• Hübschman leaves Shahktar Donetsk after successful 10-year stint
    06/28/2014

    Czech international soccer player Tomáš Hübschman has left Shahktar Donetsk after 10 years. The defensive midfielder, who is 32, was not offered a new contract by the Ukrainian club and is reported to be set to join Czech side Jablonec. Hübschman – who has 58 international caps – won seven Ukrainian league titles and one UEFA Cup with Shahktar.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Catholic primate to mark centenary of death of Franz Ferdinand with mass at Czech castle where archduke lived
    06/28/2014

    The head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Dominik Duka, is set to serve a requiem mass on Saturday evening for Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination exactly 100 years ago sparked World War I. The mass will take place in the courtyard of Konopiště Castle – where Franz Ferdinand lived – and will be attended by the Czech culture minister, Daniel Herman, and the Austrian ambassador to the Czech Republic, Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff. Exhibitions and other events are also being held in various parts of the country to mark the centenary.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Warning of storms in some regions issued for Sunday
    06/28/2014

    Forecasters say heavy storms are likely to hit the eastern part of the Czech Republic on Sunday. The Czech Hydro Meteorological-Institute on Saturday warned that the Pardubice, the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, Moravia and Silesia regions would see heavy rain, hail and strong winds, with flooding possible in some places. The storms are expected to hit between 9 PM Sunday and 3 AM Monday.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Former police chief Lessy demands compensation over prosecution
    06/28/2014

    Former national police chief Petr Lessy is demanding compensation of CZK 1.2 million and a formal apology from the state for being prosecuted in 2012. He was removed as police president by the then minister of the interior after being charged with slander and abuse of office before a court threw out the prosecution last year. Mr. Lessy told Czech Radio on Saturday that the amount he was demanding corresponded to his legal fees and lost income.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Kvitová edges Venus Williams in epic Wimbledon battle
    06/28/2014

    The Czech women’s tennis number one Petra Kvitová came from behind to beat five-times Wimbledon champion Venus Williams 5-7 7-6 7-5 in an fiercely-contested third-round match on Friday. Kvitová, who is 24, said it was perhaps her best performance at Wimbledon since she won the tournament in 2011. The Czech's half of the draw is considered favourable and to give her a chance of going far at the All England Club.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • After Wimbledon exit Berdych questions decision to continue despite dusk
    06/28/2014

    After a third-round defeat at Wimbledon on Friday, Czech men’s number one Tomáš Berdych questioned the umpire’s decision to continue the match despite the fact that it was getting dark. The contest, in which Berdych was beaten 6-7 4-6 6-7 by Marian Cilic of Croatia, ended at 21:38, the latest finish ever to a match at the All England Club not to take place on Centre Court. Berdych, who reached the final at Wimbledon in 2010, praised Cilic’s performance.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Finance Ministry replaces Czech Aeroholding board members
    06/27/2014

    The Finance Ministry on Friday replaced several members of Czech Aeroholding’s board of directors and of its supervisory board, the ministry said in a press release. Three out of five members of the state-owned firm’s board of directors were dismissed including Czech Airlines CEO Philippe Moreels. Meanwhile, five out of seven members of company’s supervisory board were also replaced; among its new members is the economist and former presidential candidate Jan Švejnar. The ministry said the changed were implemented to better prepare the company, with its subsidiaries Czech Airlines and Prague Václav Havel Airport, for its public listing in the future.
    Author: Jan Richter

  • Tennis: Záhlavová-Strýcová stuns Li-Na to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals
    06/27/2014

    Czech tennis player Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová stunned world number two Li Na of China 7-6, 7-6 in a third-round match at Wimbledon on Friday, and has advanced to the tournament’s quarterfinals. The 28-year old Czech, who is ranked 43rd in the world, said defeating Li-Na at Wimbledon to reach her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinals was the greatest win of her career.
    Author: Jan Richter

  • Národní třída metro station reopens after two-year break
    06/27/2014

    Prague’s Národní třída metro station reopened to the public on Friday after undergoing a major reconstruction. The station was closed in the summer of 2012 in order to enable a large developer’s project in the vicinity. Národní třída, located in the city centre on the metro’s B line, is one of the busiest transport nodes in Prague, used by around 21 thousand passengers daily.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Czech education budget to increase by 3.8 billion next year
    06/27/2014

    The Czech education budget is set to increase next year by 3.8 billion crowns, Education Minister Marcel Chládek told reporters on Friday. Mr Chládek said that besides the originally planned increase of two billion, earmarked for raising teachers’ salaries, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka had also agreed to up the budget by another 1.8 billion. Minister Chládek said the additional funds would be used to finance some of the ministry’s long-term projects and to improve schools’ equipment, among other things.
    Author: Jan Richter

Pages