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02/23/2010
The Chamber of Deputies will debate around 15 government proposals at a regular session on March 10 and 17, after talks between the prime minister, Jan Fischer, and party leaders on what the caretaker cabinet can achieve before it leaves office in just over three months’ time. Recently disputes between the right- and left-wing parties in the lower house have led to filibustering. The head of the parliamentary group of the centre-right Civic Democrats, Petr Tluchoř, said however that Tuesday’s agreement did not mean his party would back all of the interim government’s proposals.
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02/23/2010
A miner was killed at the Důl Karviná mine in north Moravia on Monday night when he was hit by a machine described as a mine combine. The causes of the accident, which occurred around a kilometre below ground, are being investigated. The man was 43 years old.
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02/23/2010
Nearly 10 percent of agricultural land in the Czech Republic is now used for organic farming, according to information released by the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday. In total close to 400,000 hectares has been given over to organic farming, while the number of organic farms in the country now stands at nearly 2,700, following a year-on-year increase of around 20 percent.
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02/23/2010
The first milk vending machine in Prague went into operation at the city’s Park Hostivař shopping centre on Tuesday morning. A litre of fresh milk costs 20 crowns, with a plastic bottle costing five crowns more. On Monday the country’s chief hygiene officer, Michal Vít, pointed out that as the milk is unpasteurised it should be boiled before consumption. There are already dozens of other milk “automats” at other locations in the Czech Republic.
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02/23/2010
The internet auction website eBay has launched a Czech language version at www.ebay.cz. However, the firm’s payment system PayPal is not yet available in Czech. eBay had said last week that its Czech version would begin by the end of March. It has also created new versions in a number of other European languages.
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02/23/2010
The coach of gold medalist Martina Sáblíková says the speed skater is likely to take part in at least three more Winter Olympic Games and could even participate in the Summer Olympics. Petr Novák told the newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes that he believes Sáblíková, who is 22, will win two gold medals at every Winter Games she appears in. There have also been suggestions that the speed skater could compete in some form of cycling in the Summer Games, though Novák said he did not know if she would be ready in time for the Olympics in London in 2012. Sáblíková has taken gold in the 3,000 metres in Vancouver and is expected to win another in the 5,000 metres on Wednesday. She also earned a bronze medal in the 1,500 metres.
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02/22/2010
Minister of Defense Martin Barták on Monday met with Prime Minister Jan Fischer and other members of the government to discuss a scandal over alleged corruption in his ministry. The scandal involves a 14.4 billion crown contract to buy armored personnel carriers for the Czech army that was given to the Austrian company Steyr. Mladá fronta Dnes reported last week that the company Steyr had hired lobbyist Jan Vlček on the explicit promise that he would deliver meetings with particular Czech politicians and senior military figures to help the company win the tender.
Mr. Barták, who has strongly denied allegations of corruption, said at a press conference later that the prime minister had welcomed the information he was given and deemed it factual.
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02/22/2010
Supporters of the far-right Workers’ Party, which was banned by a court ruling last week, are planning to protest against a Communist Party gathering in the North Bohemian town of Teplice on Wednesday. Former Workers’ Party member Petr Kotáb told the Czech news agency ČTK that he believes the Communist Party planned this February event to commemorate its seizure of power in Czechoslovakia in February 1948. The head of the Communist Party’s local branch denied the allegation saying the party holds similar events three times a year. Local police are preparing for a possible confrontation.
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02/22/2010
Czech speed skater Martína Sáblíková earned bronze in the 1500 meters race on Sunday at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. This is the second medal that the Czech athlete has won, after last Sunday’s gold in the 3000 meters. The 22-year-old Czech was sent to compete in the race by her trainer Petr Novák who believed that she would be successful in it. Sáblíková delivered the fastest closing lap of all competing athletes, earning two seconds over runner-up Margot Boer, who represented the Netherlands. Sáblíková told journalists after the race that she was shocked to have won the middle distance race. The medal is a big surprise, given that the Czech speed skater was competing against athletes whose specialty is the single distance.
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02/22/2010
Author and journalist Zdena Vrýbová died on Sunday night aged 75 years. The popular writer published a number of books on psychological, scientific and health issues. Mrs. Vrýbová was also the author of the humorous dog novel Robin, a book that ranks in the top hundred most popular books in the Czech Republic. She intentionally avoided writing about political topics under the communist regime After the Velvet Revolution, Mrs. Vrýbová published books that focused on debated issues in Czech society.
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