sport/news digest

An association of towns and villages called Krkonose (Giant Mountains) was founded on Tuesday with the aim to jointly solve problems like availability of public transport and development of tourism, mayor of Spindleruv Mlyn M. Plass announced.
The creation has begun in Prague's large Strahov stadium of a tent camp to accommodate opponents of economic globalisation expected to come to Prague from abroad to protest against the IMF/WB annual meetings, which are to take place in Prague later this month.
Children from Most's Chanov residential neighbourhood, whose inhabitants are almost all Romany, received a new sport and game facility worth 850,000 Kč financed by a sponsor, Chanov school director M. Bajer announced on Tuesday.
Skinheads of the far right National Resistance, who are planning on September 23 to hold a demonstration on Prague's Letna plain against the IMF/WB meetings, said on Tuesday they fear both police and anti-IMF anarchists will attack them.
Irish ambassador to the CR Michael Collins is expected in Havlickuv Brod on Wednesday within presentation of the Irish Republic which will last until October as part of an extensive project 1000 Days for Europe.
The first ever European Day of First Aid, which has been announced for this Friday by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, is to be observed also by the Czech Republic, Czech Red Cross director J. Prochazka said on Tuesday.
(čtk)