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08/26/2013
The Czech anti-monopoly agency on Monday approved the acquisition of the Mafra publishing house by Agrofert, a group owned by multi-billionaire and aspiring politician Andrej Babiše. Mafra prints two of the country’s biggest daily newspapers, Mladá fronta Dnes and Lidové noviny, and runs several popular news websites including idnes.cz. Agrofert purchased the publishing firm from the German company Rheinisch-Bergische Verlagsgesellschaft in June; the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mr Babiš’s political party, ANO, will run in October’s early election; however, an Agrofert spokesman had earlier said Mr Babiš would not interfere with the newspapers’ editorial policies.
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08/26/2013
Overall confidence in the economy among Czechs is reported to have gone up in August. According to figures released by the Czech Statistical Office on Monday, the overall economic sentiment indicator went up by 1.4 points month-on-month. Sectors where confidence increased most include services, business and consumer confidence which went up by more than three percentage points month-on-month and almost ten percentage points year-on-year. The monthly business indicator went up by 0.8 percentage points although its still lags behind levels registered in August 2012. The confidence indices in the construction and trade sectors have both decreased as compared to last year.
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08/26/2013
The number of court foreclosures registered in the Czech Republic dropped by over 30 percent in the first six months of this year to 320,000, the Czech Bailiffs’ Association said. The head of the association said the drop was caused by better public awareness and changes to the legislation. In 2012, the number of foreclosures dropped by 13 percent compared to the previous year despite a sudden rise in foreclosure filings in early 2012 over new legislation that came into force in March, the association said.
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08/26/2013
The leader of the Social Democratic party, Bohuslav Sobotka, has said that if his party were to form a government after the next elections, it would strive to introduce a higher income tax for high earners. In an interview with the iDnes news website, Mr. Sobotka said that an income tax between 27 and 29 percent for people earning more than 100 thousand crowns a month would help decrease government debt. The leading left-wing party also came out with a 21-point campaign platform on Saturday afternoon, which promises the creation of new jobs, an increase of the minimum monthly wage from 8.5 to 12 thousand crowns and a lower VAT for medicine.
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08/26/2013
The police on Monday charged three men aged 20, 22 and 52 of disorderly conduct and other offences they allegedly committed during Saturday’s anti-Romany rally in Ostrava, a spokeswoman for the Ostrava police said. Two men were charged for having assaulted police officers; the 52-year-old has been accused of verbally abusing officers, and faces charges of inciting racial hatred. The police arrested 62 people at six anti-Romany protests on Saturday; some 1,500 people are believed to have participated in the rallies.
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08/26/2013
Transportation Minister Zdeněk Žák plans to establish a new working group to oversee the reconstruction of the major D1 motorway between Prague and Brno. The decision comes after a massive, 26-km long traffic jam formed on the road on Sunday due to a closed lane; however, no reconstruction work was going on at the site at that time. Minister Žák said the commission should monitor all progress on the motorway to avoid similar situations in the future. Major renovation of the D1 route, which began earlier this year, is expected to finish in four years’ time.
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08/26/2013
The heavy metal band Lamb of God’s singer Randy Blythe has released a video he made during his trial in Prague. Entitled The Devil is in the Details, the 5-minute long black and white film reflects the singer’s difficult period in the Czech capital. In March, Randy Blythe was acquitted of manslaughter charges raised against him after the death of a fan who suffered injuries at the band’s 2010 Prague concert. Randy Blythe spent five weeks in police detention in Prague.
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08/26/2013
A section of a mediaeval pewter mine near Krásno in northern Bohemia, will open to the public in the autumn, the director of the Sokolov museum said. The Jeroným mine should become part of the museum’s mining exposition in Krásno. To open the entire structure, the museum will apply for a grant from the EU’s EEA and Norway programme. The Jeroným mine was established in the early 16th century.
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08/26/2013
The police have established that a 15-year-old boy, whose body was found near Dubňany in southern Moravia earlier this month, was murdered by a 14-year-old peer, a spokeswoman for the police said, adding that no further details will be released as both the victim and the alleged perpetrator were minors. Due to his age, the 14-year-old boy faces no trial but could be sent to a facility for juvenile delinquents.
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08/25/2013
Leader of the Social Democratic party, Bohuslav Sobotka, said that if his party were to form a government after the next elections, it wants to introduce a new higher income tax for high earners. In an interview with the iDnes news server, Mr. Sobotka said that an income tax between 27 and 29 percent for people earning more than 100 thousand crowns a month will help decrease government debt. The leading left-wing party also came out with a 21-point campaign platform on Saturday afternoon, which promises the creation of new work places, increase of the minimum monthly wage from 8.5 to 12 thousand crowns and lowering of the VAT for medicine.
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