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04/07/2014
The leader of the Dawn party, Tomio Okamura, said one of his party’s candidates in the European elections, Klára Samková, had “not a drop of Gypsy blood” in her veins. Ms Samková has worked as attorney for a number of Romany clients and was married to a Romany man. Mr Okamura made the comment on Facebook when asked why the party, known for its anti-Romany rhetoric, had fielded Ms Samková for the election. The comments came under criticism from Romany advocates; for her part, Klára Samková came out in defence of Mr Okamura, saying he meant no offence.
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04/07/2014
Iraq will buy 12 Czech-built L-159 aircraft, the news website lidovky.cz reported on Monday. The contract, signed by Representatives of Iraq’s Ministry of Defence on Sunday, is worth around 200 million US dollars, the website said quoting sources familiar with the deal. The Czech military has been trying to sell off the redundant aircraft after it only found use for 28 out of 72 planes it ordered in 1997. Last year, a US training company signed a deal to buy 28 L-159 planes for around 500 million crowns.
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04/07/2014
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka on Monday rejected President Miloš Zeman’s criticism of the government’s rescue plan for the north Moravian Paskov coal mine. The cabinet is planning to offer some 1.1 billion crowns to the unprofitable mine’s owner, OKD, in order to keep the mine operational until 2016. President Zeman told Czech Radio on Sunday this suggested the government was helplessness. However, the prime minister said his government would not remain passive, and seek ways to help the mine’s employees. The issue has also sparked a dispute within the coalition after the ANO party refused the back the plan.
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04/07/2014
Czech industrial growth accelerated in February to 6.7 percent year on year, according to figures released by the Czech Statistics Office on Monday; compared to January, the industry grew by 1.7 percent. The value of new orders rose by nearly 20 percent, mainly thanks to foreign demand. The growth is attributed mainly to the production of motor vehicles, metal construction as well as rubber and plastic manufacturing. Analysts say the latest figures confirm the continuing recovery of the Czech economy, and expect substantial manufacturing growth in the coming months as well.
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04/07/2014
A photograph of a wolf taken by a camera trap in north Bohemia last week confirms the species’ return to the region, the Nature Conservation Agency said. The photo, taken in a nature reserve near Doksy, some 60 km north of Prague, shows a single wolf which experts believe came from an area on the German-Polish border where around 100 wolves live in several packs; environmentalists say it’s not clear whether the animal was part of a pack but believe it is only a matter of time before wolf packs venture to the Czech territory as well. Wolves in Bohemia and Moravia were eradicated in the 19th century but have started to return in recent years, mainly from Slovakia and the German-Polish border region.
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04/07/2014
Czech industrial growth accelerated in February to 6.7 percent year on year, according to figures released by the Czech Statistics Office on Monday; compared to January, the industry grew by 1.7 percent. The value of new orders rose by nearly 20 percent, mainly thanks to foreign demand. The growth is attributed mainly to the production of motor vehicles, metal construction as well as rubber and plastic manufacturing. Analysts say the latest figures confirm the continuing recovery of the Czech economy, and expect substantial manufacturing growth in the coming months as well.
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04/07/2014
Czechs’ trust in EU institutions is at an all-time low ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the country’s accession to the European Union on May 1, the ctk news agency reports. Since trust in the EU peaked at 56 percent in the late 1990s Czechs’ satisfaction with their country’s EU membership has decreased by one third. The slide has been confirmed by several independent polling agencies. A CVVM poll which puts the trust rating at 34 percent, says that in addition to the economic crisis the slide is due to growing resentment against EU red tape and limitations enforced by EU legislation.
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04/07/2014
The EU should impose the toughest possible sanctions against Russia should it decide to widen its territorial expansion to eastern Ukraine, President Miloš Zeman said in an interview for Czech Radio on Sunday. Mr. Zeman said that while it was clear that Ukraine had lost Crimea to Russia, and the Western powers would have to reconcile themselves to that, he stressed that any further Russian attempt to expand to eastern Ukraine could be extremely dangerous and would merit the toughest sanctions by the EU, even NATO’s military presence in Ukraine. On the other hand the president said that Ukraine’s federalization along the model of Germany or Switzerland would not necessarily be problematic since a measure of decentralization and autonomy could help calm the situation.
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04/06/2014
The movie Burning Bush by Polish director Agnieszka Holland, depicting the aftermath of the self-immolation of Jan Palach following the Soviet-led 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, has won the SIGNIS award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The prize is awarded in recognition of films that express social and humanitarian concerns, as well as spiritual and artistic values. The film recently picked up a record 11 prizes at the Czech Lion film awards in Prague including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
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04/06/2014
A forty-one-year-old miner died in an accident at the OKD Darkov mine in Karviná on Saturday night, the ctk news agency reports. He is the third OKD miner to be killed in an accident since the start of this year. The accident is being investigated by a team of experts. A spokesman for OKD said safety norms were strictly observed and the number of accidents in recent years had been significantly reduced.
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