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08/06/2014
Prague Zoo has expressed dismay at the deaths of eight antelopes it donated to South Africa. The animals were put down after they arrived in Johannesburg on Friday in various stages of dehydration and without proper documentation, South Africa's National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said. However, Prague Zoo director Miroslav Bobek blamed Johannesburg Zoo for the animals’ deaths, and criticized the institution for planning to pass the antelopes on to a private breeder. Mr Bobek also slammed the South African authorities for ordering the slaughter of the animals over "one missing veterinary examination". Prague Zoo has filed a complaint over the incident with the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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08/06/2014
Czech basketball player Jan Veselý is leaving the NBA after three seasons to join the Turkish club Fenerbahce. Veselý was seventh in the draft in 2011 and played for Washington Wizards and Denver Nuggets. After signing a two-year contract with Fenerbahce on Tuesday, the Ostrava-born forward said he had been considering a return to Europe for some time. The move means there are now no Czech players in the NBA.
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08/05/2014
A court has returned the passport of former health minister and Central Bohemian regional governor David Rath, who is set to stand trial for corruption next month. Two co-defendants in a case centred on the manipulation of public tenders, Petr Kott and Kateřina Kottová, also got their passports back under the court order. The state attorney’s office has filed a complaint against the move, saying there were fears the three could flee the country and that some of the millions of crowns they are accused of obtaining via bribery has not been located.
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08/05/2014
A former MP has received a suspended sentence for hate speech after making racist comments about the Roma minority on Facebook. Otto Chaloupka, who was elected on the ticket of Public Affairs, has appealed the verdict. In connection with racial tensions arising from an incident in which a group of Romanies beat up a couple, the erstwhile politician wrote that things would kick off if there were any more such Gypsy provocations; then not even riot police would be able to protect them. He denies that the words were threatening.
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08/05/2014
Sparta Prague will have to play a Champions League game against Malmo on Wednesday without central defender Mario Holek, who has an ankle problem. However, midfielder Ladislav Krejčí has recovered from injury and travelled to Sweden with the squad for the second leg of the third qualifying round tie. Sparta lead 4:2 from the first leg. If they overcome Malmo, they face one more qualifying round for the lucrative competition.
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08/05/2014
Prague has the highest salaries in the Czech Republic, with people in the capital earning an average of CZK 31,000 a month, according to figures released by the website Platy.cz and quoted by the Czech News Agency. The national average wage is CZK 24,806 a month. People in Ostrava, the third largest city, make an average of CZK 22,300 monthly, which is less than in smaller centres such as Plzeň, Liberec and Pardubice. Platy.cz’s study was based on data from 100,000 users of the site.
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08/05/2014
The outgoing US ambassador to Prague, Norman Eisen, is prolonging his stay in the city in order to attend the opening of this year’s Prague Pride, the news site iDnes.cz reported on Tuesday. Mr. Eisen has participated in the gay and lesbian festival for the previous three years. This year’s Pride will culminate with a parade starting at Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Saturday August 16. The festival’s patrons are Human Rights Minister Jiří Dientsbier, who wants to extend the rights of gays and lesbians in registered partnerships, and the mayor of Prague, Tomáš Hudeček.
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08/05/2014
The police are searching for a man who drove into a Prague bus stop on Tuesday morning killing a woman waiting for a bus. The incident occurred at about 4:30 AM at náměstí Kinských in Prague 5. The driver abandoned his BMW car and fled the scene on foot. The emergency services attempted to save the life of the victim, who was 21, but she died before she could be taken to hospital.
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08/05/2014
David Peter has been elected chief rabbi of Prague. Rabbi Peter, who is 38, succeeds Karol Sidon, who resigned in July at the age of 71 after over two decades in the post. The election was announced after a meeting of the Prague Jewish Community on Monday. Peter had served alongside Sidon as Prague rabbi for three years after previously studying in Israel
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08/05/2014
Talks between government representatives and opposition leaders on the shape of a new civil service law on Monday failed to break the deadlock over the main point of dispute –the creation of an all-powerful top civil servant. Under the proposed amendment the official tasked with managing the new civil service would have a seven year term in office and a position proofed against political interference. The coalition parties, who insist on the creation of this post, say it is essential to the process of de-politicizing the civil service, while the opposition parties claim that this position would create a fortress for a bureaucratic elite which would not serve the public but its own best interests.
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