The Veterinary Faculty at the Brno University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences (VFU) is undergoing widespread changes in hopes of getting a positive evaluation in 2014 that would lead to international accreditation. The prestigious institution plans to focus more on research and is establishing four new institutes — including one for large animals such as tigers and bears. An emphasis on “day one” skills will mean graduates should also be ready to practice right after leaving school.

By giving a baby milk or formula in a bottle containing Bisphenol A, you risk condemning your child to reduced fertility, diabetes and various forms of cancer. As of March 1, the manufacture of dangerous polycarbonate baby bottles will be forbidden in the European Union. The Czech government, however, has failed to observe the relevant EU directive and is dragging its feet in issuing a ban.

Libor Vrba, the director of the Financial Crime and Corruption Division (ÚOKFK) of the Czech Police, resigned Feb. 23 and will leave his post March 15, according to media reports. Minister of Interior Radek John (Public Affairs, VV) has already dismissed several important figures appointed by his predecessor, Ivan Langer. Vrba was also a Langer appointee, and speculation that he would also lose his job began several months ago.

Pension reform could have been a bigger catastrophe, but we could also breathe a similar sigh of relief when a tram only runs over one of our legs. The change that the center-right government led by Prime Minister Petr Nečas wants to push through will be a voluntary trap — you can walk into it of your own accord, but you won’t be able to voluntarily walk back out, writes Social Democrats (ČSSD) shadow minister Jan Mládek.