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08/06/2013
The Supreme Court has ordered the reopening of two criminal cases halted by ex-president Klaus’ New Year’s amnesty, the daily Pravo reports. The cases relate to extensive tax evasion and fraudulent car-dealing. Supreme State Attorney Pavel Zeman has reportedly targeted another five cases which he would like to see reopened, among them the notorious H-System and Progres Invest fraud involving hundreds of millions of crowns. The 2013 presidential amnesty saw over 7,000 prisoners released and halted the prosecution of hundreds of cases, including high-profile cases of corruption.
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08/06/2013
In its annual report on the Czech Republic Social Watch criticizes what it calls the excessive austerity measures introduced by the former centre-right cabinet which it says led to job uncertainty and a deteriorating standard of living for the majority of Czechs. Social Watch says that people’s growing frustration with the situation has led to political apathy and has fuelled anti-Roma sentiments. The report also criticizes the lack of women in politics and rampant corruption.
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08/06/2013
The Regional Development Ministry is planning to seek damages of 56 million crowns n the highly anticipated corruption trial of former Central Bohemian governor David Rath, which begins on Wednesday. The amount is equivalent to the funds paid out by ministry for projects in the Central Bohemia region, which were covered by grants from the European Union, Czech Radio reported on Tuesday. After last year’s arrest of Mr. Rath and a number of his associates who were accused of manipulating EU-funded projects, the European Commission refused to reimburse the Czech Republic.
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08/06/2013
The Czech Republic will buy 100,000 tonnes of oil for its emergency reserves by mid-2014 the internet news site ihned.cz reported on Tuesday. The Administration of State Material Reserves will declare an open tender for deliveries worth around 1.6 billion crowns. Only reliable suppliers with at least a three-year history in the business and three or more similar orders implemented in the past will be considered. Price will be the main criterion.
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08/06/2013
A maternity hospital in Karvina, one of the most polluted easternmost parts of the country, is conducting a study on the impact of the environment on the health of newborns. Close to 200 pregnant women will be monitored in the course of the study and their newborns will remain under medical surveillance for a year. Heavy air pollution in this part of the country is believed to be behind the increased incidence of asthma and allergies in young children.
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08/06/2013
The former prime minister, Petr Nečas, has divorced his wife Radka, to whom he was married for 27 years. The couple’s relationship became highly publicized in the past couple of months, after the police accused Mr. Nečas’s former chief-of-staff Jana Nagyova of ordering the military intelligence service to spy on his then-wife. In July, Mrs. Nagyova and Mr. Nečas officially announced that they have been in a relationship. Petr and Radka Nečas have four children together, two of whom are minors.
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08/06/2013
Czech industrial output fell by 5.3 percent at constant prices year-on-year in June after a 2.2 percent drop in May, the Czech Statistical Office said on Tuesday. Month-on-month, seasonally adjusted industrial output dropped by 0.9 percent in June. The floods that hit the Czech Republic in early June caused a 0.2 percentage point drop in industrial production, according to the CSU's estimate.
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08/06/2013
Meteorologists have issued fresh storm warnings for six regions of the Czech Republic. The warning is valid for Prague, central Bohemia, Karlovy Vary, Plzen, South Bohemia and Usti regions as of late Tuesday until early Wednesday. People have been warned to expect high winds and hail storms. Sunday’s storms caused severe damage around the country and power companies are still working to renew electricity supplies to some of the worst affected regions.
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08/05/2013
Chairman of the Social Democratic party Bohuslav Sobotka said that he is planning to propose that his party walks out during the confidence vote for the interim government on Wednesday. The Social Democratic party will most likely decide on its position on Tuesday. Mr. Sobotka said that not participating in the vote at allow will allow his party to distance itself from Jiří Rusnok’s government, but they will also not be voting with their political rivals in the Civic Democratic and TOP 09 parties. If all of his party members were to accept this strategy, it would mean that Mr. Rusnok’s government will not win the confidence vote. Leaders of the former center-right coalition have said that all of their MPs should be present at the Wednesday vote and are expected to vote against the caretaker government.
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08/05/2013
Twelve regional governors have expressed support for the caretaker government of Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok. Thirteen of the 14 regional leaders participated in the vote of the Association of Region. The mayor of Prague Tomáš Hudeček was the only one to voted against supporting the government. The governors who voted in support of Mr. Rusnok were from the Social Democratic and Communist parties. Mr. Rusnok is now counting on the support of 97 MPs during the Wednesday confidence vote in the lower house of parliament, which is sufficient if there are no more than 193 MPs present. Leaders of the former center-right coalition parties – Civic Democrats, TOP 09 and LIDEM – said they will not support the caretaker government; the Social Democrats and Communists will most likely announce their stance on Tuesday.
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