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08/16/2006
Brno's Masaryk University has developed a new computer software program to combat plagiarism. The first of its kind in the Czech Republic, the software is modeled on those used at universities in North America. The system will be accessible to both staff and students at Masaryk University, though it is expected that university instructors will make the most use of the new tool.
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08/16/2006
Czech tennis star Nicole Vaidisova has advanced at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, moving past her co-national, Lucie Safarova with a score of 3:6, 7:5, 6:1. After losing in the first set, Vaidisova regained her composure and now awaits her third-round singles match on Thursday.
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08/15/2006
The outgoing Social Democrat government will resign on Wednesday, clearing the way for a new administration. Deputy-prime minister Zdenek Skromach made the announcement after the lower chamber elected a new leadership on Monday, ending ten weeks of deadlock. Once the cabinet of Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has resigned, President Vaclav Klaus is expected to appoint the head of the winning party Civic Democrat Mirek Topolanek prime minister designate, giving him a shot at winning support for a minority Civic Democrat government.
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08/15/2006
Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek has indicated that his party may support a minority Civic Democrat government with a limited mandate of two years or just a few months until the state budget for 2007 has been passed. Speaking to journalists, Mr. Paroubek made it clear that he was not entirely happy with the way talks were going and hinted that his party's support for a minority Civic Democrat government was far from certain. The Social Democrat leader has made it clear that he expects to approve the entire government line-up, not just the unaffiliated experts in the minority cabinet. After rejecting the suggestion outright on Monday, Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolanek, backed down and agreed to discuss the names of all ministerial candidates. He is still pushing for a full four-year term in office.
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08/15/2006
The outgoing prime minister, Jiri Paroubek, has said he expects the Czech Republic to actively participate in the UN mission in Lebanon. Speaking to journalists Mr. Paroubek said this had not been officially approved but that he was "counting on" Czech participation. Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda was more cautious saying that given the country's participation in peace missions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, the Czech Republic had come close to exceeding its capacity. UN resolution 1701 gives a mandate for an expanded UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) which is to be made up of some 15,000 international troops.
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08/15/2006
A new police squad has been established to fight forced labour and exploitation of workers in the Czech Republic. This concerns mainly foreigners from Ukraine, Moldavia and Russia who are forced into prostitution or exploited in menial jobs. The unit's head Jan Mikes said that the Czech Republic had little experience in this field for the present time and was gathering know-how from abroad, particularly from the Netherlands. According to the daily Lidove Noviny up to 20,000 foreigners work in the Czech Republic illegally and an estimated 80 percent of those are subjected to forced labour or exploited.
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08/15/2006
Pavel Nedved has announced that he is retiring from international football. He will make his final appearance for the Czech Republic on Wednesday in a friendly against Serbia. Nedved, who will be 34 in a fortnight, said he would be unprepared for internationals given that his club Juventus is now in the Italian second division, adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family. He is only the second Czech ever to be named European player of the year.
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08/14/2006
Social Democrat MP Miloslav Vlcek has been elected speaker of the lower house by a majority of MPs present. On Monday, he received 174 out of a possible 197 votes. Earlier, Mr Vlcek pledged publicly that his holding of the post will only be temporary, part of an agreement designed to break more than two months of deadlock on the Czech political scene. The centre-right parties agreed to support his candidacy on the condition that he would resign rather than take advantage of any opportunity to select the country's next prime minister. Mr Vlcek's election should now open the door for the outgoing cabinet to resign. That will allow the president to name a new prime minister, in all likelihood Civic Democrat Mirek Topolanek, who has been negotiating support for a minority Civic Democrat government. Mr Topolanek expressed hope on Monday that he might be named on two days' time, after the outgoing government tenders its resignation.
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08/14/2006
In related news, negotiations on a minority Civic Democrat government may face complications: on Monday outgoing Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek suggested to reporters that if negotiations continued in the vein they have until now, Social Democrat support for such a government was "unlikely". Mr Paroubek would not comment on reasons behind the latest statement, but it is known from earlier negotiations that the Social Democrats want a say in the government line-up, including putting forward the names of unaffiliated experts. Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolanek, meanwhile, commented Mr Paroubek's statement saying it could be connected to the president's recent promise that Mr Paroubek could also - in a certain phase [of post-election developments] - be entrusted with trying to form a government.
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08/14/2006
Five deputies have been elected to the post of deputy chairpersons in the first round and second rounds of a secret ballot. Those elected in the first ballot were: Social Democrat Lubomir Zaoralek, Lucie Talmanova of the right-of-centre Civic Democrats, Christian Democrat Jan Kasal, and the Communist Party's Vojtech Filip.
Only one, nominee Miroslava Nemcova, failed to gain enough votes in the first ballot, but was elected in the second.
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