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01/12/2010
Controls aimed at uncovering dishonest taxi drivers at Prague Airport were launched on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Czech Foreign Police – who have undertaken the checks in conjunction with Prague City Police and city officials – said they would be repeated in the near future. Passengers have been complaining of problems with taxi drivers at the airport for some time, while there have also been incidences of drivers attacking one another, both verbally and physically, the spokesperson said. Three taxi companies currently have stands at the airport.
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01/12/2010
After several days of heavy snowfall in the Czech Republic it is no longer snowing. Nevertheless, much of the country has been hit by freezing fog and the effects of the snowfall are still being felt. Fallen trees are still blocking some roads, while two trains were derailed by fallen trees on Tuesday, though there were no injuries. Since Friday, Prague has seen its heaviest snowfalls for 30 years.
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01/12/2010
Milan Knížák will next year step down as the head of the Czech National Gallery after over a decade in the job. He is leaving the post on agreement with the minister of culture, Václav Riedlbauch, a spokesperson for his ministry told reporters. Mr Knížák, who is himself a visual artist, is a controversial figure who has frequently been embroiled in disputes over his views on art and politics.
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01/12/2010
There is uncertainty over the whereabouts of the mayor of Prague, Pavel Bém. While Mr Bém’s office would only say that he was “in the mountains”, the news website aktualne.cz said it had information that he was climbing Mount Vinson, the highest peak in the Antarctic. In 2007 Prague’s mayor was criticised for taking two months off to climb Mount Everest.
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01/12/2010
The post of US ambassador to Prague has been unoccupied for almost a year, longer than it has ever been vacant before. American media outlets have reported that a previously tipped candidate, billionaire Marc Nathanson, will not now be taking up the position. The Washington Post reported that Mr Nathanson, who is a media tycoon, had had problems passing a security screening.
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01/12/2010
A Czech woman arrested by the Israeli authorities in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Monday has been expelled. Eva Nováková, who has been described as a pro-Palestinian activist, arrived in Prague on Tuesday. A Czech diplomat said Miss Nováková had been arrested after overstaying her visa, a suggestion denied by her lawyer.
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01/11/2010
Israeli security forces arrested a Czech pro-Palestinian activist in a raid in the West Bank town of Ramallah in the early hours of Monday, the AFP news agency reported. The woman is believed to be twenty-eight-year old Eva Novakova, who works as a media coordinator for the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement. According to the AFP report Israeli soldiers and immigration police forcibly removed her from her apartment, claiming they were searching the place for weapons. After being interrogated by immigration police, the woman was taken to Tel Aviv airport from where she was to have been deported. The activist’s lawyer stressed that the Israeli immigration police had no authority to be search apartments in areas occupied by the Palestinians.
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01/11/2010
The Supreme Administrative Court has started deliberations on a government proposal to ban the far-right Worker’s Party. The court hearings are expected to last for four days and hundreds of policemen will be asked to give testimony. This is the second time that the court is looking into a government proposal to ban the far-right party. A previous attempt in 2009 was rejected on the grounds of lack of evidence. According to the government, the Worker’s Party is a threat to democracy and is offensive towards minorities.
The government’s prosecuting attorney told the court on Monday that the party had moved from verbal insults to physical violence against minorities who often had to be protected by the police and likened some of its marches to pogroms. He said the party’s main objective was to spread racist and xenophobic views. Head of the Worker’s Party Tomáš Vandas called the process political. A verdict is expected as early as Thursday.
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01/11/2010
On Monday, the government approved an anti-corruption package put forward by Interior Minister Martin Pecina. The proposed measures include the use of agent provocateurs and an amendment concerning the position of chief witnesses. In addition, the package will also introduce a more liberal policy on wire-tapping, adding new crimes to the list of those where wire-tapping is legally permissible. Prime Minister Jan Fischer’s government has declared the fight against corruption one of its top priorities.
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01/11/2010
Several days of heavy snow have disrupted rail and road transport around the country. Fifteen centimeters of fresh snow fell overnight, bringing snow levels in towns and cities to between 25 and 38 centimeters. Thousands of people were late to work on Monday morning as Prague’s public transport system struggled to remain in operation. Trams encountered the most problems, since the tracks have to be cleared by hand. The situation at Prague’s Ruzyně airport is now under control, with flight delays of less than an hour. The railway system is also feeling the effect of the weather and some trains are reaching their destination three hours late. Meteorologists are expecting that snow will stay on the ground in the capital until the end of January.
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