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02/24/2014
Czech President Miloš Zeman appointed 85 university professors, the president’s office announced on Monday. The step was taken last week. The candidates waited months for the appointment as the president had intended to give up his power to grant professorship after last year´s controversy over the appointment of literary scholar Martin C. Putna. The head-of-state opted to appoint the candidates in the end after a new bill, aiming to transfer the power to the head of the Senate, was rejected by the Chamber of Deputies.
In mid-January, Mr Zeman said if the bill failed in parliament, he would sign the appointment decrees but he would empower the education minister to present them to professors. University rectors agreed the procedure although it is provisory. Education Minister Marcel Chládek has proposed several alternative solutions, including one which says that professors can be appointed either by the Senate chairperson, the education minister or universities themselves.
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02/24/2014
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec, of the Social Democrats, had to undergo emergency surgery after suffering internal bleeding from an operation last week. Mr Chovanec underwent long-planned plastic surgery in the abdominal area after he lost several dozen kilos under a weight-loss plan. A day later he complained of intense abdominal pain, leading doctors to act.
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02/24/2014
The police are investigating a case of suspected methanol poisoning in the region of Vysočina: a 58-year-old man was admitted to hospital in Nové Město na Moravě in critical condition after having possibly drunk tainted liquor. His is the second case of suspected poisoning over the last few days: in Boskovice na Blaneňsku a 52-year-old was admitted to hospital several days ago but is recovering. In 2012, the Czech Republic suffered an outbreak of widespread methanol poisoning that gradually claimed 51 lives. More than thirty people are charged in the case involving the production of tainted bootleg liquor. The police suspect that some 2,000 litres of the deadly mix remains unrecovered.
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02/24/2014
Traditional Spring break – a week off from school – has begun for pre-schoolers and students in the Czech capital and other parts of the country including Cheb, Karlovy Vary, Jindřichův Hradec and Přerov. The cycle continues throughout the country until March 16, with different areas alternating. With Spring-like weather, many families are expected to spend less time in mountain and ski areas than is usually the norm: zoos, aquaparks and other centres expect a higher influx of visitors throughout the break.
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02/24/2014
Around 4,000 fans welcomed returned members of the Czech Winter Olympics team in Prague on Sunday. Among the athletes who appeared at an Olympic Park at the city’s Letná were snowboarder Eva Samková and speed skater Martina Sáblíková, who won the country’s two gold medals at Sochi. The Czech Republic achieved a medals tally of eight at the Winter Olympics, two more than the country’s previous record, with the majority coming in biathlon.
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02/24/2014
The head of the Czech men’s hockey team Alois Hadamczik has said in an interview for a commercial radio station he will be stepping down as head coach following the team’s finish outside the medals at this year’s Winter Olympics. The squad was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the US and only managed wins against Latvia and Slovakia in the tournament. Mr Hadamczik had a contract to lead the team until 2015, when Prague will host the Ice Hockey World Championship. The coach cited intense media pressure as one of the reasons for leaving. Under his lead the Czechs won two bronze and one silver medal in the World Championships and secured bronze at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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02/23/2014
The Czech foreign minister, Lubomír Zaorálek, says all possible action must be taken to prevent the possible breakup of Ukraine. Mr. Zaorálek told Czech Television that the only legitimate force in the country was its parliament. It voted to dismiss President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled the capital Kiev after opposition forces gained the upper hand. Speaking on TV Prima, Mr. Zaorálek said if Ukraine split into a pro-Western part and a part oriented towards Russia it would create a dividing line between individual spheres of influence.
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02/23/2014
The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, says the rapid calming of the situation in Ukraine is of key importance. In a statement issued via his spokesperson on Sunday, Mr. Zeman said he awaited the formation of a new government and regarded the preservation of the country’s territorial territory as paramount. The Czech head of state’s invitation to Mr. Yanukovych to visit Prague in April now applies to the country’s highest representative, not directly to Mr. Yanukovych himself, the spokesperson said.
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02/23/2014
Hundreds of Ukrainians living in the Czech Republic held a mass for the victims of the recent killings in their country at the top of Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Sunday. The crowd carried signs reading Stop Yanukovych and heard speeches condemning the actions of his now ousted government. Also on Sunday a concert in support of Ukraine was held on the Prague’s Náměstí Republiky; the event was free but attendees could send financial support by SMS to the NGO People in Need, which is organising aid for the strife-torn state.
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02/23/2014
Around 200 people in the village of Číhošť in the Vysočina region held a ceremony on Sunday marking the anniversary of the death of local priest Josef Toufar on February 25 1950. Toufar was accused of faking a miracle in the form of a moving cross in his church in late 1949. The Communist secret police forced him into a confession and he died as a consequence of the torture he experienced.
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