan started in the parliament, Kambersky writes.
(Ceske Noviny)
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