Czech Deputy Prime Minister Milan Palou claimed that the proposal received unanimous support. Czech officials had dismissed a sharp warning voiced by Cuban leader Fidel Castro a few weeks ago to stop interfering with the country's internal affairs and claimed to have a moral obligation to countries still living under totalitarianism. They thus replaced Petra Buzkov and Zden k kromach, both of whom resigned from their posts. A new system of supplementary pension contributions was approved on Monday , enabling employers to sign up for pension funds to which both employers and employees contribute. The funds will act as a supplement to compulsory old-age pensions administrated by the state and will be independent despite being established by the companies.
Bohemia has, more than anywhere else in the country, the highest concentration of mafia activities .
On Monday, Belgium officially expressed concern over the increasing number of asylum seekers from the Czech Republic . The Belgian Foreign Ministry told the Czech Ambassador Kate na Luke ov that Prague should do something about the number of asylum seekers, which allegedly rose from 39 in January to 51 in March. The Czech government, meanwhile, made an announcement that it would take immediate steps to limit further increases. However, it would not be sufficient just to prevent these people from going. In March, the WEU decided to transform itself into a European Security and Defence Assembly.