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12/28/2008
The Czech-born, US based economist and presidential runner-up Jan Švejnar has opened an office in Prague. A spokesperson for Mr Švejnar said hundreds of Czechs approach him with all kinds of petitions and problems. The office replies to these inquiries, coordinates Mr Švejnar’s media activities and organizes his lectures and tours. Jan Švejnar, who is a professor of economics at Michigan University in the United States, left Czechoslovakia in 1969. In 2003, he ran for the office of the Czech president against the incumbent Václav Klaus.
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12/28/2008
The Mayor of Prague, Pavel Bém, has returned from a week’s holiday and denied speculations that he visited Antarctica. Several media outlets informed earlier this month that Mr Bém was going to climb Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif. The mayor, who has climbed the tallest mounts of six continents, including Mt Everest, told the Czech news agency ČTK on Sunday that he did spend his time off in the mountains but not in Antarctica.
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12/28/2008
A 28-year-old US citizen has been arrested on felony charges by the police in Ostrava, northern Moravia, after he stabbed another man in the stomach on Sunday. The two men were arguing in a bar; the American then came closer and stabbed his companion. The injured man was taken to a hospital and was later released. A police spokesperson said that the US national is already prosecuted in the Czech Republic for grievous bodily harm and public disturbance he had committed earlier this year.
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12/27/2008
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has criticized the EU for being too benevolent towards Russia. In an interview for the German weekly Welt am Sonntag, Mr Schwarzenberg said he did not call for a confrontation with Russia but rather for both sides – the EU and Russia – to follow certain rules. The Czech foreign minister said that if any country declares “areas of privileged interests” beyond its borders, it is a signal of warning. As long as Moscow does whatever it wants, said Mr Schwarzenberg, the EU has to draw a “red line” beyond which there is no retreat. Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg also emphasised the project of Eastern Partnership as one of the priorities of the upcoming Czech presidency of the European Union.
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12/27/2008
President Václav Klaus has branded French President Nicolas Sarkozy as “harmful to the European Union and the whole of Europe”. Referring to Mr Sarkozy’s criticism of the Czech President’s refusal to fly the EU flag over his office at Prague Castle, President Klaus said Mr Sarkozy was anti-European in that he didn’t respect the opinions of others, which, as President Klaus said, was one of Europe’s fundamental values. While the Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg refused to comment on Mr Klaus’ remarks, he appreciated Mr Sarkozy’s role during the outgoing French EU presidency. Other Czech politicians believed the argument between the presidents was personal, and said they hoped both politicians would cooperate during the Czech EU presidency.
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12/27/2008
Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek has said that the growth of the Czech GDP in 2009 will not drop below two percent. Mr Kalousek told the daily Mladá fronta Dnes on Friday that he did not expect the unemployment rate to rise by more than one percent next year but that the growth of salaries might be slower. Several Czech economists, including the US-based economist Jan Švejnar, said that any growth in 2009 will be a success as Czech economy depends on the development in Western Europe which has already been struck by recession.
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12/27/2008
Czech President Václav Klaus met with Albanian head of state Baremir Topi in Prague on Saturday. Mr Topi, who is privately visiting the Czech Republic, discussed with his Czech counterpart Albania’s prospects of joining the European Union and NATO. President Klaus signed Albanian NATO accession protocol on Monday, completing the ratification process of Czech approval with the Albanian membership in NATO.
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12/27/2008
A 36-year-old female skier died on Friday after being pulled out of an avalanche in the Krkonoše Mountains in northern Bohemia. The avalanche, which occurred in an area of the mountains with restricted access, trapped three people. One of them managed to get out and telephoned for help. Rescuers quickly found another man but it took them three hours before they localized the third person who was trapped under a 1.5 metre-thick layer of snow. The woman was transferred to a hospital but died of hypothermia.
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12/27/2008
In a move which counters the plans of the government, President Václav Klaus signed a law which transfers a trauma centre in Brno, southern Moravia, into municipal administration. The law was approved by Parliament earlier this year, and it goes against the government’s plans to close down the hospital. While Health Care Minister Tomáš Julínek had asked the Constitutional Court to review the bill, opposition politicians in Brno, including the Social Democrat Governor of South Moravia, Michal Hašek, welcomed the president’s decision.
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12/27/2008
Russians citizens with permanent residence in the Czech Republic will no longer be automatically entitled to Czech retirement pension. This year, Czech lawmakers have withdrawn a 1959 agreement between the two countries which allowed Russian nationals to acquire Czech retirement pension without having paid local social insurance. From 2009, Russian citizens permanently residing in the Czech Republic will only be entitled to Czech pensions provided that they are over 65 years of age and that they have been paying Czech social insurance for at least 15 years.
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