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05/09/2007
President Vaclav Klaus has launched a stinging attack on the design of a new National Library building planned for Prague's Letna Plain. In an article in Wednesday's Mlada fronta Dnes, Mr Klaus said the green blob-like building by Prague-born London-based architect Jan Kaplicky was "extremely immodest and wilful to the point of arrogance". The president hit out at what he said was a one-sided discussion of the building, in which the views of the "unqualified" were disregarded. Mr Klaus also took a swipe at Jan Kaplicky's work in general, saying he had not built much and most of his ideas were restricted to models in exhibitions. Last week the president said he was prepared to use his own body to prevent the building of the library, which is set for completion in 2010.
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05/09/2007
The wife of fugitive Czech billionaire Radovan Krejcir who was arrested in South Africa last month is planning to ask the South African authorities for political asylum. Krejcir, who is prosecuted for extensive fraud and conspiracy to murder in the Czech Republic, filed an asylum request last week. The couple fled the Czech Republic in 2005 and started a new life in the Seychelles, where they were protected by the fact that Radovan Krejcir had acquired Seychelles citizenship. He allegedly left the Seychelles using a false passport in order to arrange a new life for his family in South Africa. The Czech authorities have requested his extradition.
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05/09/2007
Czech hopes of playing in the final of the World Ice-Hockey Championship in Moscow were dashed on Wednesday as the Czechs suffered a humiliating 4:0 defeat at the hands of the Russian team. The Russians, chasing their first world title since 1993, dominated the match on home ground igniting a 14,000 strong crowd of fans. The hosts became the first semi-finalists at the championships and will take on the winner of Thursday's quarter final between the United States and Finland.
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05/08/2007
Events commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe have been held around the Czech Republic. In Prague President Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and other senior dignitaries paid tribute to those who fell during the war at the national memorial on Vitkov hill. After the national anthem and a minute's silence, soldiers carrying military flags marched past in single file before wreaths were laid. Later at Prague Castle the president appointed four new generals, while around 250 new soldiers were sworn in.
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05/08/2007
Both houses of the Czech Parliament have been open to the public during Tuesday's state holiday. The only other day of the year when ordinary voters get to see behind the scenes at the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate is October 28th,, the anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia in 1918.
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05/08/2007
Members of the far-right National Party held a demonstration against the Sudeten German Landsmanschaft in Prague on Tuesday. Around 30 members of the fringe party marched past the office of the Sudeten German grouping on Mala Strana carrying Czech flags and signs saying "The Expulsion was Right", referring to the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after the war. The demonstrators also called for an end to positive discrimination and advantages for "Gypsies".
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05/08/2007
Railway workers' unions are set to take a strong stand against public finance reforms being put forward by the government. They are mainly opposed to a planned increase in taxation of the cheap tickets and food they receive. Union boss Jaromir Dusek said not even Hitler had taken such advantages from rail workers. Speaking after talks with opposition leader Jiri Paroubek on Tuesday, Mr Dusek said his union was discussing joint action with the Confederation of Trade Unions.
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05/08/2007
A national road haulage association says lay-bys on Czech motorways lack around 2,000 parking places for trucks - more than the current number of parking places. A spokesperson for hauliers' group Cesmad said more places were needed after the introduction last year of a ban on trucks on Fridays during the summer period. A representative of the Czech roads' authority said there were more lay-bys than in neighbouring countries, but admitted they were smaller in the Czech Republic. The focus in recent years has been on building fewer but bigger and better equipped lay-bys.
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05/08/2007
Twenty-four people have died on the rails of the Prague Metro during the last five years, said a spokesperson for the city's transport authority. The vast majority, 22, were men. 2004 was the worst year, with 11 people losing their lives in the Metro. In 2006 111 people fell onto the tracks - five of them were attempting suicide. Police last year arrested six youths on charges of moving between wagons while trains were in motion.
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05/08/2007
The production of solar power in the Czech Republic has hit record levels recently thanks to unusually sunny weather for the time of year. For instance the country's biggest solar power station at Busanovice in south Bohemia produced twice the amount of electricity its operators would normally expect in April. At the same time the amount of power produced by the country's solar stations is negligible. The Temelin nuclear power station generates as much in 25 minutes as Busanovice does in a whole year.
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