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12/14/2019
The loans company Home Credit said it hired the agency C&B Reputation Management earlier this year in order to help improve Czech-Chinese relations. However, the firm – which is owned by the richest Czech, Petr Kellner – denied it had asked the agency to promote the interests of any foreign state. The news site Aktuálně.cz reported earlier this week that C&B Reputation Management had been hired to boost the image of the Chinese Communist regime.
Home Credit said in a statement that its activities were focused on business not politics, adding that it hired the agency to protect itself from “media attacks” that damaged its business.
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12/14/2019
The second of two people injured in a fatal shooting incident at a hospital in Ostrava on Tuesday was released on Friday. Six people were killed in an attack at a hospital waiting room while one other victim succumbed to her injuries on Thursday, taking the death toll to seven. The perpetrator shot himself dead on the day of the incident before he could be apprehended by the police. A first injured person was allowed to go home on Thursday.
The hospital shooting was the second worst incident of its kind in modern Czech history.
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12/14/2019
President Miloš Zeman has proposed former minister of justice and current government commissioner for human rights Helena Válková for the post of the Czech Republic’s ombudsman. The head of state made the recommendation in a letter to MPs. Mr. Zeman wrote that he had wished to also propose a second nominee but they rejected the idea.
The current holder of the ombudsman’s post, former dissident Anna Šabatová, steps down in February when her six year term ends.
Opposition politicians have rejected Ms. Válková as a potential ombudswoman. The leaders of TOP 09 and the Pirates pointed to her membership of the Communist Party prior to 1989 while the head of the Civic Democrats said it would be a “jobs for the boys” type appointment.
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12/14/2019
Prague’s Václav Havel Airport reached 17 million passengers for 2019 on Friday, the highest number it has ever handled in one year. The figure is 6 percent up on the number of passengers using the airport in 2018. The average number handled a day this year has been around 49,000.
The airport’s operators said it was close to its maximum capacity. Some CZK 16 billion is to be invested in expanding its second terminal between now and 2028 and capacity is expected to reach up to 23 million annually by 2035.
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12/13/2019
The police have detained a fifty-eight year old man who made a hoax call threatening that a similar massacre to that in Ostrava’s Teaching Hospital would take place in a hospital in the town of Uherské Hradiště.
Police immediately surrounded the hospital, closing off all entrances and effecting other emergency measures. The hoax caller was detained two hours later and has been charged with scaremongering. He is reported to have a long criminal record. If convicted he could face from 1 to 5 years in prison.
A gunman shot six people dead in Ostrava’s Teaching Hospital on Tuesday and later committed suicide. The death toll rose to seven last night as a woman in critical condition succumbed to her injuries.The two other injured men have been released from hospital.
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12/13/2019
Saturday should be partly cloudy to overcast with scattered rain or snow showers and day temperatures between -1 and 4 degrees Celsius.
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12/13/2019
Meteorologists have issued a high wind warning for the central and western parts of the country on Saturday. The warning is from 10am to 6 pm when some areas may experience gale force winds which could damage trees and buildings and cause traffic disruptions.
The wind should blow at a speed of 70 to 90 km per hour. People in the mountain regions have been warned not to set off on hiking trips.
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12/13/2019
The Czech Republic’s priority in chairing the Visegrad Group is to show other EU members that the alliance has a positive agenda and a worthy contribution to make in addressing the problems of the European Union, Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček said in an interview for the CTK news agency assessing the first six months of the country’s lead role in the V4.
Petříček said he thought the Czech Republic was quite successful in smoothing out problems and showing the V4 in a constructive light, rather than a troublemaker as some have perceived it in the past.
He highlighted a recent meeting of the V4 with the Benelux states and an upcoming meeting with the Baltic States.
Petříček noted that while the V4 helped defend Czech interests in the EU, it was not the only platform on which the country operated, stressing the importance of talks with France on security and defence and those with Germany on trade and energy issues.
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12/13/2019
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has described the outcome of elections in Great Britain as the victory of a charismatic leader, saying that Boris Johnson’s election victory on a powerful Brexit agenda was a signal for opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to resign.
Britain's departure from the European bloc is now definitive, which is a "pity for Europe," Babiš said, noting that Great Britain had been a good partner and ally in the 28-member block.
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12/13/2019
EU leaders, including Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, reached an agreement on climate change during a summit in Brussels on Thursday evening.
The heads of state backed plans for the 28-nation bloc to become carbon neutral by 2050, with the exception of coal-reliant Poland. The target is part of a plan to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent.
The Czech Republic, which also raised objections to the 2050 carbon neutrality goal, only agreed to the deal after assurances were made that member states could use nuclear energy to reduce emissions.
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