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08/07/2010
The Prague Civic Democrats are expected to officially announce their candidate for mayor in local elections this autumn on Monday, but the newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes has suggested that party bosses themselves are still far from decided. Names floated earlier include actor/senator Tomáš Topfer and emergency services head Zdeněk Schwarz. But neither man has officially been contacted and both denied any interest in the post, the paper said. The Civic Democrats are under pressure to find a strong candidate to run against rivals such as Markéta Reedová (former deputy mayor) for Public Affairs or Zdeněk Tůma (the former governor of the central bank, running for Top 09). In the national election back in May, it was newcomer TOP 09 that scored better than the Civic Democrats in Prague, which had long been their bastion.
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08/07/2010
The Justice Ministry sent an official request to Switzerland on Friday for the extradition of wanted Czech businessman Tomáš Pitr – who has been avoiding justice in the form of two prison sentences for tax fraud and embezzlement. His whereabouts had been unknown since 2007, but he was arrested recently by Swiss police while at a recreation centre in St Moritz. Mr Pitr, his lawyer said, maintains he is innocent, saying he fled the Czech Republic for fear of his life. Pitr was a close associate of the late businessman Frantíšek Mrázek, who was considered a major figure in the Czech underworld but was killed by a sniper’s bullet. There has been speculation that Mr Pitr may have obtained a wealth of compromising material on business figures and politicians which Mrázek compiled, ČTK said. It is expected that Mr Pitr's extradition could take up to one year.
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08/07/2010
The environment minister, Pavel Drobil, will be among new members of the Czech National Security Council, the body designed to coordinate responses and necessary steps during periods of national crisis. The prime minister’s proposal for the council’s new membership is to be discussed by the government as the next cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Other members will include the ministers of defence and interior as well as Finance Minister Miloslav Kalousek, Health Minister Leoš Heger and Transport Minister Vít Barta. On Wednesday, the cabinet will also discuss the new membership of parliament’s security and defence committee.
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08/07/2010
Tennis player Klára Zakopalová, 51st in the world on the women’s circuit, has made it to the final of the Danish Open in Copenhagen. The player defeated China’s Li Na by a score of 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Li fought back in the 3rd set to 4:4 but the Czech was able to take the final two games. A win in the Copenhagen final would represent Zakopalová’s third career title. Previously she won on the women’s tour in Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, and Portoroz in Slovenia. Over the course of her career she has appeared in 10 finals overall.
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08/07/2010
Tennis player Tomáš Berdych has been defeated in the quarterfinal of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington. Berdych, a finalist at Wimbledon this year, lost in three sets to Belgium’s Xavier Malisse. The score was 4:6, 6:3, 2:6. Despite the defeat, the Czech player will move up to 7th place in the ATP rankings, the best standing in his career to date.
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08/07/2010
Long-distance swimmer Rostislav Vítek completed his best-ever finish in competition at the European Championship at Lake Balaton in Hungary, coming fifth in the 25 kilometre. He bested his previous best result by one. A second Czech racer, Libor Smolka, finished 12th. The race was won by defending champion Valerio Cleri of Italy, who finished with a time of 5:16:20,3 – just 16.4 second ahead of his nearest rival, French swimmer Bertrand Venturi.
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08/07/2010
Czech football goalie Petr Čech – the starter for the national squad – will miss next Wednesday’s friendly against Latvia as he is still not 100 percent fit, after injuring a calf muscle in July. The news was confirmed by former player turned manager Vladimír Šmicer. National team coach Michal Bílek has called up Jan Laštůvka – who plays for the Ukranian club Dnipropetrovsk to take Čech’s place.
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08/06/2010
The main Czech trade unions body has threatened to protest against broad changes promised by the new cabinet. At a news conference on Friday, union leader Josef Středula said his organisation aimed to reach agreement with the government. However, if the unions’ arguments are not respected, they will take action, he said. Mr Středula said the first battle could be expected during the drafting of next year’s budget. The coalition government led by Prime Minister Petr Nečas has pledged to balance the country’s budget by 2016, and to reform the pension, health and university systems. Unions boss Jaroslav Zavadil said on Friday that its plans represented the strongest attack on the rights of Czech workers in 20 years.
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08/06/2010
For his part, Prime Minister Nečas said on Friday that the government would be willing to discuss planned cuts with union representatives. He added, however, that threats and protests would not deter the government from its plans to stabilise the public finances, which unfortunately would not come without extensive savings. Mr Nečas warned the unions not to behave like their counterparts in Greece and Hungary, who he said had contributed to their countries’ economic woes.
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08/06/2010
Earlier union leaders made specific objections to planned amendments to Czech labour law. The Ministry of Labour wants to introduce a series of changes, including giving employers a five-year period in which they do not have to give workers a long-term contract, compared to two years at present. Labour Minister Jaromír Drábek also says people who voluntarily quit their jobs should not be eligible for unemployment benefit. Mr Zavadil told reporters he had expressed opposition to the proposed changes in talks with the minister on Thursday.
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