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09/06/2009
Some Czech farmers and agriculture firms are on the verge of collapse due to the economic crisis and low market prices of milk and wheat, according to a survey by the ČTK news agency released on Sunday. Both small farmers and larger companies often owe money to their suppliers and are unable to pay their credits. Fruit growers report that their revenues will be lower by tens of millions of crowns this year, and financial difficulties have also hit Czech wine makers.
Market prices of wheat are about fifty percent lower than last year and farmers keep most of this year’s harvest in the barns. Agriculture firms also have to sell milk at prices lower than production costs.
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09/06/2009
A 31-year-old amateur footballer died on Sunday during a game outside Kladno, central Bohemia. The likely cause of death is heart failure. After scoring an own goal, the footballer fell to the ground and lost conscience. All attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
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09/06/2009
Custom officers seized 250 sacks of counterfeited goods at several border area markets outside the town of Znojmo, southern Moravia, on Sunday. Their sale would cause a loss of tens of millions of crowns to the owners of the copyrights, a spokeswoman for the Brno customs department said. Among other things, the officers confiscated counterfeit clothes, shoes, accessories, watches, perfumes and DVDs.
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09/06/2009
A group of enthusiasts set out on Sunday on a 20,000 km long journey from Prague to Cape Town. They are driving two Trabants, lightweight vehicles that were produced in former East Germany. Leader of the expedition Dan Přibáň said they want to prove that it’s possible to cover the journey in cars with no special equipment. They are expected to arrive in South Africa in two months. The Trans-Trabant expedition will retrace the journey two Czechs made from Prague to Cape Town in 1931.
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09/06/2009
The Czech Republic drew 2:2 against Slovakia in Bratislava on Saturday in the tightly contested qualification Group 3 of the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. The Czechs had a very good start but did not convert any of several opportunities. Slovakia’s Stanislav Šesták opened the score after 60 minutes of play, but Czech Republic’s Daniel Pudil managed to equalize eight minutes later. Marek Hamšík put Slovakia ahead again with a 73rd minute penalty before Czech substitute strike Milan Baroš headed home with six minutes left to deny the Slovaks victory.
Saturday’s game was also the last appearance by veteran striker Jan Koller, who was disappointed with his performance and left the Czech national side.
While Slovakia stays at the top of the qualification group with 16 points and could qualify for its first major tournament, the Czechs remain fifth with nine points and still hope to finish second and reach the play-off stage.
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09/06/2009
Czech tennis player Petra Kvitová marked the biggest success of her career on Saturday after she beat top-seed Dinara Safina from Russia 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 in the 3rd round of US Open. The Czech, who is currently ranked 72nd in the world and is the Czech Republic’s number four, fended off three match points the world’s number one Safina had in the third set. The match did not begin until 10:15 pm local time due to a late-running afternoon session. Petra Kvitová told reporters that beating the world’s number one at a Grand Slam event was “brutal”.
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09/05/2009
The Czech prime minister, Jan Fischer, visited Hong Kong on Saturday to promote mutual trade relations. Mr Fischer signed two memorandums on trade cooperation with Hong Kong officials during his visit to the city, the New China news agency reported. Mr Fischer also met with the head of the Hong Kong special administrative region, Donald Tsang. The Czech prime minister said that economic diplomacy was the priority of the Czech foreign policy and that Hong Kong was one of Asia’s biggest export markets for Czech companies. The director of Hong Kong’s Trade Development Council, Fred Lam, said that mutual trade between the Czech Republic and Hong Kong rose last year by 23 percent to more than 17 billion crowns, or 960 million US dollars.
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09/05/2009
Another 74 Czech troops left for Afghanistan on Saturday to replace their colleagues in the provincial reconstruction team in the province of Logar. They will join 53 Czech soldiers, from the 42nd Mechanized Battalion “Saint Wenceslas” who already left at the end of July. The regular rotation of the Czech provincial reconstruction team will finish on September 20.
The Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team, with 272 troops, was deployed in March 2008 in the Afghan province of Logar. The total number of Czech troops taking part in NATO’s ISAF mission in Afghanistan is 480.
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09/05/2009
American cable TV veteran Marc Nathanson is set to become the new US ambassador to the Czech Republic, the daily Právo reported on Saturday. If Mr Nathanson gets appointed by President Barack Obama and approved by the US Senate, he could assume his post before the end of the year. The previous US ambassador to the Czech Republic, Richard Graber, left Prague in January.
Mr. Nathanson is currently the vice chair of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. A veteran of the cable television industry, he founded and served as chairman and CEO of Falcon Cable TV. He is also an active supporter of the Democratic Party.
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09/05/2009
Some 58 percent of Czechs do not agree with the decision of the Constitutional Court to postpone the early general elections, according to a new survey by the STEM agency. Meanwhile, only 20 percent of Czechs did not notice at all that the elections, planned for October 9 and 10, were postponed.
The Czech Constitutional Court decided on Tuesday to postpone early elections on the grounds of a complaint from unaffiliated deputy Miloš Melčák. He claims the constitutional amendment by which the Chamber of Deputies shortened its term had violated his right to execute his mandate for four years.
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