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05/21/2015
The opposition TOP 09, Civic Democrats and Dawn Party want to propose a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka’s government. They made the announcement on Thursday at a press conference in the lower house. The move comes in reaction to Wednesday’s vote over the support of biofuels. Despite its previous declarations, the ANO Party did not vote to end a tax advantage for biofuels. The deputy head of TOP 09, Miroslav Kalousek, has accused the government of corruption, saying that Mr. Babiš’s company Agrofert would use the scheme to tunnel the state budget.
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05/21/2015
Owners of the international current affairs magazine Newsweek have revealed plans to publish a Czech version of the publication. The launch of the Czech version, which would contain editorial content produced by a local team of writers as well as translated copy from the main publication, is being targeted for the Autumn. A Czech language version would be the ninth local version of the original US publication.
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05/21/2015
In basketball, Nymburk have for the 12th time in succession won the Czech league title. They won the third match against Děčín 95:59 on Wednesday night to take the series 3:0. Nymburk’s Chester Simmons was named the player of the match. Nymburk were the clear favourites having lost only one of the previous 87 league games, and that in overtime.
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05/20/2015
Czech national ice hockey coach, Vladimír Růžíčka has signed a 10 year contract with the Czech team the Chomutov Pirates to be their head coach. Růžíčka will still retain his position with the national team. Růžíčka had been stressing for some time that he was seeking a more hands on daily post with a league team. Jobs with Czech teams Litvínov and Slavia Prague had been mooted, as had previously a move to Russian team Omsk. The Pirates were promoted to the top ice hockey league at the end of the last season. Betislav Kopřiva who helped the team to promotion will be one of Růžíčka’s assistants.
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05/20/2015
Deputy foreign minister Rudolf Jindrák is to quit his post in a few weeks, Czech media report. According to the daily Lidové Noviny he is being lined up to replace Livia Klausová as the Czech ambassador to Bratislava. Jindrák was formerly ambassador in Berlin. Klausová faces a problem because the recently passed civil service law means that she is to old to continue in the position. When the issue was first raised, it was suggested that a way would be found to circumvent the new law.
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05/20/2015
Prague’s High Court on Wednesday imposed a six year jail sentence on a man who knowing had unprotected sex with six other men without telling them he had HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS. The original sentence from a Liberec court on 37 year old Rudolf Novák was a conditional sentence of three years. The Prague court was told that Novák knew of his condition since 2001 and had previously been given a jail sentence for having unprotected sex with men.
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05/20/2015
The Czech winner of a record 2.5 billion crown lottery jackpot has still to come forward four days after the winning number was announced. The winning ticket was bought in the Pardubice region only one day ahead of the Eurojackpot draw. The prospective billionaire still has 30 days to come forward and claim the prize. The biggest Eurojackpot winner until now was a Finn who pocketed the equivalent of 1.7 billion crowns in the Europe-wide lottery.
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05/20/2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted Czech growth would reach 3.0 percent this year but slowdown in the mid-term to around 2.25 percent. A previous estimate saw growth this year at 2.5 percent. Inflation would be above zero this year before rising towards 2.0% in 2016, the report unveiled in Prague added. The overall tone of the report said that the foundations for strong growth were being laid but criticised aspects of the labour market, tax administration, and public spending. The IMF head of mission Costas Christou said that steps should be taken rapidly to enshrine the target for the structural deficit not to exceed 1.0 in national legislation.
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05/20/2015
Czech engineering company Škoda Praha on Wednesday said it had won a more than 9 billion crown contract to deliver a 250 MW turbine for a coal-fired power plant in Montenegro. The Czech company won the contract in competition with nine other companies. Škoda Praha’s long term involvement in the Balkans and the terms of its offer were cited as among the main reasons for landing the contract for Pljevlja in the north of the country. Part of the work will be sub-contracted to Slovak and local companies.
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05/20/2015
Norwegian authorities have said they will not allow a Czech mother to see her two children if she does not agree for adoption procedures for them to go forward. The latest twist in developments around the mother Eva Michaláková was made public by the Czech Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs on Wednesday. It said the Norwegian move was at odds with the assurances which they had previously given Prague. Czech minister Michaela Marksová described the latest step as surprising and said she would take steps to oppose it. The brothers are current living in Norway with separate foster parents and access by their mother severely restricted.
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