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05/05/2014
A draft state budget for 2015 as proposed by the Czech Finance Ministry expects that most government ministries will be affected by budget cuts next year. The Ministry of Agriculture is expected to lose around 6.8 billion crowns, the Interior Ministry around 3.5 billion while the Ministry of Transport is to lose some 2.5 billion. The draft budget however also proposes to up funds for several ministries; the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs should see its budget increase by 18 billion. The Foreign Affairs Ministry’s budget is to shrink by around 53 million which should mostly affect consular services and economic diplomacy, the news agency ČTK reported citing ministry sources. Overall, the budget’s expenses should rise by 15 billion to around 1.126 trillion crowns, with a deficit of around 100 billion. The draft budget is yet to be discussed by the government.
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05/05/2014
The European Commission has upped its forecast for growth of the Czech economy this year to 2.0 percent from its former February prediction of 1.8 percent. Growth next year should firm to 2.4 percent compared with the previous 2.2 percent. Public finances are also seen a lot healthier with the public deficit expected to come in at 1.9 percent of Gross Domestic Product this year and 2.4 percent in 2015. The previous prediction from Brussels had seen the deficit at 2.8 percent this year rising to 3.3 percent in 2015. The Czech Ministry of Finance sees growth this year at 1.7 percent and 2.0 percent next year.
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05/05/2014
Expressions of anti-Semitism on the Czech Internet doubled in 2013 compared with the previous year according to the annual report by the Czech Jewish community released on Monday. Instances of anti-Semitism on the Internet totaled 156 last year compared with 82 in 2012. The number of instances has increased fivefold since 2008. The number of anti-Semitic attacks on individuals or property was stable with the Czech Republic still a country where anti-Jewish expressions are uncommon at a public and political level, the report added.
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05/05/2014
Czech mobile phone operators O2 and T-Mobile announced Monday that they will share the burden of developing a new fourth generation mobile network in the Czech Republic outside of Prague and Brno. The announcement concludes negotiations between the companies that have been continuing since the end of February. The companies say the plus from the cooperation will be that the new network will be rolled out faster and cover most of the country already this year. The country’s third main operator Vodafone had protested the move by its rivals, which now leaves it with the burden of developing its own site.
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05/05/2014
Czech police detained an internationally sought terrorist at Prague airport who was subject to an international arrest warrant, television channel Prima reported. The 27 year old German is suspected of being an Islamic extremist and having taken part in the fighting in Syria. He was being sought for attempted murder. The Czech Republic was not the suspect’s final destination, the broadcaster said. The man has been handed over to police in Germany.
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05/05/2014
Sparta Prague became Gambrinus football league champions for the 2013-2014 season with their second chance over the weekend. Sparta missed out on their first chance on Saturday when they lost away to Teplice 1:3. But they could gain the title without kicking a ball if second placed Viktoria Plzeň dropped points again Jablonec. Plzeň, trailing Sparta by 10 points in the league, did just that with a 2:2 draw on Sunday. Sparta’s league title is the first since 2010 and the 36th in the club’s history.
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05/04/2014
In ice hockey, the Czech team lost 0:2 on shootouts against Finland in their Euro Hockey Tour match in Sweden on Sunday. The sides drew 1:1 at the end of the third period with no goals added in extra time. The match restored some price to the Czech team after their 0:6 drubbing against Russia on Saturday. The game against Finland is the last official match before the world championships start in Belarus from May 9.
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05/04/2014
Prague fireman were called Sunday morning to an around 300 ‘oil slick’ on the Vltava river just under the Štefánkův brigdge near the centre of the city. They quickly constructed a protective barrier around it but a specialized company to clear up the slick must be called out by city authorities. The origins of the slick are as yet unknown.
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05/04/2014
ANO has strengthened its lead in public support according to a separate poll released by the TNS AISA agency. Support for the party led by Andrej Babiš has climbed to 28.5 percent compared with the 18.5 percent of voting intention for the Social Democrats of prime minister Bohulsav Sobotka. The communists were placed third at 11.5 percent of support, TOP 09 fourth at 9.5 percent with the Christian Democrats, Dawn party, and Civic Democrats all passing the 5.0 threshold to enter parliament with 7.0 percent, 6.5 percent, and 6.0 percent of voting intentions respectively. ANO came a surprise second in October 2013’s general elections with 18.7 percent of the vote.
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05/04/2014
A poll released Sunday showed that 42 percent of respondents are happy with the progress of the current Czech coalition government after 100 days in office and 50% are not. The poll by the TNS AISA agency was conducted for public broadcaster Czech Television. It found the biggest satisfaction over the government’s reset of relations with the European Union and international institutions. Least satisfaction stemmed from its dealing with public finances. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said that key financial proposals on reform of VAT and property declarations are still being drawn up in the finance ministry but should be laid before the government in June. The poll was taken between April 22 and 27 with 1200 respondents questioned.
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