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05/29/2018
The Pirate Party’s deputy chairman of the lower house, Vojtěch Pikal, has apologised for his party’s involvement in the approval of Communist poet Karel Sýs for a state honour. MPs from the Communists, ANO, Freedom and Direct Democracy, the Social Democrats and the Pirates backed a proposed list of 28 honours candidates, including Mr. Sýs. Mr. Pikal said he had failed to look closely at the nominees.
The MP had also come in for criticism for suggesting on social media that WWII RAF airmen had “merely been following orders”. As well as apologising, Mr. Pikal made a donation of CZK 50,000 to an organisation recording the testimonies of victims of the Communists and the Nazis.
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05/29/2018
Coca-Cola has opened two production lines at Kyje in Prague that will make plant-based drinks. The dairy-free smoothies will be sold under the brand AdeZ in 11 European states. Coca-Cola has invested over CZK 300 million in the plant.
Speaking at Tuesday’s launch the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, said he was glad that Coca-Cola was investing and paying taxes in the Czech Republic. He also told executives that he looked forward to the company’s adverts every Christmas.
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05/29/2018
There will be two Czech films in the main competition at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, organisers announced on Tuesday. Among the 12 films in contention for the Crystal Globe will be Winter Flies by the Prague-based Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu and Domestique, the debut feature from 28-year-old Adam Sedlák.
The country’s biggest film event runs this year from June 29 to July 7. It will be the 53rd edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF, which was first held in 1946.
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05/29/2018
It should be bright with the chance of storms in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with daytime highs of up to 28 degrees Celsius. Temperatures in the high 20s Celsius are expected until at least the middle of next week.
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05/29/2018
The weather in the Czech Republic at present is “40 days ahead”, with daytime highs corresponding to those normally seen at the start of the summer holidays, the Czech News Agency reported on Tuesday.
According to data released by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute, temperatures over the last 30 days reached an average of 16.2 degrees Celsius. Those values tend to be recorded in the period from June 6 to July 5.
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05/29/2018
The movement “Decent People“ has filed a criminal complaint against Brno National Theatre director Martin Glaser, Croat director Oliver Frljich and a group of actors over the showing of the controversial play “Our Violence, Your Violence“ at the festival Theatre World in Brno.
The head of the movement, Zdeněk Pernica, says the complaint was made on the grounds of desecration.
The play, in which Jesus rapes a Moslem woman has raised controversy in the Czech Republic.
Members of the group "Decent People" disrupted a showing of the play on Sunday night, jumping up on the stage, throwing paper balls at the actors and forming a human barrier to try to prevent the audience from watching the performance. They were eventually led out by the police.
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05/29/2018
The 58th Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth on Monday welcomed the biggest star at this year’s festival Andrea Morricone, one of the greatest contemporary Italian composers and conductors, and the son of the phenomenal composer Ennio Morricone.
Andrea Morricone composed the music for the film 72 Hours in Bangkok, a film by Czech director and producer Lubomír Haltmar, which had its world premiere at the festival on Monday night.
Morricone is to receive the festival’s main award –the Golden Slipper – for his contribution to world cinematography.
The Zlín film festival is screening around 500 movies, of which 169 are competing for the main award.
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05/28/2018
President Miloš Zeman will appoint ANO leader Andrej Babiš prime minister before the outcome of the Social Democratic Party‘s referendum on whether to enter into a coalition with ANO.
President Zeman announced his intention in an interview for Czech Television on Monday, saying the appointment would take place before June 15.
He said he had decided in favour of such a move in order to step up the pressure on the Social Democrats to enter into a coalition with ANO and speed up the formation of a new government.
Mr. Zeman said he expected Andrej Babiš to produce a new cabinet line-up by the end of June at the latest.
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05/28/2018
The price of flats in the Czech Republic is overinflated by around 15 percent, Czech National Bank governor Jiří Rusnok told the news site idnes.cz.
The governor said the central bank was keeping a close eye on prices on the housing market since mortgages make up around 60 percent of all loans granted to households.
Mr. Rusnok said he would address the issue in greater detail at a press briefing on June 12th.
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05/28/2018
The Czech Football Association, which is embroiled in a subsidy scandal, is believed to have allotted over 100 million crowns without clear rules.
Czech Radio’s flagship news station Radiožurnal says it has now obtained documents showing where the money went and one of the biggest benefactors was the village football club Osvětimany which is the home club of President Zeman’s Chancellor Vratislav Mynář.Mr. Mynář rejected any involvement.
Other overly generous contributions were made to clubs in the Liberec region, where the former head of the Football Association Miroslav Pelta comes from.
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