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07/21/2015
Fire fighters have brought a forest fire near the village of Mikolajice in the Moravia Silesia Region under control after over 15 hours. A spokesperson for the fire service said officers would remain in place to complete work extinguishing the blaze, which broke out in a difficult to reach spot on Monday and spread to an area of 25 hectares. Damage has been estimated at CZK 6 million. The cause of the forest fire has not yet been established.
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07/21/2015
Former foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg and the leader of the centre-right TOP 09 may step down as party leader or decline to run in a party congress in the autumn, the financial daily Hospodářské noviny suggested on Monday. According to the daily, TOP 09 is considering possible candidates to lead the party should he leave. Mr Schwarzenberg, who is 77, ran unsuccessfully for president in 2013, losing to Miloš Zeman. In the government of then-prime minister Petr Nečas, he was outspoken on human rights and other issues and has continued in that vein in the opposition.
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07/21/2015
The 5th Prague Pride festival will culminate with a traditional carnival parade in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on Saturday, August 15, the festival's spokeswoman Bohdana Rambousková told ČTK on Monday. On August 10, the festival's opening concert will showcase the talents of the Austrian bearded "lady" Conchita Wurst, winner of the Eurovision song contest, and Czech singers Aneta Langerová and Jaro Smejkal. Like last year, the event began at the city's Wenceslas Square and end in the Letná Park where a music festival will be held. Organisers expect around 10,000 people to take part in the parade.
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07/20/2015
The country's foreign minister, Lubomír Zaorálek, has called a deal reached by six powers with Iran last week, agreeing to lift sanctions in return for Iran agreeing to curb its nuclear activities, an "opportunity and success". But he warned that the next half a year would show whether the agreement was being respected. He made the statement in Brussels on Monday after a meeting of all 28 EU foreign ministers. On Monday, the UN Security Council unanimously endorsed the agreement, which aims at preventing Iran from building a nuclear weapon. The resolution, co-sponsored by all 15 members, authorises the lifting of sanctions so long as Iran complies with the deal.
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07/20/2015
Czech tennis player Nicole Vaidišová, once ranked 7th in the women’s rankings, will appear at ITF tournaments in Plzeň and Prague in August, after also playing in Poland. Last year she returned to tennis after more than four year’s absence, and currently ranks 278. She has not appeared in competition in Prague since 2009. Then, she was romantically involved with fellow tennis player Radek Štepánek, who she later married. Their marriage lasted three years.
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07/20/2015
A majority of Czechs consider the radicalism of the terrorist group Islamic State, which holds large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, a greater security threat than the developments in the geographically closer Ukraine, according to a new poll released by the CVVM agency. According to the poll, 57 percent of those asked said they followed the situation with IS while five percent followed the situation in Ukraine. The survey was conducted in the month of June. A similar poll conducted by the STEM agency suggested that 82 percent of Czechs see Islamic fundamentalism as a threat.
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07/20/2015
The Ministry for Regional Development is preparing a proposal for the use of state or other funds in the demolition of abandoned buildings in problem areas, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka confirmed on Monday. He made the statement while visiting the city of Ústí nad Labem in North Bohemia which has a number of such neighbourhoods, The prime minister outlined possible ways forward, saying the strict demolition of condemned buildings could be paid for by the state and local municipalities; another option is the apparent revitalization of areas following demolition, such as the creation of affordable or social housing, for example, which would involve European funding. The Ústí region estimates that some 250 million crowns would be needed to level problematic buildings.
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07/20/2015
Renowned Czech violinist and university pedagogue Václav Snítil had died aged 87. The dedicated musician, who ranked among the very top violinists in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in the 20th century, passed away on Sunday after a brief illness, his son confirmed. As a young man, Snítil studied violin under Jaroslav Kocian and composition with Vítězslav Novák.
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07/20/2015
Croatian pilgrims travelling in folk costumes and on horse-drawn carts completed a roughly 1,000 kilometre journey from their homeland in Bosnia-Hercegovina to Mikulov in Moravia on Sunday to celebrate the final day of the annual Culture of Nations of Podyjí Festival. The ethnic Croatians were recalling an historic exodus from their homeland 500 years ago. The ethnic Croatians’ ancestors historically fled before the Turks to what is today Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. The festival in Mikulov – significant in the town’s cultural calendar – annually celebrates local minorities’ heritage and culture, from dance and theatre to traditional cuisine.
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07/20/2015
Fire fighters have been tackling damage from storms in the region of Zlín on Sunday, in which strong winds and flooding damaged a personal home. Chateau grounds in Buchlovice remain closed to the public as crews assess tree damage and overall safety. The most-hit region was that of Uherské Hradiště, where fire fighters responded to dozens of calls of fallen trees across roads or personal property.
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