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10/03/2004
Police are continuing their search for a businessman who was kidnapped ten days ago. The father of Stanislav Brunclik paid a ransom of several million crowns to the kidnappers, who did not release him. Interior Minister Frantisek Bublan said on Sunday Mr Brunclik's parents had made a mistake in not going to the police immediately.
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10/03/2004
The Czech Republic has the highest divorce rate in the European Union, according to figures just released by Eurostat. The Czechs, with 3.1 divorces per 1,000 citizens, are just ahead of the Estonians and the Belgians when it comes to the number of failed marriages. The marriage rate in this country is, at 5.12 per 1,000 Czechs, in line with the EU average.
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10/03/2004
Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena has been named artist of the year by British classical music magazine Gramophone. In 2001 Ms Kozena, who is from the Moravian capital Brno, won the magazine's vocal of the year award for the album Love Songs.
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10/03/2004
Czech tennis player Tomas Berdych has capped a great year by winning his first ATP title, the Sicily International tournament. Berdych, who recently turned 19, won almost $400,000 prize money when he beat Italy's Filippo Volandri 6-3 6-3 in Sunday's final. The Czech hit the headlines during the Olympic Games, when he knocked out world number one Roger Federer.
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10/02/2004
President Vaclav Klaus has refused to apologise to MP Zdenek Koristka, who claims people acting on behalf of Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolanek tried to bribe him to bring down the government. The MP wrote to the president on Friday asking for an apology, after Mr Klaus publicly described him as "not completely trustworthy".
Meanwhile, the two men arrested on Thursday on charges of trying to bribe Mr Koristka were released from custody a day later, after the state attorney rejected a police request to hold them on remand.
Zdenek Koristka says Marek Dalik and Jan Vecerek, acting on behalf of Mr Topolanek, offered him 10 million crowns (around 300,000 euros) to bring down the government, which has a majority of just one, in a confidence vote. The Civic Democrats strenuously deny the allegations.
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10/02/2004
Figures released by Eurostat show the number of deaths caused by cancer, heart disease, suicide and road accidents is higher in the Czech Republic than the European Union average. The number of suicides is particularly striking: 25 per 100,000 citizens, which is twice the average in the EU.
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10/02/2004
A special institution for children who have committed serious crimes is likely to be set up at the Czech Republic's best-known mental hospital, Bohnice in Prague, the daily Pravo reported on Saturday. A spokesperson for Bohnice said the hospital was prepared to take on the project. The issue of how to deal with serious offenders under the age of criminal responsibility, which in the Czech Republic is 15, arose following a series of gruesome crimes by minors.
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10/02/2004
The Czech Republic has officially asked Israel to extradite an Israeli citizen wanted in connection with a grenade attack on a casino owner in Prague at the beginning of August. An Israeli court will now decide whether to extradite the man, who is 27 and originally from the former Soviet Union. Eighteen people, mostly foreign tourists, were injured in the attack, which was believed to be part of a feud between Israeli crime gangs.
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10/02/2004
Two police officers and the driver of another vehicle were killed in a car crash in Prostejov, south Moravia, in the early hours of Saturday morning. A police spokesperson said the two officers had probably been breaking the speed limit when the accident occurred.
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10/02/2004
One of the Czech Republic's most popular rock bands, Lucie, played a concert at the London venue Sheperd's Bush Empire on Friday night. Most of the 1400 people in attendance at the sold-out event were from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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