• Professor says EU could lose up to 2 percent of its population in case of flu pandemic
    12/11/2005

    Up to two percent of the European Union's population could die if a flu pandemic were to break out, according to the grimmest prognosis made at a WHO conference in Prague on Sunday. In an interview for the CTK news agency, Professor Albert Osterhaus from the Rotterdam university medical centre Erasmus MC warned the EU has prepared little for a possible flu pandemic, despite the fact that the lives of up to five million people are at risk. Professor Osterhaus says an action plan ought to be drawn up in Brussels for all EU member states to follow in the case of a pandemic.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Bethlehem light of peace now in Czech Republic
    12/11/2005

    The Bethlehem light, a light which symbolises hope and peace every Christmas, is now in the Czech Republic. Every year, a child collects the light from the grotto in Bethlehem where Jesus Christ was born. It is then flown to Vienna and distributed to scouts from across Europe who take it back to their own countries. The first time the light was distributed to the Czech Republic was in December 1989. As has become tradition, the light also shines in the lobby of the Czech Radio building, from which people can light their own candles.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Pop Idol Aneta Langerova clinches best female singer title from Lucie Bila
    12/11/2005

    Leading Czech artists gathered at Prague's State Opera on Saturday to attend the Cesky Slavik - Czech Nightingale - music awards. Not surprising to the audience, Czech singer Karel Gott won for the 31st time. Lucie Bila, however, who has clinched the title of best female singer for over a decade, lost it to the winner of the country's first Pop Idol show Aneta Langerova. Chinaski won the best group award.

    Silver was won by Lucie Bila, Daniel Landa, and Kabat. Helena Vondrackova, Petr Kolar, and the group Divokej Bill received bronze awards.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Czech missionary released in Haiti
    12/10/2005

    A Czech missionary, who was taken hostage by rebel groups in Haiti a few days ago, has been released. Roman Musil, is a 32-year old Roman Catholic of the Order of Mary the Immaculate. He has spent four years in the Caribbean state as a humanitarian aid worker. His kidnappers demanded 50,000 US dollars for his release; the Catholic Church has not revealed whether the ransom was paid.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Social Democrats to hold party congress next year and elect new party leader
    12/10/2005

    The senior party in the ruling coalition government, the Social Democrats, will hold a one-day congress in May at which a new leader will be elected. Finance Minister Bohuslav Sobotka is currently the party's acting leader but the Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek is expected to take up the post to lead the party into the upcoming elections. Results of opinion polls suggest that public support for the Social Democrats is growing steadily. Mr Paroubek is expecting to win over 30-35% of the electorate next year, vowing to step down if he fails.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Doctors sow back nose bitten off and swallowed by aggressive dog
    12/10/2005

    Doctors in the Moravian town of Brno say they have successfully sown back the nose of an 11 year old boy, which was bitten off and then swallowed by a dog. The nose was in the dog's stomach for two hours, before it was retrieved, disinfected, and operated back on in an 11-hour long operation. The boy, who will be released into home care next week will be able to breathe and smell normally, doctors say.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Protesters call for another investigation into CzechTek police break-up
    12/10/2005

    Some 300 people gathered on Prague's Kampa island to call for another investigation into the police break-up of last July's CzechTek techno music festival in west Bohemia. The protesters say not a single police officer has been charged, while 18 partygoers are being prosecuted. Water canon and tear gas were used during the operation, which left several dozen CzechTek visitors and police officers injured.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Extremists in Prague demand release of Holocaust denier David Irving
    12/10/2005

    Some fifty extremists gathered in front of the Austrian embassy in Prague on Saturday to call for the release of British historian and Holocaust denier David Irving. A group of ten men and women, among them Nazi concentration camp survivors, protested against the legal extremists' gathering and were escorted away by the police. David Irving, who is barred from entering Germany, Austria, Canada, and Australia, was arrested in Vienna last month on a 1989 warrant.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Football: World Cup draw puts Czechs in Group E with USA, Ghana, and Italy
    12/10/2005

    The Czech Republic will face the USA in its first match at next year's World Cup in Germany. Friday's draw for the opening round of the 32 team tournament put the Czechs in the E-Group with the United States, Ghana, and Italy. Following the draw, Czech coach Karel Bruckner said preparation for the matches against the US and Ghana will be tough as he has not seen them in action. The Czechs play against the United States on June 12, Ghana on June 17, and Italy on June 22.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Karel Poborsky to stay in second division with Budejovice
    12/10/2005

    Czech midfielder Karel Poborsky will finish the season with second division Ceske Budejovice after Sparta Prague confirmed on Saturday that he would not return to their squad, Reuters news agency reports. Sparta kept the registration for 33-year old Poborsky when they kicked him out of the squad in September for criticising the then coach Jaroslav Hrebik. The most capped Czech player in history could appear at next year's World Cup in Germany as a second division player.

    Sparta are 11th in the Czech league, 17 points behind leaders Slovan Liberec, and finished bottom of their Champions League group with only two points.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

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