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03/30/2007
The Czech Defence Ministry has revealed that US specialists on anti-missile defence will begin a five-day visit to the Czech Republic on Monday. The experts will be in the Czech Republic to further assess further technical specifications for a possible US radar base in the Brdy military zone in Central Bohemia. Earlier this week, the US began negotiations with the Czech government on the possibility of the Czech Republic hosting such a base, which would be part of a broader defence shield, including a rocket base in Poland. Negotiations between the US and the Czech Republic are expected to continue until the end of the year.
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03/30/2007
The Czech environment minister, Martin Bursik, has proposed a change to a European Union waste directive aimed at preventing the transport of waste across the EU for incineration. Mr Bursik put his ideas to his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, at a meeting in Prague on Thursday. Germany holds the EU presidency and Mr Gabriel said it was trying to find consensus on the issue. The dumping and incineration of rubbish from Germany in the Czech Republic has been a source of some controversy. A decision on the final form of the EU waste directive will be made in June. Meanwhile, Mr Bursik and Mr Gabriel said their two countries would work together on the formulation of a scheme to support alternative sources of energy. Czechs experts will also study Germany's experience in this field.
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03/30/2007
Environment Minister Martin Bursik has dismissed Sumava National Park director Alois Pavlicko appointing the former director's deputy head in his place. The environment minister said on Friday that the change in the post was part of an effort to implement a new management style at Sumava National Park that would guarantee better nature conservation along international standards. Mr Bursik has made clear he expects that Sumava National Park's new management will cooperate more closely with local municipalities on local issues including the promotion of tourism.
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03/30/2007
Police have completed their investigation into the death of composer Karel Svoboda and confirmed beyond doubt it was a case of suicide. On Friday a police spokeswoman revealed the latest news on the Internet. Police shelved their investigation into possible foul play after chemical, biomechanical, and ballistics tests, as well as an earlier autopsy, all confirmed the 68-year-old Svoboda took his own life using a personal firearm. He was found dead outside his home in late-January. Two police officers who arrived at the scene were later charged for trying to sell photographs of the deceased to a Czech tabloid.
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03/30/2007
The well-known Czech punk group Visaci Zamek played their 1000th concert at Prague's Roxy club on Thursday night. In December the band celebrated the 25th anniversary of their first concert at student dorms in Prague's Strahov. Since then Visaci Zamek have released eight studio albums.
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03/30/2007
In ice hockey action on Thursday Czech forward Milan Hejduk racked up one goal and one assist for his team the Colorado Avalanche, helping down Phoenix 4:3. The game was a "must-win" for Colorado as the regular NHL season draws closer to wrapping up. Colorado still have a slim chance of making the playoffs to compete for the Stanley Cup. Currently the team trails Calgary - in the final playoff spot in the Western Conference - by 7 points. Colorado has five games left to play.
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03/29/2007
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has urged European Union member states to debate US plans to install part of its missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland. Speaking in the European Parliament on Thursday, Mr Solana said it was ultimately up to EU capitals to decide whether they joined the United States in the project but they were obliged to ensure that any such participation did not undermine overall security policy in the EU. The US plans to site a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland sparked a fierce debate among MEPs on Thursday, highlighting the risk of an EU rift over the project.
Parts of the anti-missile shield are already in place in the United States, Britain and Greenland, and Pentagon officials say the plan is to have the system operational by 2013. Washington acknowledges that the system primarily protects US soil from attack by "rogue states" like Iran but that it would also shield some, though not all, European allies.
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03/29/2007
Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has said that his claims on the eve of last year's general election that the Social Democrats had spied on political rivals have been vindicated. Before last June's general election, Mr Topolanek had alleged that the Social Democrat administration had bugged the phones of several people after a report by top police official Jan Kubice had been leaked, which suggested that there were links between organised crime and officials in the then Social-Democrat government.
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03/29/2007
In related news, Interior Minister Ivan Langer has revealed that in all 46 phone numbers were wiretapped in the case of the leaked "Kubice report", some belonging to lawyers and also to children. Minister Langer says former Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek and former Interior Minister Frantisek Bublan were responsible for what he called "unacceptable police procedure". People whose phones were tapped include MPs, city councillors, a mayor, lawyers, businessmen and also the teenage daughter of the mayor of Olomouc and her classmate.
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03/29/2007
The Constitutional Court has ruled that Czech citizens who were employed by Slovak companies during the existence of Czechoslovakia are entitled to the same pensions as if they had been employed in what is now the Czech Republic. The ruling was based on the case of Anna Weiszova from the eastern town of Opava. She was employed in Slovakia and as she was born in Slovakia she receives a Slovak pension which is lower than that of her Czech colleagues.
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