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04/02/2010
A top Czech central bank official launched a hard-hitting attack on Friday against the International Monetary Fund and its director general, accusing them of stoking up the financial crisis in Eastern Europe. The vice governor of the bank, Mojmir Hampl, told the newspaper Der Standard that the IMF had made an erroneous interpretation which then had to be corrected after the central bank intervened. In the interview he told the paper that it was the IMF which accelerated the crisis, calling it “a considered attempt to lead an entire region into a situation where it needed saving.” He also said that with the crisis the fund had found "a new field of action" and so received extra financial resources.
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04/02/2010
The international Prague film festival, Febiofest, will conclude later on Friday with an awards ceremony marking the best feature, documentary, and animated films of 2009. Swiss actor Bruno Ganz – who has starred in such films as The Downfall, Wings of Desire, and The American Friend, will also be presented with a special prize recognising his contribution to cinema. Febiofest, underway since March 25, saw 184 films from 57 countries screened. The overall winner this year is the Turkish film The Children of Diyarbakir.
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04/02/2010
The Austrian news agency APA has reported that two tourists – now confirmed to have been Czech nationals – died in an avalanche in the Italian Alps. The incident took place in northern Italy on Friday afternoon; a mid-level avalanche warning was in effect.
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04/02/2010
In hockey action on Thursday Atlanta Thrashers Czech goalie Ondřej Pavelec put in a solid game, blocking a total of 22 shots, including five by Alexandr Ovechkin, but was unable to stop his team’s 2:1 loss to Washington. Atlanta are fighting for a final playoff spot in the Eastern Division.
In another game, Czech defenceman Roman Polák, who plays for St Louis, was quick to drop the gloves against Nashville forward Colin Wilson - in the Blues' goal crease. Wilson, hit several times, had the last word though, scoring once in a 3:2 turnaround against the Blues - a game they had led 2:0.
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04/02/2010
The Czech tennis player Tomáš Berdych has reached the semi-finals at the Miami Masters. Berdych, who had knocked out world number one Roger Federer in the previous round, advanced to the last four after a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 win over Fernando Verdasco of Spain on Thursday. The Czech, who is 24, will face Sweden’s Robin Soderling for a place in the final. The world number 20 also reached the semi-finals in Miami two years ago.
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04/01/2010
US President Barack Obama will meet leaders of several Central and East European states when he comes to Prague to sign a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia next week. Among the first to confirm participation at the planned meeting are the Hungarian prime minister, Gordon Bajnai, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, and Romania’s President Constantin Stefanoaie. According to the CTK news agency leaders from Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and the Baltic states have also been issued invitations. The US president and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev are due to sign a nuclear arms reduction treaty in Prague on Thursday.
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04/01/2010
The former Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolánek, said on Thursday he would resign as head of the centre-right Civic Democratic Party, just two months before a general election. He told reporters he would resign from his post after an April 12 meeting of the party leadership. Topolánek already quit as the party's election leader last week after a series of scandals that have alienated his party colleagues and damaged the party’s standing before the vote. The post of party leader will be taken up by deputy-chairman Petr Nečas who is leading the party into the May elections.
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04/01/2010
Political analysts say that Toplánek’s departure from all party posts is likely to help the Civic Democrats in May’s general election. Petr Nečas is seen as a conservative and prudent politician who may succeed in turning attention away from the party’s scandals to its policy programme. His non-confrontational attitude is likely to be in sharp contrast to Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek’s aggressive style of campaigning.
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04/01/2010
The two strongest political parties, the Civic and Social Democrats have admitted that their finances are heavily in the red. Despite hefty contributions from sponsors the Civic Democratic Party has acknowledged a debt of 165 million crowns, while the Social Democrats have posted a debt of 158 million. Both parties took out big loans to boost their finances for the election campaign. All parties are bound by law to publish annual reports on the state of their finances.
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04/01/2010
Jiří Pernes has become head of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. His first day in office was marked by continuing controversy over his appointment, with three members of the council refusing to acknowledge him in the post. The head of the council Naděžda Kavalírová refused to sign the papers confirming his appointment and two other members - the former dissident and writer Jiří Gruša and military historian Eduard Stehlík - resigned their seats on the council in protest. Jiří Pernes lost their support after it emerged that he had taken evening classes at the communist academy of Marxism and Leninism.
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