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01/08/2014
Czech university rectors have rejected a proposal that professors should be appointed by the speaker of the Senate. The idea surfaced at a meeting of President Miloš Zeman with the upper house speaker, Milan Štěch, on Tuesday. The rectors said it would be in breach of the Czech university act. The outgoing government is set to discuss the issue on Wednesday, with the cabinet in favour of handing the powers to the education minister, according to the Czech News Agency.
Until last year, professors were appointed by the president. However, Mr Zeman objected to the system when he refused to appoint one of his critics as professor. The president and the education minister then reached a deal under which the authority to appoint professors would be transferred to the minister.
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01/08/2014
The late Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic, Jamal Muhammad Jamal who was killed last week in an explosion at the embassy’s new building, was buried on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank on Wednesday. The explosion occurred after Mr Jamal opened a safe in the building; the police later found unregistered firearms. The case is under investigation by Czech police and a team of Palestinian investigators.
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01/08/2014
The authorities in Egypt have concluded an investigation into the deaths of two Czech tourists who died of poisoning in the Hurgada resort last summer, a spokeswoman for the Czech Foreign Ministry said. The result of the investigation is not clear, according to the ministry, which is yet to receive an official report on the case. A 36-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter were found dead by the father of the family in their hotel room last July. The man was held in Egypt for several months but was released and returned to the Czech Republic in October.
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01/08/2014
The authorities in Prague 6 are planning to have a statute erected to the 18th century Habsburg empress Maria Theresa, who was also the queen of Bohemia. A spokesperson for the local town hall said it had issued a tender for the statue, which would stand in a new park located between the street Milady Horákové and the bastions of Prague Castle. Prague 6 has also launched a tender process for a sculpture of Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was from Bohemia.
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01/08/2014
Czech tennis player Petra Kvitová has reached the semifinal of the Sydney International tournament after she beat another Czech, Lucie Šafářová, 7-6, 6-2 on Wednesday. In the men’s singles in Sydney, Radek Štěpánek defeated Spain’s Alberto Ramos 6-2, 7-6 to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the event, held a week ahead of the Australian Open. Its organizers announced seedings for the season-opening Grand Slam tournament on Wednesday; Kvitová has been seeded sixth and Tomáš Berdych seventh.
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01/07/2014
The chairman of the Social Democrats, Bohuslav Sobotka, has told reporters that he is set to meet President Miloš Zeman on Friday. The likely next prime minister has called on the head of state to implement the steps necessary for the formation of a new government as soon as possible. Mr. Sobotka, who cancelled his programme for Tuesday after coming down with a cold, will present Mr. Zeman with copies of the coalition agreements that he and the leaders of ANO and the Christian Democrats have just signed. The Social Democrats chief on Monday called on the president to name him prime minister as soon as possible. There has been speculation that Mr. Zeman may attempt to refuse some ministerial nominees.
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01/07/2014
One proposed cabinet member who is not popular with the president, senator Jiří Dienstbier, has rejected speculation he could lead the Social Democrats’ campaign for European elections later this year. Mr. Dienstbier is in the frame to become minister without portfolio and a member of the government’s legislative council. He told Czech Radio on Tuesday that if he were to leave for Brussels the move would be perceived as the Social Democrats surrendering to Mr. Zeman. Other proposed ministers who the president may attempt to block are Lubomir Zaorálek, set to take the foreign affairs portfolio, and Martin Stropnický, in line for defence.
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01/07/2014
After a New Year’s lunch with the president on Tuesday, the chairman of the Senate, Milan Štěch, indicated that Mr. Zeman did have a problem with some nominees for ministerial posts. Mr. Štěch told the news site novinky.cz that the president had “comments” on more than one person, while all three parties in the emerging coalition were concerned. Lower house speaker Jan Hamáček, who was also invited to the Prague Castle meal, said the head of state was likely to make his position clear himself.
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01/07/2014
The outgoing minister of the interior, Martin Pecina, has removed Martin Červíček as president of the Czech Republic’s police force. The move brings to an end a bizarre situation in which there were two police chiefs in the wake of the reinstatement of Petr Lessy when charges against him were dropped. The man in the frame for the interior portfolio in the emerging government, Milan Chovanec, has indicated that he will not keep Mr. Lessy on as police president. The latter has indicated that he is ready to resign.
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01/07/2014
The Czech anti-trust agency has halted a tender process for the renovation of the National Museum in Prague. The move comes after a complaint from the company OHL Železniční stavby, which was excluded. The director of the museum, Michal Lukeš, says the firm was not considered because it had sent its tender to the wrong address and had taken the step in an effort to be included. He said he did not think this or similar moves would lead to a delay in the renovation project, which has been underway for two years and is due for completion in 2015. The contract is worth CZK 3 billion.
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