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04/08/2010
A few dozen activists from the Czech ‘No Bases’ organisation staged a protest in the centre of Prague on Thursday morning ahead of the signing of the new nuclear arms limitation deal. Carrying signs in Russian and English, they protested that the scrapping of old and unwanted weapons was not a real move towards disarmament. That required a public process and clear timetable, they said. The ‘No Bases’ movement was in the forefront of opposition to US plans to site an anti-missile defence system in the Czech Republic and Poland. The plans were dropped last year by President Obama. The Czech branch of the World Without War organisation said the new deal still meant around 20,000 nuclear warheads would be held worldwide with spending on armaments growing steadily.
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04/08/2010
In Prague and other locations in the Czech Republic, police enforced strict security measures but reported no problems. The Hilton and Four Seasons hotels, where Barrack Obama is staying and where Dmitry Medvedev stayed, were the most closely guarded locations in the capital. Police and security experts have also been inspecting relatively busy parts of the city, along with potential high risk spots such as bridges and tunnels. Outside Prague, the police are also intensively patrolling motorways that lead to the capital for suspicious vehicles.
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04/08/2010
Workers at the Czech Republic’s biggest car maker, Škoda Auto, have accepted the latest pay offer from the company according to a union website. The company’s offer was for a 2.7 percent pay rise to take effect immediately from April. It would include a one off payment of 10,000 crowns. A previous offer was for a 2.5 percent rise was turned down, according to a union newspaper. The current agreement expires on April 12. Unions had warned that were prepared to take action if no deal was found. The car maker’s profit fell by two-thirds last year in spite of record sales. It is one of the biggest employers in the country with around 25,000 workers.
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04/08/2010
The Czech Beer and Malt Association said beer production by affiliated breweries fell by 5.9 percent last year compared with 2008. It added that most of the decrease stemmed from the fall in local demand but exports also dropped by more than 10 percent. It is the first time since the creation of the Czech Republic. Non-alcoholic beer production, which has sharply increased over recent years, also fell back by 1.0 percent. Final figures for total Czech beer production should be released in the summer.
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04/08/2010
Zoologists from the Czech Republic, Sri Lanka and Australia have come to the conclusion that there are six types of rhino in the world, one more than previously thought. The expert team believes that the Northern White Rhino should be treated as a separate type, one of their number, Jan Robovský from the natural science faculty at the South Bohemian University, told the Czech Press Agency. He said there were so many differences with the type it used to be included with that it deserved to be set apart. Only around eight such Northern Whites are believed to exit in the world. Four were shipped out from a Czech zoo at the end of last year to a Kenya reservation in the hope they could be encouraged to breed.
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04/08/2010
Czech-born tennis star Martina Navrátilová has revealed that she has breast cancer. A routine scan in February revealed the cancer in its early stages with her prospects of recovering considered excellent. Navrátilová, who took up US citizenship, decided to publicize her problem as a warning to other women to get regular scans. She admitted that she was fortunate in discovering the cancer early after failing to go for check ups for several years. The 53 year old tennis legend won the singles Wimbledon title nine times among the series of grand slam titles she collected during a long career at the top.
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04/07/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Prague later on Wednesday ahead of the signing of a nuclear arms deal with his US counterpart, Barack Obama. Mr Medvedev is set to hold talks with Czech President Václav Klaus on Wednesday evening, ahead of a meeting with Mr Obama on Thursday morning. The two leaders will then sign the weapons pact at noon. President Obama will attend a dinner with 11 leaders from the central and eastern Europe region on Thursday evening, with talks with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer and President Klaus his last engagement before he flies back to Washington on Friday morning.
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04/07/2010
In Prague and other locations in the Czech Republic, police have started enforcing strict security measures in preparation for the visit of the US and Russian presidents. The Hilton and Four Seasons hotels, where Barrack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will be staying, will be the most closely guarded locations in the capital. Police and security experts are also inspecting relatively busy parts of the city, along with potential high risk spots such as bridges and tunnels. In the capital, 1500 police officers were on duty on Wednesday, with roughly 5000 expected to be working until the presidents have left. Outside of Prague, the police are also intensively patrolling motorways that lead to the capital for suspicious vehicles.
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04/07/2010
Rut Bízková, the deputy environment minister, quit the Civic Democrats on Tuesday so that she can take the post of environment minister. On Tuesday the caretaker prime minister, Jan Fischer, said that the party could choose a qualified independent candidate to take the post of environment minister until the formation of the next government. When a Green Party nominee recently stood down as environment minister, the post was taken by the agriculture minister, Jakub Šebesta. That prompted the Greens to withdraw their support for the interim cabinet, and to withdraw their choice Michael Kocáb as human rights minister. Mr Fischer said he himself would handle that portfolio for the rest of the caretaker government’s term. The Civic Democrats have complained that the cabinet is overly influenced by their main rivals, the Social Democrats.
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04/07/2010
The Civic Democrats have announced plans to lower the state budget deficit to three percent of Gross Domestic Product by 2013. Lowering the deficit to this level is one of the conditions for the Czech Republic to adopt the euro. This year, the party aims to decrease the deficit to 5.7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. The country’s biggest right-of-centre party is also pushing for legislation that would punish ministers and deputies for actions that affect the state budget negatively. Reforms in the pension sector and budget cuts in several ministries are a part of this new plan that the party says would get rid of the state budget deficit entirely by 2017. The leader of the Civic Democrats, Petr Nečas, said on Wednesday that the party would not increase taxes, since that would hinder economic growth.
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