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09/11/2010
Environment Minister Pavel Drobil has said he will back key changes in the method of fighting bark-beetle in the Šumava Mountains, an approach called for by local mayors and the regions of South Bohemia and Plzeň. In a statement on saturday, Mr Drobil said current strategy needed to see radical changes to tackle the bark-beetle problem head-on, to prevent Šumava’s national park from becoming a “dead zone”. A system of protective areas currently in place, critics charge, creating conditions allowing for the rapid spread of the destructive insect. The minister is planning on dividing the national park into first, second and third zones, reverting to a system in place prior to changes by the previous government. He emphasised it was necessary to define what could be done in individual zones. Mr Drobil told ČTK that he, along with the mayors and regions, will draft a bill on Šumava National Park, which could take effect on July 1, 2011.
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09/11/2010
Ostrava’s Dům Umění is readying to open a new exhibition on the work of architect Daniel Libeskind, best known for his design of the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the original plan (since modified by others) for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site in New York. The show in Ostrava will open on September 16. Besides many well-known designs, never-before seen work is also included, as well as an accompanying documentary. Next year the show will move to Poland. Ostrava cooperated directly with the architect’s studio in New York, but Mr Libeskind is not expected to attend the show’s opening on Thursday. An organiser has said the architect and his wife could visit at a later date.
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09/11/2010
Czech hockey forward Martin Hanzal has signed a two-year contract worth 3.6 million dollars with the Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL. His first three-year contract ran-out in the summer and the signing of a new deal was reportedly delayed for a number of reasons, including financial difficulties at the club. Other teams that had expressed an interest in the player included Edmonton and clubs in Russia. Last season the Czech player racked up 33 points: 11 goals and 22 assists. Hanzal – who hails from České Budějovice – could now play in two back-to-back NHL exhibition games in Prague in October when Phoenix will face the Boston Bruins.
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09/11/2010
After winning his debut in hockey’s KHL, goalkeeper Dominik Hašek and Spartak Moscow lost to Avangard Omsk, home to another legendary Czech player, Jaromír Jágr. The final score was 4:3. Jágr was unable to score in the game but Czech defenseman Martin Škoula did get a point, assisting on the winning goal.
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09/10/2010
Czech police will continue to guard the country’s embassies in Iraq and Pakistan, the newspaper Lidové noviny reported. The police are not required by law to protect Czech diplomatic missions abroad, and ending the service would have saved the force 40 million crowns a year. However, Interior Minister Radek John said that after talks with Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg it was decided that the police should continue to provide security at the embassies in Baghdad and Islamabad, which are considered to be at risk. The Czech ambassador to Pakistan was killed in a hotel bombing two years ago. The country’s embassy in Afghanistan is guarded by Czech soldiers.
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09/10/2010
The Czech Constitutional Court has overturned a four-percent reduction in the salaries of the country’s judges. Announcing its ruling, the court drew attention to a previous verdict which declared that the salaries of judges had to be stable and could not be cut. The pay cut was for 2010 only and was part of austerity measures imposed by the previous government. The recently installed new cabinet had been planning to reduce judges’ salaries even further.
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09/10/2010
The Czech president, Václav Klaus, has reacted angrily to the Constitutional Court’s decision. He said it divided the Czech Republic’s citizens into two categories: judges and everybody else. In a rare address to the lower house of Parliament earlier this week, the president called on MPs to reign in the Constitutional Court, which he said was exceeding its powers. Mr Klaus said its decision to uphold a complaint against early elections last year was “not politically neutral”.
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09/10/2010
A dispute has arisen between the ministers of the environment and finance. In an interview for the newspaper Hospodářské noviny, Environment Minister Pavel Drobil of the Civic Democrats said the Finance Ministry had not been forthcoming with information about a huge tender for an environmental clean-up. The two ministries were charged by the prime minister on Monday with calculating the cost of dealing with the effects of communist-era pollution. However, Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, who is the chairman of the TOP 09 party, said he had never been contacted by Mr Drobil in connection with the matter. He said both ministries were in constant working contact. The Civic Democrats and TOP 09 are in a coalition government with Public Affairs.
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09/10/2010
The Czech foreign minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, says the authorities in France will take a far more sensitive approach in future, following the fiery debate that followed the country’s recent expulsion of Romanies from Romania. Mr Schwarzenberg made the comments at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Friday. He recently became involved in a diplomatic spat with Paris, after suggesting there could have been a racist dimension to the expulsions.
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09/10/2010
The veteran Czech ice hockey goaltender Dominik Hašek enjoyed a winning debut for his new club Spartak Moscow on Thursday, helping them to a 5:1 win over city rivals CSKA. Spartak’s next game in the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League is against Omsk, who feature another all-time great Czech player, Jaromír Jágr. Hašek, who is 45, has enjoyed a hugely successful career at both club and international level.
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