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06/19/2013
The singer, songwriter and musician Filip Topol, the leader of the rock band Psí vojaci, died on Wednesday at the age of 48. Filip Topol ( (the younger brother of author Jáchym Topol) was highly respected on the underground music scene, writing numerous songs including Žiletky (Razorblades) which inspired a 1994 film of the same name directed by Zdeněk Tyc. Czech TV reported that Mr Topol died after suffering from a long illness.
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06/19/2013
Close to half of Prague was affected by a power blackout late Tuesday following an explosion at a transformer station in the capital’s Kunratice district. Thousands of homes were pitched into darkness for close to two hours as the Prague Energy Company worked to renew power lines. The damage is estimated at 100 million crowns, the transformer station which was completely destroyed cost 50 million. Officials have confirmed that a technical defect was the cause.
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06/19/2013
Police suspect that around 120 million crowns and kilos of gold seized at a Prague bank last week, part of a broad anti-graft operation, belong to controversial lobbyist Roman Janoušek, according to news site idnes. A police source told the daily that officials suspected the funds had come from illegal activity. Other funds, the lobbyist’s lawyer confirmed, had been seized at his home. Roman Janoušek is one of two businessmen being mentioned in connection to the spying and corruption scandal that ousted Prime Minister Petr Nečas. The investigation is wide-reaching with at least three separate threads that are believed to share a connection through the prime minister’s former chief of staff, herself facing criminal charges.
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06/19/2013
Euro MP Miloslav Ransdorf has paid off debts worth seven million crowns, narrowly averting the forced sale of his Prague villa and an apartment in Záběhlice. The auction had been scheduled for the end of the month. To pay off the funds owed, Mr Ransdorf – a member of the Communist Party – reached a deal with two Czech firms, that loaned him more than six million (to be returned later); the rest of the funds were covered by the MP himself, his lawyer said. Petra Báčová, of the Chamber of Debt Collectors, confirmed the scheduled sale had been called off.
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06/19/2013
Fire fighters and a waterworks specialist investigated a suspected chemical spill on the Vltava River on Tuesday, described as a gray-coloured “film” roughly three kilometres in length. Originally it was reported that the substance had killed a large number of fish as well as birds, but tests revealed that the substance was not toxic. The animals (sighted by the person who alerted the authorities) most likely died in recent floods that hit parts of the country.
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06/19/2013
On his facebook profile, hockey legend Jaromír Jágr has designated Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks as the “most important of the year”. The pivotal match will see the Bruins either gain a stranglehold in the series – moving them within a win of the cup – or the Blackhawks tie the series. The 41-year-old future hall-of-famer, known for his sense of humour, joked that if the Bruins ended up winning the Cup, they would sign up for the law faculty in Plzeň. Jágr has been curiously ‘snake-bitten’ in the post season and not scored. He has however contributed strongly and on Monday got an assist.
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06/18/2013
The police suspect the outgoing Prime Minister Petr Nečas of having personally proffered bribes to three former Civic Democrat MPs and delivered on his promises after the MPs had vacated their seats in the lower house, according to the internet daily E15. The outgoing prime minister allegedly acted at the instigation of his chief-of-staff Jana Nagyova and the former deputy agriculture minister, Roman Boček. His chief-of-staff has been charged with abuse of office and corruption, charges which the internet daily Novinky.cz says will inevitably be pressed against Mr. Nečas as well. Pavel Komar from the Olomouc State Attorney’s Office has confirmed that Mr. Nečas is on the list on suspects.
Petr Nečas formally resigned as prime minister and party leader on Monday, saying he would serve out his term in the Chamber of Deputies and then leave politics entirely.
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06/18/2013
According to the internet daily E15 the head of the Czech energy company ČEZ, Daniel Beneš, and the head of Czech Railways, Petr Žaluda, actively assisted the practice of securing bribes for politicians. The police are reported to have tapped their phone conversations with the prime minister’s chief of staff Jana Nagyova, some of which are directly related to the corruption scandal surrounding three former Civic Democrat MPs. The police is also reported to have raided the home of Tomas Jindra, advisor to Trade Minister Martin Kuba and Agriculture Minister Petr Bendl, both from the Civic Democratic Party.
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06/18/2013
Deputies for the Civic Democratic Party say they would vote against stripping Petr Nečas of his Parliamentary immunity and opening the way for prosecution should the police make such a request. The head of the party’s deputies’ group Marek Benda said that what Mr. Nečas did was standard practice in politics anywhere and did not, in the party’s opinion, constitute a crime. Mr. Benda said any other party member would have done the same in his place.
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06/18/2013
Acting Civic Democratic Party chairman Martin Kuba says the party wants to find a suitable replacement for outgoing prime minister Petr Nečas by Friday, when he is due to meet with President Miloš Zeman to discuss the crisis. The party is hoping to find a nominee for prime minister designate who would be acceptable both for the Civic Democrats coalition partners –TOP 09 and LIDEM –and President Miloš Zeman who will ultimately decide who to charge with the task of forming the next cabinet.
The president has said he will meet separately with all party leaders over the coming weekend to discuss the possibilities.
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