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01/09/2014
Former Czech president Václav Klaus has intervened in an ongoing debate about who should appoint university professors. Klaus said his successor Miloš Zeman made a fundamental mistake when he said he would give up his nomination powers following a row over its use. The president’s self denial has created a legal vacuum in which many professors cannot now be appointed.
Czech university rectors have rejected one proposal to solve by the problem by transferring the powers to the speaker of the Senate. That idea surfaced at a meeting between President Zeman with the upper house speaker, Milan Štěch. Rectors have protested that step would be in breach of the Czech university act. Another option is to hand the powers to the education minister.
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01/09/2014
Prague’s mayor has been questioned by police over suspicions that the top councillors committed crimes when agreeing financing and technical details of the troubled Blanka tunnel project. Tomáš Hudeček repeated after Thursday’s 90 minute session with police that he believed he and other leading council members are victims of unjustified smears. The police probe centers on agreement by Prague’s governing Civic Democrat and TOP 09 coalition at the end of 2012 on a programme of ongoing work and the payment of Kč 2.5 billion to constructor Metrostrav. The council later rescinded that approval and all construction work on the delayed road tunnel pending arbitration between the company and council.
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01/09/2014
Around a thousand people were evacuated in Prague Thursday morning after an anonymous bomb warning to police. Evacuated buildings along one of the main streets of Prague’s Vinohrady district included three schools and a post office. The call did not specify where the bomb was planted. The evacuation was called off after three hours.
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01/09/2014
Czech tennis player Petra Kvitová has been eliminated from the Sydney International tournament. She lost to Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 4-6, 3-6 in the semifinals on Thursday. Radek Štěpánek has also been knocked out when he lost to Juan Martin del Potro 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 in the quarterfinal of the tournament which comes a week ahead of the Australian Open. Organizers of the season-opening Grand Slam event announced seedings for the event; Kvitová has been ranked sixth while the best Czech mens’ singles prospect Tomáš Berdych is seventh.
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01/08/2014
The outgoing Czech government on Wednesday rejected a civil service bill put forth by the Social Democrats. Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok said the draft legislation could not be implemented as some of its provisions were likely in contradiction to the Constitution. In a reaction, Social Democrat chairman Bohuslav Sobotka said the bill was carefully designed, and expressed hope the legislation would be approved by the lower house.
The adoption of a civil service act might be crucial for the appointment of the new government as it would allow leader of one of the coalition parties, Andrej Babiš, hold a ministerial position despite being listed as a collaborator of the communist secret police.
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01/08/2014
President Miloš Zeman will address the political situation in the Czech Republic in a news conference on Friday, ahead of a planned meeting with Social Democrat leader and likely next prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the president’s office said in a statement. Mr Sobotka is to formally present the president with the coalition agreement reached by the Social Democrats, ANO and Christian Democrats, as well as with a list of cabinet nominees. The president’s office has not revealed details of Mr Zeman’s news conference but the president is expected to voice his objections to a number of ministerial candidates.
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01/08/2014
The dismissed police chief, Martin Červíček believes his sacking by the interior minister was unlawful, and he will contest it, Mr Červíček told reporters on Wednesday. The police president was sacked on Tuesday after his predecessor, Petr Lessy, was cleared of charges of abuse of power and returned to the post. Mr Červíček however said the official reason given by the outgoing interior minister was only a pretext while the real grounds for his sacking was a clash with the minister over how the police’s anti-corruption unit should be run.
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01/08/2014
The supervisory body of the public broadcaster Czech TV on Wednesday rejected a complaint by some of the station’s reporters over alleged censorship. The reporters complained that Czech TV’s news coverage was distorted in favour of Miloš Zeman during the presidential election last year, a process which allegedly continued even after Zeman was elected president. The supervisory body said however, the coverage was objective, did not breach the law and no interference by the station’s managers could be confirmed.
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01/08/2014
Three workers with the Czech NGO People in Need have been killed in Syria, a spokesman for the organisation said. The locally recruited employees died in artillery shelling of the city of Aleppo in the north of the country. Two other members of the People in Need team suffered injuries. The humanitarian and human rights NGO said the attack was arbitrary and was not directed against their employees. The head of People in Need, Šimon Pánek, expressed sympathy for the families but said the NGO would continue working in Syria.
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01/08/2014
The outgoing minister of justice, Marie Benešová, has taken a step that could help influential businessman Pavel Tykač avoid prosecution in connection with an alleged case of large-scale asset stripping, the daily Právo reported on Wednesday. Minister Benešová sent a complaint to the Supreme Court in December saying that a lower court had reopened the prosecution of Mr. Tykač without familiarising itself with expert opinions casting doubt on witnesses who gave evidence against him. If the court upholds her complaint, the case against the businessman will be closed for good. He is accused of “tunneling” CZK 1.23 billion from CS Fondy in the 1990s.
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