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02/17/2015
The Mladá Boleslav-based car maker Škoda Auto is set to unveil the new generation of its flagship luxury sedan, the Superb, at Prague’s Žofín on Tuesday. The Czech car maker last week published the first photos of the third generation Superb, which will be manufactured in its factories in Kvasiny and in China. The unveiling ceremony will be accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic which will perform a symphony composed especially for the occasion.
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02/17/2015
Czech President Miloš Zeman is set to meet with Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the foreign and defence ministers and other state representatives at Prague Castle to streamline their foreign policy views. On the agenda of their talks will be sanctions against Russia, the Eastern partnership project as well as the potential threat presented by ISIS radicals. The president and the prime minister last year agreed to meet three times a year to ensure the Czech Republic’s unified stance on foreign affairs.
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02/17/2015
Collectors and investors spent 854 million crowns (around 35 million US dollars) last year at art auctions in the Czech Republic, according to the Czech art investment website artplus.cz. The sum was ten percent lower than in the previous year, but it is still the third highest annual turnover in the country’s auction history. The most expensive object auctioned last year was Emil Fila’s painting Man with Pipe, dating back to 1915, which was sold for 14 million crowns.
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02/17/2015
Foreign TV and film producers spent over four billion crowns in the Czech Republic last year. They were attracted by special film incentives, which allow companies to reclaim up to 20 percent of the cash spent on film-production in the country. According to the Czech Cinematography’s Fund Helena Bezděk Fraňková, the incentives allow the Czech Republic to compete with 14 other European countries, which have introduced similar measures. Among the films made in the Czech Republic last year was Unlocked, featuring Michael Douglas, and the second series of the BBC drama The Musketeers.
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02/17/2015
The Defence Ministry is planning on buying munitions worth 1.3 billion crowns, with most going to ground forces. But larger munitions such as shells and rockets for the air force will also be stocked, the spokeswoman for the ministry said. In recent years, due to austerity measures, the Czech military was forced to scale back requirements; last year the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, General Petr Pavel, said soldiers needed ammunition for around 5.6 billion. The stockpiles would last around 30 days in the case of conflict, before the alliance supply chain was up-and-running.
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02/17/2015
Czech players made a mark in the NHL on Monday evening: Calgary’s Jiří Hudler helped the Flames come back despite trailing 3:0 against Boston: Hudler put the Flames within one and tied the game at 3:3. The Flames won in overtime, Hudler was named the game’s first star. Carolina’s Andrej Nestrašil was also named first star against Ottawa, scoring once and clinching two assists while fellow teammate Michal Jordán scored his first NHL goal. The Hurricanes won 6:3. Montreal Canadiens forward Tomáš Plekanec scored two minutes from time against Detroit and set up Max Pacioretty for an open net goal to earn points for his fourth game in a row.
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02/16/2015
President Miloš Zeman has sent condolences to the Queen of Denmark Margrethe II in connection with terrorist attacks in Copenhagen at the weekend in which two people were killed. In the letter, the head-of-state expressed regret that Denmark had suffered such an attack and condemned the incidents. On Sunday, the Czech prime minister also sent condolences, saying the attacks by what appeared to be a lone gunman – who was later shot and killed by the police – had targeted the principles of freedom and the values of democratic society.
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02/16/2015
An act of vandalism by an unknown perpetrator targeting an Arab grocery store in Teplice at the weekend is being treated as a misdemeanour by the police, at least for the time being. The qualification could yet change, depending on findings, a police spokesman said. The storefront late Friday or early Saturday was splashed in places with an as yet unknown red liquid, which the store owner maintained was blood. Police are still waiting for test results.
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02/16/2015
Four trucks, an ambulance, and support vehicles transporting 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid departed for Ukraine from the Czech Republic on Monday. The convoy is transporting medical supplies, sleeping bags, blankets and other equipment, destined for Kiev and other parts of the country, to help those displaced from their homes in the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists. The convoy, organized by the Czech government, the Czech Red Cross and the NGO People in Need is expected to arrive by Tuesday night.
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02/16/2015
Police have charged a 25-year-old woman from the area of Břeclav suspected of having murdered three newborn children since 2012; if found guilty, she faces a sentence of life in prison. Last Thursday, medics who had been called to the woman’s home contacted the police after learning she had given birth only shortly before but were unable to locate the baby. Police found the newborn dead as well as the remains of two other babies (not twins). Investigators learned that her partner had apparently not known about any of the pregnancies. Besides the murder, the police are investigating whether the couple was involved in the production of methamphetamine in their home.
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