• Some areas remain without electricity following calamitous weather conditions earlier in week
    12/04/2014

    Hundreds of households in parts of the country remained without electricity on Thursday, following calamitous weather conditions earlier this week. Freezing rain led to widespread power outages; still affected were parts of southern Moravia and Bohemia – where E.ON operates, as well as North and West Bohemia, where ČEZ is a provider. Fallen trees, downing electricity lines, remained a problem. Providers are working to try to get damaged parts of the grid operational again.
    Author: Jan Velinger

  • Poll: Czechs consider organised crime biggest threat
    12/04/2014

    Czechs perceive organized crime and terrorism the biggest threat for their country, according to a poll by the CVVM agency released on Wednesday. 65 percent of respondents consider international organised crime a large security risk, while 47 percent said they feared radical religious movements. More than a quarter of Czechs also fear Russia, which is considered to be a bigger threat than the situation in Ukraine or Iraq.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Newborn boy left in babybox in Prague
    12/04/2014

    A new-born boy was placed in a babybox in Prague on Wednesday evening at around six p.m. The founder of the Czech baby box network, Ludvík Hess, said the baby was placed in the box immediately after birth and that the child’s condition was stable. The baby, who was given the name Tomáš, was the second in one week to be abandoned in this manner. There are currently a total of 63 baby boxes in the Czech Republic, and in the past nine years, 67 girls and 44 boys were left in them.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Baby body found in Brno
    12/03/2014

    The dead body of a new-born was found at an illegal dump site in Brno on Wednesday, a local police spokesperson said. According to post-mortem examination, the baby was born sometimes between August and October, and abandoned by the mother shortly after the birth. Police have asked the public for help in providing possible information about the baby’s mother.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • New venues listed as cultural heritage sites
    12/03/2014

    The Czech government has added 25 historic buildings, areas and objects to the country’s list of cultural heritage sites, bringing it to a total of 296. Among the newly listed venues is a dam with a water plant in Liberec and a historical fire station in Mikulov, built at the start of the 20th century. The spokesperson for the National Heritage Institute Jana Tichá told the Czech News Agency that modern architecture was increasingly becoming the focus of historic preservation.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Ex-defence minister Barták cleared of bribe-taking charges
    12/03/2014

    The Prague High Court in Prague on Wednesday cleared a former defence minister, Martin Barták, of bribe-taking in connection with the purchase of Tatra all-terrain vehicles for the Czech army, confirming a previous verdict issued by a municipal court in May. Mr. Barták had been accused of asking the chairman of Tatra’s supervisory board for a bribe of USD 5 million to smooth the way to a deal with the Czech military for nearly 600 all-terrain trucks in 2008 while he was deputy defence minister. The chairman of the supervisory was William Cabannis, a former US ambassador to Prague. The ruling can be appealed at the Supreme Court.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech Railways gradually resume operation
    12/03/2014

    Trains on the country’s main routes resumed operation on Wednesday after being cancelled the previous day due to an ice storm. Rail routes in the worst affected areas, in the central and southern Moravia, are still not running and Czech Railways are urging passengers to use alternate means of transport if at all possible. All of Prague’s 22 tram routes were also back in operation on Wednesday afternoon after a day when virtually the entire network was out of action. A black-ice alert is set to remain in place in the Czech Republic until Wednesday evening.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • PwC: Czech student keen on working abroad
    12/03/2014

    An overwhelming majority of Czech students would like to work abroad, according to an annual Student Barometer survey carried out by the international consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers. Over ninety percent of Czech students who took part in the survey said they would welcome work experience abroad and over forty would be willing to move abroad permanently in case they got an interesting job offer. Václav Prýmek of PwC said the number had increased significantly compared to previous years, attributing the heightened interest to a broader scope of jobs on offer.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • South Moravia still without power
    12/03/2014

    Thirteen municipalities in South Moravia still remain without electricity supplies due to extreme weather conditions. Power lines were damaged by black ice on Monday as a result of a severe ice storm. Repair works are being slowed down by ongoing bad weather and by some of the lines being located in hard-to-reach areas.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech firm to build farms in Kazakhstan worth 5.5 billion crowns
    12/03/2014

    Czech company Bauer Technic is set to build two farms in Kazakhstan for 5.5 billion crowns, the E15 daily writes on Wednesday. The company from Tábor in south Bohemia has already carried out dozens of projects in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The construction of the farm for chicken and pig breeding will be launched in April next year and should be completed by 2018.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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