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10/29/2019
A group of seven environmental activists forced their way into the Vršany brown coal mine early on Tuesday to stage a protest against the planned sale of the coal-burning Počerady electric power plant to the group Se.ven Energy belonging to Czech billionaire Pavel Tykač.
Police are monitoring the situation and a mediator has been called to the scene. Academics and former politicians have also been petitioning the power utility ČEZ against the sale on the grounds that the plant's continued operation would be in violation of the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement.
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10/29/2019
The Czech Interior Ministry has said it has no information which would point to an increased risk of attack from Islamic State radicals following the killing of their leader al-Baghdadi.
The statement comes in reaction to concerns in some countries regarding possible retaliatory strikes.
Nevertheless, Interior Minister Jan Hamáček said that the country‘s security services were closely monitoring the situation and cooperating with partner organizations abroad.
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10/29/2019
Polish police have interrogated a Czech Catholic priest who is suspected of paedophilia after arranging to meet with a minor in a hotel in Katowice.
The “young man “ he communicated with on the Internet claimed to be 15 and handicapped, but was in actual fact a Polish activist monitoring paedophile networks.
The priest was arrested by the police as he arrived at the hotel room for the set meeting. He admitted to having planned sex with the young man, but rejected the suspicion of paedophilia. He has resigned from all his functions in the Church.
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10/28/2019
President Miloš Zeman awarded high state distinctions to 42 Czech and foreign personalities on the occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day on October 28th.
Among the personalities decorated for outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities are former Czech president Václav Klaus, the last surviving Czech RAF pilot Emil Boček, ice hockey legend Jaromír Jágr, Škoda Favorit designer Petr Hrdlička, the head of the Supreme Audit Office Miloslav Kala or, in memoriam, Corporal Tomáš Procházka, who died last year while serving with the Czech military contingent in Afghanistan.
Among the foreign laureates were former Slovak president Rudolf Schuster, Srbian film director Emir Kusturica and former mayor of Vienna, the late Helmut Cilk, awarded in memoriam.
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10/28/2019
Tuesday should be overcast with rain and day temperatures reaching just 8 degrees Celsius.
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10/28/2019
Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová highlighted the significance of the anniversary of the founding of independent Czechoslovakia in Bratislava, laying wreaths at the Czechoslovak statehood memorial and by the statue of one of the co-founders of the common state Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
The Slovak president noted that Czechoslovakia had helped Slovakia on the road to democracy and economic prosperity stressing that without it, the country would not be where it is today. She said it would be worth considering whether Slovakia too should not declare the anniversary a public holiday.
Slovakia celebrates its independence day on January 1st, when it separated from the Czech Republic in 1993.
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10/28/2019
Europe is facing a new threat in the rebirth of neo-Nazism and fascism, the chairman of the Czech Union of Freedom Fighters Jaroslav Vodička said at a gathering of war veterans organized on the occasion of Czechoslovak Independence Day.
Vodička pointed to growing antisemitism in Europe, saying the society must remain vigilant in order to prevent history repeating itself. The fight against fascism, neo-Nazism and other forms of discrimination is a challenge we face in the present day as well, Vodička said.
The Czech Union of Freedom Fighters comprises World War II freedom fighters, their family members and supporters. It has faced criticism over the fact that members served the pre-1989 security services.
The union’s chairman caused an outcry last year when he presented a medal of merit to Communist Party MP Zdeněk Ondráček, who beat up demonstrators while a member of a Communist riot squad in 1989.
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10/28/2019
In line with tradition, President Miloš Zeman appointed new army and police generals at Prague Castle on the anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s founding.
Among those raised to the highest rank were the head of the General Inspectorate of the Security Forces Radim Dragoun, Commander of the Cyber Force and Information Operations Miroslav Feix and the head of the Military History Institute Aleš Knížek.
The president once again rejected the prime minister’s proposal to raise the head of the country’s counter-intelligence service BIS Michal Koudelka to the rank of general.
The president has been highly critical of the work of the counter-intelligence service. In a recent interview on commercial TV Barrandov, President Zeman said the BIS director should focus on real economic crime in the Czech Republic rather than engaging in a “fictitious hunt for Russian and Chinese spies”.
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10/28/2019
Congratulations from foreign statesmen have poured in on Czechoslovak Independence Day. Presidents, kings and Pope Francis have sent well-wishes to the Czech nation on the 101st anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia.
Among the well-wishers is US President Donald Trump who sent a congratulatory letter to President Miloš Zeman. In a reference to the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and the return of democracy to Czechoslovakia, the US president writes that the United States honors and celebrates the courageous, dedicated and visionary citizens that helped bring this about. Our shared ideals and values form the foundation of a strong Transatlantic alliance and friendship, the letter says.
The US president also expresses his gratitude for the Czech Republic's international commitment to peace, human rights and prosperity. The US appreciates the Czech Republic's participation in the international mission in Afghanistan and its support in Syria, the letter says.
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10/28/2019
Czechs top officials, members of the military, church dignitaries and WWII veterans gathered at Prague’s Vítkov Memorial before mid-day on Monday for a traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, to mark the centenary of the birth of independent Czechoslovakia and pay homage to those who laid down their lives for the country.
The event was attended by President Miloš Zeman, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the speakers of both houses of Parliament and Cardinal Dominik Duka. The ceremony ended with a gun salute and a fly-by of Gripen fighter jets.
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