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10/05/2019
Politicians in Prague have put forward a number of suggestions for tributes to Karel Gott, who died this week at the age of 80. The deputy mayor of Prague 1, Petr Hejma of the Mayors and Independents, told the Czech News Agency the Grand Hall at the Lucerna Palace could be named after the singer. Deputy city mayor Petr Hlubuček (also Mayors and Independents) has proposed naming the small bridge that leads to Slovanský Island near the National Theatre after the hugely popular star.
The city’s toponymic committee is to discuss naming a Metro station on the planned D line after Karel Gott after the idea was raised on internet discussion forums. The committee’s chairperson said the singer’s family would be consulted on the matter ahead of a meeting later this month.
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10/05/2019
The novel Spaceman of Bohemia by Czech writer Jaroslav Kalfař is to be made into a film, Deadline reported. The movie will be directed by Johan Renck, who won two Emmy awards for his work on the series Chernobyl, the website said.
Spaceman of Bohemia was the first published work by Kalfař, who has lived in the US since his mid-teens. The very well received science fiction novel tells the story of a Czech astronaut who takes part in a space mission.
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10/05/2019
A new opinion poll suggests that Václav Klaus Jr. is the most trusted politician in the Czech Republic. Some 42 percent of the respondents in September’s survey said they trusted the leader of the new Tricolour party, placing him ahead of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of ANO on 38 percent and Pirate Party chief Ivan Bartoš on 29 percent.
Klaus Jr. was expelled from the Civic Democrats after supporting a Freedom and Direct Democracy candidate in Senate elections and comparing the acceptance of EU regulations to Jews being forced to choose who went on transports during the Holocaust.
The conservative Tricolour say they want to protect Czech values and to secure greater autonomy from the EU. Their leader is the son of Václav Klaus, who served as Czech prime minister and was president for two terms.
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10/04/2019
The 6th edition of the Central European film festival 3Kino will feature some 60 films under the theme ‘Islands of Freedom’.
Films will screen from 10 to 15 October in the Prague cinemas Lucerna, Světozor, Atlas and Evald, and include new features by Czech director Václav Marhoul (‘The Painted Bird’) and Polish director Agnieszka Holland (‘Mr. Jones’).
The 3Kino festival jury will first award prize to the best feature film, selected from 11 competition films. The award ceremony will take place on 14 October at the Lucerna cinema.
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10/04/2019
The struggling Czech Post office will get a 3.3 billion crown payment from the state next year for so-called universal services from previous years, subject to approval of the European Commission.
Last year, Czech Post recorded a 1 billion crown loss. It may have to eliminate 7,000 positions as part of a restructuring in order to return to profitability by 2021.
The European Commission has twice approved billions in Czech state support, finding it compatible with EU internal market regulations and as such allowed.
Czech Post had a monopoly on the delivery of letters and other direct mail weighing less than 50 grams until the start of 2013. Now these services may also be offered by competitors, which focus mainly on corporate clients.
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10/04/2019
Communist Party leader Vojtěch Filip announced on Friday that his deputies will likely support the 2020 state budget proposal presented by the finance minister.
The government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) in mid-September proposed a 2020 budget with a deficit of 40 billion crowns, the same as planned for this year.
Filip’s announcement came following a meeting with Mr Babiš and Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová (ANO). The minority coalition government with the Social Democrat relies on Communist tolerance.
The Communists have used their role as kingmaker several times to win major concessions. ANO was obliged to support their proposal to tax compensation awarded churches in lieu of property seized by the former regime that could not be returned in restitution.
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10/04/2019
Czech utility ČEZ plans to sell its Počerady coal-fired power plant to Se.ven Energy financier Pavel Tykač when an option comes available at the end this year and shut down most of its coal resources by 2040.
Vršanská uhelná, part of the Se.ven Energy holding, should start operating the plant as of 2024. The company entered into 50-year contract with ČEZ in 2013 to supply coal to the power plant, which included two options to sell it.
Tykač set up the Se.ven Energy holding company with the aim of investing more than 1 billion euros power plants fired by fossil fuels, even as utilities shift to renewables.
In 2017, Tykač was to offer 10 billion crowns for the Počerady plant, but the supervisory board of state-controlled ČEZ rejected the sale. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), then minister of finance, also opposed the sale.
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10/04/2019
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Italian developer Grandi Stazioni over the transfer of the iconic Fanta building at Prague's main railway station to the state Railway Infrastructure Administration (SŽDC).
In October 2016, Grandi Stazioni lost its 30-year lease of the station after repeatedly failing to meet reconstruction deadlines. The SŽDC rejected the developer’s request for another two-year extension and asked Grandi Stazioni to vacate the premises.
The Prague station underwent insensitive reconstruction in the 1970s and 1990s that left a lot of work for modern conservationists. The original neo-renaissance building opened in December 1871 and was reconstructed in the Art Nouveau style in the early 1900s.
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10/04/2019
Rain is in the forecast for Saturday morning, with sleet or light snowfall likely in the northern half of the country. Average daytime highs should range from 8 to 12 Celsius. Sunday should be partly cloudy and a bit warmer.
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10/04/2019
The National Hockey League’s 2019-20 regular season begins on Friday when the Philadelphia Flyers take on the Chicago Blackhawks at Prague’s O2 Arena.
Several Czech nationals will face off against each other. Playing for the Flyers is Jakub Voráček, the team’s right winger and an alternate captain. Playing for the Blackhawks are forward David Kämpf and centre Dominik Kubalík, in his NHL debut.
Although originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 2013, Kubalík has had to wait until now for a chance to actually play in the NHL and spent last season playing in Switzerland.
This is the third straight year that the NHL returns to Europe as part of its efforts to grow the local fan base in hockey-mad countries such as the Czech Republic.
The match starts at 8pm local Prague time. It is the showcase event of the 2019 NHL Global Series.
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