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05/08/2007
Twenty-four people have died on the rails of the Prague Metro during the last five years, said a spokesperson for the city's transport authority. The vast majority, 22, were men. 2004 was the worst year, with 11 people losing their lives in the Metro. In 2006 111 people fell onto the tracks - five of them were attempting suicide. Police last year arrested six youths on charges of moving between wagons while trains were in motion.
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05/08/2007
The production of solar power in the Czech Republic has hit record levels recently thanks to unusually sunny weather for the time of year. For instance the country's biggest solar power station at Busanovice in south Bohemia produced twice the amount of electricity its operators would normally expect in April. At the same time the amount of power produced by the country's solar stations is negligible. The Temelin nuclear power station generates as much in 25 minutes as Busanovice does in a whole year.
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05/08/2007
A Second World War tram went into operation in the Moravian capital on Tuesday. The renovated tram is set to run daily from now until the end of the tourist season, said a spokesperson for the Brno transport authority. It also owns a much older tram called Caroline, which is said to be the only working steam tram in central Europe. The steam tram leaves its depot rarely, sometimes being used during charity events.
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05/08/2007
The Czech Republic will face Russia in the quarter-finals of the World Ice Hockey Championships, after Russia beat Sweden in their last group game on Monday. The Czechs are set to take on the hosts at 2:15 CET on Wednesday. The Czech Republic beat Russia at the same point in last year's World Championships before going on to come second in the tournament.
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05/07/2007
Memorial ceremonies have been held at Prague's Olsany cemeteries for those who lost their lives in WWII fights as well as in the Prague Uprising of May 1945. Cabinet members, MPs and representatives of foreign embassies also laid wreathes at the graves of soldiers from the Commonwealth countries, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria.
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05/07/2007
On Sunday the liberation of the west Bohemian city of Pilsen by US troops on May 6, 1945 was remembered in a celebration at the "Thanks, America!" memorial. A number of veterans of the liberation took part in the event attended also by the prime minister, several cabinet members and other state officials as well as the ambassadors of the United States and Belgium. Tuesday May 8th - Victory in Europe Day - is a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
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05/07/2007
Czech Television has reported that fugitive Czech businessman Radovan Krejcir, who is wanted for various crimes in the Czech Republic, has applied for political asylum in South Africa. Mr Krejcir, a citizen of the Seychelles, has reportedly hired a team of Czech lawyers who are on their way to South Africa. Radovan Krejcir was detained in Johannesburg last month after he flew in to South Africa with a false passport. In the last two years he lived in exile in the Seychelles where he had fled from the Czech Republic in mid-2005. A court in Johannesburg is due to decide on Mr Krejcir's release from custody later this month.
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05/07/2007
President Vaclav Klaus and the US Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Richard Graber, have agreed on the necessity of communicating with Russia about US plans to build a radar base in the Czech Republic. President Klaus recently visited Russia and reassured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Czech Republic did not have the slightest ambition to direct the base against the Russian Federation. Mr Graber said during Monday's meeting with President Klaus that it was important that talks with Russia should continue.
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05/07/2007
Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova has said the 28-year-old Czech soldier who died in a landslide in Afghanistan last week will receive a military award in memoriam. Speaking at a military award ceremony on Monday, Mrs Parkanova paid tribute to the soldier, and a minute of silence was observed. The accident occurred on Thursday night when four vehicles carrying Czech soldiers were driving through the mountains some 30 kilometres from the base of the ISAF multinational forces reconstruction team in Fayzabad, north Afghanistan. A landslide caused by heavy rainfall hit one vehicle with two soldiers. Only one of them was alive when rescuers arrived and is now in a stable condition. Further five soldiers suffered light injuries. The 85-member Czech contingent works along with German and Danish soldiers in the Afghan province of Badakhshan. Besides, a Czech field hospital operates at the Kabul international airport.
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05/07/2007
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has said that Nicolas Sarkozy's election as French president will bring changes "as he realises they are necessary both in the French domestic and European policies". Mr Klaus congratulated Mr Sarkozy on his election and voiced a belief that Czech-French relations would continue to develop successfully. Mr Klaus also said the Czech Republic would be most interested in France's position on the latest European issues. Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said that with Mr Sarkozy's election, France had clearly said it wanted reforms. Deputy Prime Minister for EU affairs Alexandr Vondra said that Mr Sarkozy's election was good news for France.
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