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05/12/2018
The Prague-born rock musician and songwriter Ivan Král turned 70 on Saturday. Král emigrated to the United States with his family in the 1960s and became involved in New York’s punk scene in the following decade, performing with an early incarnation of Blondie and becoming bassist with the Patti Smith Group. He later played guitar with Iggy Pop.
In the 1990s Ivan Král released solo albums with some success in the Czech Republic and produced a number of Czech musicians. He continues to reside in the US.
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05/12/2018
An internal referendum of the Social Democrats on whether to go into government with ANO will run from May 21 until June 14, party officials said. The results will be published on June 15. Chairman Jan Hamáček said that prior to the vote the names of the party’s nominees for the five portfolios the Social Democrats should get in the cabinet will be announced.
ANO leader Andrej Babiš says if the Social Democrats do not approve a coalition of the two parties one option could be early elections to take place in May next year at the same time as elections to the European Parliament.
If a deal between ANO and the Social Democrats is signed, their minority coalition would likely be supported in key votes by the Communist Party, who would be playing a role in government for the first time since 1989. For their part, the Communists say they would not back a government that expanded US military missions abroad.
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05/12/2018
Sunday should be quite bright in the Czech Republic, with temperatures of up to 25 degrees Celsius. Next week should start in similar fashion though rain is forecast from Tuesday until the following weekend.
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05/12/2018
The Czech Republic beat Belarus 3:0 at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Denmark on Friday evening. It was the Czechs’ fourth victory in the tournament but the first in which they took maximum points. All three goals, from Libor Šulák, Roman Horák and Michal Řepík, came in the first period. Goaltender Pavel Francouz achieved his fifth shutout for the national team.
That result leaves coach Josef Jandač’s team third in Group A at the worlds. Their next game is against France on Sunday.
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05/12/2018
The 73rd edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival gets underway on Saturday evening. The event’s traditional curtain raiser will take place at the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House with a rendition of Smetana’s My Country, this time performed by the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Tomáš Netopil. There will also be a live relay of the concert at Prague’s Kampa.
This year’s Prague Spring will celebrate the centenary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia with a number of works by modern Czech composers.
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05/11/2018
Social Democrat deputy leader Jaroslav Foldyna declined on Friday to apologise to the party’s top branch for his behaviour at a gathering of Russia’s Night Wolves bike gang in Prague on Monday.
At the event Mr Foldyna got into altercations with protesters against the nationalist bikers, who have been linked to President Vladimir Putin. Afterwards, Mr Foldyna released a video – recorded by weights in a gym – refusing to apologise and describing himself as a patriot.
Earlier on Friday, Senate chairman Milan Štech said Foldyna had no business being in the party leadership. While he declined to apologise, the deputy leader said he was sorry he had put pressure on party chairman Jan Hamáček.
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05/11/2018
Famous Czech singer Karel Gott will release a new studio album at the start of June - his first new album since he overcame serious health problems in 2016.
Then, the singer was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma but later made a full recovery after undergoing chemotherapy and other treatment.
The record, named Ta pravá, will be a mix of both domestic and international pop classics including material by famous country singer Garth Brooks, according to reports.
When he was diagnosed and undergoing treatment, Mr Gott had put his musical career on hold indefinitely. He said now he had not really expected to record again, making his return “all the happier”.
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05/11/2018
Stormy weather is expected on Saturday. Daytime temperatures should reach highs of around 25 degrees Celsius.
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05/11/2018
Jindřich Vobořil is stepping down as head of the National Anti-Drug Agency after eight years on the job, Czech daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported on Friday.
According to the newspaper, Vobořil will leave the post at the end of July.
The paper reported he had cited personal reasons for leaving, including his family and having to commute regularly to the capital from Brno.
Before he steps down, he is to present the bureau’s strategy in the fight against addiction for the next nine-year bloc.
Prime Minister in resignation Andrej Babiš confirmed the decision was strictly the official’s own.
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05/11/2018
The leadership of ANO on Friday officially backed the policy programme and coalition deal reached with the Social Democrats on a planned minority government.
The Social Democrat top leadership is expected to do the same. The latter is also holding an inner-party referendum on whether the party should join the coalition.
The details of both the program and coalition deal were agreed upon by negotiators earlier this week and are due to be published.
On Saturday, the documents will be assessed by the Communist Party, whose backing will be required by the new government in a confidence vote and on key legislation, as the coalition lacks a majority in the 200-member Chamber of Deputies.
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