• Labour minister Petr Krčál quits following plagiarism charge
    07/17/2018

    The Czech minister of labour and social affairs, Petr Krčál, has announced his resignation, only weeks after being appointed. The news came a day after reports that the Social Democrat politician had plagiarised a major part of his university thesis.

    The leader of the Social Democrats, Jan Hamáček, said Mr. Krčál would be replaced by Jana Maláčová, a senior official at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

    Earlier this month ANO appointee Taťána Malá stood down as minister of justice after also facing accusations of plagiarism during her student career.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Sparta complete signing of Ghanaian striker Tetteh
    07/17/2018

    Sparta Prague football club have completed the signing of the Ghanaian player Benjamin Tetteh from Bohemians 1905. The striker, who is 20, has been training with Sparta since the middle of last month. He has signed a four-year deal with the country’s richest club.

    Tetteh began his career in Europe with Belgium’s Standard Liege and also had a loan spell at the Czech club Slovácko.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • News site: Babiš must prove no active involvment in trust fund
    07/17/2018

    Under new European rules the billionaire Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš of ANO, will have to prove that he does not control the trust fund in which he last year placed the company Agrofert, the news website Neovlivni.cz reported.

    Earlier this month the European Parliament rubberstamped new conflict of interest regulations that bars senior politicians from receiving subsidies.

    If Mr. Babiš failed to show distance between him and the trust fund either he would have to stand down or Agrofert would miss out on grants, Neovlivni.cz said.

    A spokesman said the new rules should not affect Agrofert as the prime minister is neither the owner of the trust fund nor the person who controls it.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    07/17/2018

    It should be bright with some rain in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with temperatures of up to 25 degrees Celsius. Daytime highs should climb to up 27 degrees Celsius at the weekend.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Businessman Stuchlík to head ANO ticket in Prague elections
    07/17/2018

    Government leaders ANO have a new head of the party’s ticket for local elections this autumn. Businessman Petr Stuchlík will lead ANO’s campaign in the city. He replaces the original nominee Patrik Nacher, who will now be second on the party’s candidate list.

    The current ANO mayor of Prague, Adriana Krnáčová, is not standing again. Mr. Stuchlík’s candidature must now be approved by the party’s executive committee.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Chinese company Huajie to open European centre for e-shops near Prague
    07/17/2018

    Chinese company Huajie plans to establish a logistics base for online stores in the village of Pavlov, some 20 kilometres west of Prague. The company has leased 25,000 square metres of warehouse space built by the developer Panattoni, news site E15 reported.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Czech agencies took record CZK2.5bn in bets on World Cup
    07/16/2018

    Wages on the World Cup football championship recorded by Czech betting agencies reached a record-breaking CZK2.5bn (€97mn), surpassing the amount bet on EURO 2016 matches by CZK600mn.

    Czech bookmakers lost money on the final France-Croatia match but were otherwise well in the black. The agencies Tipsport and Fortuna accounted for a roughly equal share of 92% of all accepted bets.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • OECD: Czech economy thriving, focus should be on boosting skills, “greening” economy
    07/16/2018

    OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría is in Prague on Monday for an official visit, during which he presented the 2018 OECD Economic Survey and the Environmental Performance Review of the Czech Republic.

    According to the OECD, the Czech economy is thriving, marked by robust employment, expanding exports and falling government debt. Efforts should now focus on boosting workforce skills and innovation to improve labour supply and productivity, further reduce poverty and inequality, and to “green” the economy, it said.

    Czech GDP should grow 3.8% this year, according to the OECD, mainly driven by strong demand stemming from rising salaries and export growth. Next year, GDP growth should slow to 3.2%. The OECD warned that Czech property prices – the highest in the EU last year compared to wages – represent a risk to the stability of the economy. It also recommended reducing the overall tax burden.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Weather outlook
    07/16/2018

    Tuesday should be mostly sunny in central Bohemia, with daytime temperatures of between 25 and 29 degrees Celsius. Rain is likely in the Karlovy Vary and Pilsen regions to the west and in much of Moravia.
    Author: Brian Kenety

  • Prague Pride festival launches campaign against “labelling” people
    07/16/2018

    Prague Pride, a week-long festival in August celebrating sexual diversity and equal rights for members of the LGBT community, has announced its theme this year will be family relations and include a poster campaign against “labelling” people.

    The posters aim to show how hurtful it can be to label someone a “mama’s boy” or the “black sheep of the family”, for example. The campaign also aims to stress that everyone, not just people who identify as LGBT, are welcome at the festival, which this year runs from August 6th to 12th.
    Author: Brian Kenety

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