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12/08/2017
The locality of Magdaléna u Jistebnice in the Tábor area will, in all likelihood, not be included on a list of suitable locations for a deep storage site for nuclear waste, the mayor of Jistebnice, Vladimír Mašek, has said. The mayor said assurances had been given that Environment Minister Richard Brabec would respect public opinion and recommend the site not be included.
The Czech Republic is planning to narrow options down to four locations for a deep repository to be completed by 2065. Preparations up to 2020 are expected to cost 1.7 billion crowns. A final location should be agreed by 2025.
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12/08/2017
Slavia Prague’s run in football’s Europa League came to an abrupt end on Thursday night when they were defeated by Kazakh club Astana in Prague.
Astana scored in the closing minutes of the first half following a mistake by Slavia’s defence and goalkeeper. Slavia has numerous chances to equalise but did not find the back of the net. The final score was 1:0.
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12/08/2017
The broader leadership of the Communist Party is meeting on Friday to assess how its negotiation team, led by outgoing chairman Vojětch Filip, has handled post-election talks and how to approach the next rounds. This week ANO’s Andrej Babiš was named prime minister and next week his minority government will officially be named and will have 30 days to get backing in a confidence vote.
The Communists are the only party so far which has said it would be willing to tolerate an ANO government (including unaffiliated ministers) under certain circumstances, namely an agreement on a list of demands, including taxation of church restitution funds.
Prime Minister Babiš has said he will begin negotiations with parties in the lower house beginning on the 18th of December.
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12/08/2017
The new US ambassador to the Czech Republic, Stephen B. King, said at a meeting with journalists on Thursday that his primary goal is to support the development of economic relations between the two countries.
Ambassador King, who handed his credentials to President Miloš Zeman on Wednesday, said the meeting with the Czech head of state had been honest, open and fruitful. He expressed the hope to soon hold talks with the country’s new prime minister, Andrej Babiš, and Martin Stropnický who is to head the Foreign Ministry.
The new EU ambassador released a video on Facebook in which he introduced himself to the Czech public.
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12/08/2017
Czech President Milos Zeman has defended US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. President Zeman said EU member states should follow the US example.
Meanwhile, the Czech political scene is divided on the issue. The right-wing Civic Democrats and the SPD welcomed Trump’s decision, while TOP 09 took a reserved stance and the Communist Party sharply criticized the move.
The Czech Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying it considers Jerusalem the future capital of both Israel and the future state of Palestine, in line with EU policy. It said Prague would not transfer its embassy to Jerusalem without discussing the issue with its partners in the EU.
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12/07/2017
The traditional New Year fireworks display in Prague will be a celebration of the centenary since the birth of independent Czechoslovakia and 25 years since the birth of the Czech Republic, Prague Mayor Ardriana Krnáčová told reporters at a press briefing on Thursday.
The fireworks display will take place at 6pm on January 1st, kicking off a year packed with anniversary events in the Czech Republic. The show was moved from midnight to the first day of the year so that it can be enjoyed by families with children.
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12/07/2017
Friday should be partly cloudy to overcast, with more rain and snow showers in the eastern parts of the country, and day temperatures between 3 and 7 degrees Celsius.
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12/07/2017
Czech politicians across the political spectrum have criticized the European Commission’s decision to take the country to court over migrants.
The newly appointed Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said he would try to negotiate the lawsuit’s withdrawal with EC representatives at the EU summit in Brussels next week. He said migrant quotas were not the right solution for Europe and only boosted extremist parties on the Continent.
The head of the right-wing Civic Democrats Petr Fiala said that the quotas were a bad decision and taking the Czech Republic to court was even worse. He said such moves only undermined the trust of the public in EU institutions.
The president’s spokesman reiterated the president’s view that mandatory migrant quotas “interfered in the Czech Republic’s internal affairs.”
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12/07/2017
The Czech Republic is one of the safest countries as regards cyber threat according to a survey released by Chech Point, a multinational provider of hardware and software products for IT security. The Czech Republic figures 119th on a list of countries surveyed. The countries most at risk, judging by the number of cyber attacks that have taken place, are the Dominican Republic, where the treat is deemed highest, followed by India, China, the US and Honk Kong.
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12/07/2017
The European Commission has announced it will sue the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary in the bloc's top court for their refusal to take in asylum-seekers in line with the EC’s mandatory redistribution mechanism. The issue has caused a rift between those reluctant to take in refugees and other European governments who accuse them of a lack of solidarity.
The EC’s deputy chair Frans Timmermans said a change of attitude on the part of these countries’ governments could still resolve the situation out of court.
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