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06/05/2007
Besides the Czech head of state and leader of the government, Social Democrat opposition leader Jiri Paroubek also had the chance to discuss foreign policy issues with the US President. According to Mr. Paroubek, the plan to station a radar base in the Czech Republic is the only issue that the two politicians disagree on.
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06/05/2007
Emergency workers and fire fighters in the Prstne district of the Moravian town of Zlin are busy clearing flood damage after the dike of a nearby pond broke. A fire fighter spokesperson has reported that the devastation is immense as the area was suddenly hit by a strong wave. Several houses are flooded and some roads are also damaged. The dike was recently repaired but burst due to high water pressure caused by repeated rain.
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06/05/2007
Ivo Velisek, head of Prague Castle Administration, collaborated with the former communist secret police, the daily Pravo writes in its Tuesday edition. The paper says it has 1980s archive documents in which Mr Velisek is registered in the category of "confidential aides" with the cover name Obchodnik (Businessman). Mr Velisek allegedly reported on people from his surroundings, including Charter 77 signatories and the communist secret police assessed the two-year cooperation with him as "useful". Pravo writes that after 1989 Mr Velisek submitted a negative screening certificate and passed a security vetting that enabled him to take up his current post.
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06/05/2007
Police in South Africa are searching for Radovan Krejcir, a fugitive billionaire wanted by the Czech police. Despite the fact that an Interpol arrest warrant has been in effect and that the Czech authorities have been negotiating Mr Krejcir's extradition since his arrest, his lawyers managed to convince the detention centre to release him. His whereabouts are now unknown.
Mr Krejcir, who is wanted for extensive fraud and conspiracy to murder, managed to escape from the Czech Republic during a police raid of his villa in 2005. He moved to the Seychelles, where the authorities refused to extradite him because he had bought Seychelles citizenship. Travelling under a false identity, Mr Krejcir was detained at Johannesburg airport in April.
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06/05/2007
The leading Czech women's tennis player Nicole Vaidisova has been knocked out of the French Open. The 18-year-old was beaten 3:6, 5:7 by Serbia's Jelena Jankovic in the quarter finals at Roland Garros on Tuesday. Vaidisova, who managed to reach the semi-finals last year, was the last Czech player left in the competition this year.
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06/04/2007
US President George W. Bush is expected to arrive in the Czech Republic at approximately 8 pm CET on Monday for a visit intended to drum up support for a US plan to extend its missile defense system to central Europe. The plan envisages stationing a radar base on Czech territory and interceptor missiles in neighboring Poland. Both countries have agreed to bilateral talks on the project but neither has made a firm commitment.
The US president is expected to meet with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. On Tuesday he is scheduled to speak at an international conference: "Democracy and Security: Core Values and Sound Policies. Speaking on the eve of the US president's visit Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said President Bush should be given to understand that the Czech Republic is a US ally, yet it would not be dictated to.
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06/04/2007
Russia has warned it would once again aim its missiles at targets in Europe if the Czech Republic and Poland should agree to host a US radar base and interceptor missiles on their territory. President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Sunday that if the American nuclear capability widens across European territory then Russia would give itself new targets in Europe. Mr. Putin acknowledged that Russia's response risked starting an arms race, but he said Moscow would not be responsible for the consequences because Washington had started it.
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06/04/2007
Opposition leader Jiri Paroubek says in an article published in Monday's Lidove Noviny that the radar project would be acceptable if it were part of NATO s joint defense and if Czechs themselves could decide by means of a referendum where it should be located. In related news, President Klaus on Monday slammed the Social Democrat's cautious stand on the US radar, saying it had been the Social Democrat government which started secret talks on the radar with Washington and had not even bothered to inform the head of state about them.
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06/04/2007
Opponents of the US radar base are planning to stage a protest outside the Czech Foreign Ministry at 6pm on Monday evening. Jan Tamas of the "No to Bases Initiative" said that it was important that politicians should hear the voice of those who felt that the US base would harm Czech security interests. "We hope that Mr. Bush hears us too, Tamas said. Over the weekend three Czech villages rejected the US radar base in local referenda and opinion surveys indicate that the majority of Czechs do not want the base on their territory.
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06/04/2007
The Czech health authorities are trying to trace four Czechs who took a flight from Prague to Montreal on CSA flight 0104 on May 24th. The four are in a high risk group of passengers who sat close to a US citizen infected with "super TB", a strain of tuberculosis which is extremely hard to treat. The man was placed in isolation on arrival in Montreal. There were 187 passengers on the plane, but only those sitting in the same row with the ill man, one in front and one behind are considered to be most at risk.
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