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04/28/2009
Czech scientists associated in the Learned Society of the Czech Republic called on the Senate on Tuesday to approve the Lisbon treaty. In a letter to the lawmakers, distinguished members of the country’s scientific community, including former heads of the Czech Academy of Sciences Rudolf Zahradník, Václav Pačes and Helena Illenrová, said that the ratification of the reform document was in line with Czech historic and cultural traditions. The Lisbon treaty was approved by Parliament’s lower house in February; the Senate is scheduled to start debating the treaty on May 6.
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04/28/2009
The interim Czech prime minister, Jan Fischer, has selected the first member of a caretaker cabinet he is putting together. Mr Fischer will nominate the head of Prague’s General Teaching Hospital, Dana Jurásková, as the new health minister. Ms Jurásková will join the outgoing health minister, Daniela Filipiová, in Thursday’s meeting of EU health ministers in Luxembourg that will deal with the swine flue outbreak. The interim prime minister will nominate other cabinet members later this week. Czech President Václav Klaus is expected to appoint the new caretaker government on May 8.
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04/28/2009
The lower house of the Czech Parliament passed on Tuesday the first draft of a constitutional act that paves the way for an early general election. If definitely approved by the lower house and the Senate and signed by the President, the elections will be held on October 9 and 10.
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04/28/2009
The current Gambrinus Liga leader Slavia Prague made a spectacular comeback in a home game against Mladá Boleslav on Monday. The visitors opened the score early on after a grave mistake by Slavia’s goalkeeper but the hosts equalized midway through the first half. Nine minutes before the break Mladá Boleslav regained the lead and another goal by the visitors gave them a 3:1 advantage in the 60th minute. Defending champion Slavia however rescued a tie with two hits, the third an amazing shot by Milos Černý from outside the box just four minutes before the end of game.
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04/27/2009
Two suspected cases of swine flu are being investigated by doctors in Prague’s Bulovka and Motol hospitals, it was announced on Monday evening. One of the two patients undergoing tests fell ill upon return from Mexico, a spokesperson at Bulovka hospital told press. Prague’s Ruzyně Airport has launched an information campaign and is offering medical check-ups in light of an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico which has so far claimed over 140 lives. Some 20 beds at Prague’s Bulovka hospital have been readied in case of an outbreak in the Czech Republic, and 2 million vaccinations against the flu are at Czech doctors’ disposal, the country’s chief health inspector, Michael Vít, has said.
In related news, the Czech EU presidency is working to convene an extraordinary meeting of the bloc’s health council to discuss the possible threat posed by the swine flu outbreak this Monday. The meeting itself is expected to be held on Thursday. European politicians have, in the meantime, called for calm.
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04/27/2009
EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner refused to back down on Monday in a row with the Czech EU presidency over boosting ties with Israel. Israel should first recognise a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict before ties could be strengthened, Ms Ferrero-Waldner said. At the weekend, outgoing Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek said that Ms Ferrero Waldner’s views were at variance with those of the Czech EU presidency and that the EU commissioner had ‘overstepped her powers’ by stating them. Mr Topolánek said the fact that the EU commissioner had not consulted the Czech presidency first showed the ‘arrogance’ of the European Commission. In an interview published in Israel on Sunday, the Czech prime minister said that the peace process should not be linked to relations between the EU and Israel.
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04/27/2009
The Czech government voted on Monday to contribute 2 million crowns (98,300 USD) towards the preservation of the memorial at Auschwitz concentration camp. The proposal was brought by outgoing Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanová in response to a Polish request for financial assistance. The Czech Republic follows Germany in offering financial aid to the Polish government, who are seeking to protect the camp’s buildings from falling into a state of utter decay. Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich said previously that it was immoral for Poland alone to have to bear the financial burden of the camp’s preservation. He called on Germany and countries whose inhabitants perished in Auschwitz to contribute towards the camp’s maintenance.
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04/27/2009
The European Union has decided to deepen its relations with Egypt, the Czech EU presidency announced on Monday. Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Kohout said that the bloc had decided to set up a group to ‘consider ways of strengthening bilateral relations’ after EU-Egypt talks in Luxembourg. EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said that it was the ‘right moment’ to start with the upgrading, though cautioned that the strengthening of relations with Cairo ‘would take a certain time’. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Abul Gheit, who attended the Luxembourg meeting, expressed the hope that the discussions could lead to an effective deepening of ties in 2010.
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04/27/2009
The Czech EU presidency accused Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of talking ‘nonsense’ on Monday in retaliation to comments Mr Lavrov made about the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative. Last month, Mr Lavrov said that the EU was seeking to establish a ‘sphere of influence’ in the former Soviet Union through its partnership scheme, which will be launched in Prague on May 7. Through the scheme, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova are all set to strengthen ties and increase trade with the European Union. Speaking on Monday, outgoing Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said that it was not helpful to talk about Europe in terms of ‘spheres of influence’, and said that Mr Lavrov knew himself that he was talking ‘nonsense’.
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04/27/2009
Former leader of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke’s lawyer filed a formal complaint against the Czech state on Monday, following Mr Duke’s arrest in Prague on Saturday. David Duke was arrested and handed an expulsion order by Czech police shortly after arriving in the Czech capital for denying the Holocaust in his book My Awakening. Mr Duke had been invited to speak in the Czech Republic by a far-right group, Národní odpor. He was arrested in a Prague restaurant on Saturday evening before he was able to address his hosts. On Monday, his lawyer, Kolja Kubíček, refused to say whether Mr Duke was planning on suing the Czech state for damages.
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