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08/09/2006
The Czech Senate, or upper house, has approved amendments to a law which would make it possible to dissolve the lower house faster, and call early elections. Seventy of the 77 senators present voted in favor of the amendment proposal; the opposing senators were all Social Democrats or Communists. The amendment will come into effect if approved by the president, as well as a minimum of 120 MPs. There are 200 members in the lower house, which is currently trying to find a way out of a deadlock that has the house split down the middle.
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08/09/2006
For the second time this week a poll has found that the Civic Democratic Party is gaining in popularity. Released Wednesday, the Median agency findings show that if elections were held in July, the Civic Democrats would have won 41.8% of the vote, while they earned 35% in the June elections. Monday's polling results released by Factum Invenio gave the Civic Democrats a 41% popularity rating. Some analysts have dismissed the polls as unreliable, saying they are skewed because of summer vacations and lower-than-typical numbers of respondents.
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08/09/2006
The Czech crown reached an all-time high on Wednesday morning, hitting 28.10 crowns per Euro. Another record was also set against the U.S. dollar, with the crown trading at 21.78 Kc per one USD. The Czech crown set its previous record highs in May of this year. Analysts say that August's record highs are due to confidence resulting from Czech economic growth, the popularity of Czech products on the EU market, and a number of speculative investments. The powerful Czech crown means cheaper vacations abroad, as well as lower prices for gas on the domestic market.
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08/09/2006
On Tuesday the Canadian Embassy in Prague hinted at the fact that Ottawa will cancel visa requirements for one of the newest EU-member states, but it appears that country will not be the Czech Republic. Czech Foreign Ministry spokesman Richard Krpac says that Canada is not currently engaged in visa-waiver talks with the Czech Republic, and some speculate that the country in question may be Poland. While Canadians do not need a visa to travel to the Czech Republic, Czechs are required to obtain a Canadian visa. The Czech Foreign Ministry has been working to undo this requirement for several years, and earlier this year Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda even suggested re-imposing visas on Canadians.
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08/09/2006
Czech Airlines, the country's national carrier, will raise its prices starting on August 15, and this thanks to rising fuel costs. The new security and fuel surcharges will differ for travel within Europe which will see a fee of 550 crowns ($25 USD), and long-distance flights where the new fees will total 1475 crowns ($67 USD). Air France and KLM—both members of the Sky Team alliance to which CSA also belongs—also announced price hikes this week.
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08/09/2006
After heavy rainfalls earlier in the week, experts at the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute warn that flooding is expected to affect the central Bohemian region in the coming days. High-alert warnings have been issued for the River Jizera, which is expected to see the worst flooding in over five to ten years, and the River Elbe is also affected. The flood-watch warnings will be in effect until at least Thursday's morning hours, until which time experts expect water levels to continue rising. Continued rains are also expected in parts of Moravia and Silesia, and these should taper-off by mid-week.
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08/08/2006
President Vaclav Klaus has invited the leaders of all five major Czech political parties for talks at Prague Castle on Wednesday morning. Mr. Klaus intends to discuss the current political stalemate with the heads of the Civic Democratic Party, the Social Democrats, the Christian Democrats, the Communists and the Greens, all of whom are represented in the lower house. Mr. Klaus plans to speak with each party leader in private before holding a joint meeting with all to discuss possibilities for a way out of the post-June election deadlock.
More than two months after the elections, the formation of a government remains unclear and MPs have repeatedly failed to elect a speaker of the lower house—a key step in forming the next government.
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08/08/2006
Czech Airlines, or CSA, the country's national carrier, has begun down-sizing its staff. A plan to restructure the company during the years 2006 - 2008 is responsible for the policy, which aims to get Czech Airlines out of debt. According to CSA, the down-sizing plan will see the departure of approximately 20% of the company's employees, thus about 1100 people of the 5500 that CSA currently employs. In addition, CSA plans to sell two of its Boeing 737 fleet.
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08/08/2006
Vodafone, one of the three leading mobile phone operators in the Czech Republic, has introduced a new service for its company-based clients. Starting Tuesday, Vodafone is offering company subscribers access to e-mail, address books and electronic calendars, all via mobile phone services. The new Vodafone service is called Business E-Mail and faces competition from Blackberry offered by T-Mobile, and Office Connector, a service of Eurotel; both of the later have been on the market for more than a year. Vodafone registered 2.26 million clients in the Czech Republic in June, numbering over 11.5 million active mobile phone numbers.
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08/08/2006
Tragedy struck a swimming pool in Prague 6 on Tuesday afternoon, when a thirty-two year old man drowned. Lifeguards pulled the man's lifeless body out of the water but paramedics could not revive him. Doctors have not yet determined the cause of his sudden death.
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