1.   A package of laws passed Thursday and today by the Czech parliament strengthens regulations of capital markets.

2.   The Czech parliament backed a new government led by Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus, returning to power the three-party coalition that governed for the past four years.

3.   A former Czechoslovak defense minister who is now a communist deputy in the Czech parliament was hospitalized early Friday with serious head injuries, a hospital official said.

4.   According to the Czech constitution, no foreign soldiers may be deployed on the Czech territory prior to approval by the Czech parliament.

5.   After nearly three years of disputes, the Czech parliament agreed on rules for electing a Senate, officials said Thursday.

6.   Also on Thursday, he will address members of the Czech parliament at a joint session of both chambers held at the Prague Castle.

7.   An ultranationalist party aide wanted for assault was arrested in the Czech parliament building on Thursday morning.

8.   Completing his political comeback, former Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus won a landslide victory Friday in secret balloting for speaker of the Czech parliament.

9.   Czech parliament ratifies membership in NATO.

10.   He added that the company feared the Czech parliament could excessively raise taxes on cigarettes as it tries to harmonize its taxes with the European Union.