• Czechs’ messages to their Warsaw-pact occupiers on display in Prague
    08/18/2008

    An exhibition of banners and posters made by the citizens of Prague in response to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 has just been unveiled on Prague’s Wenceslas Square. Photos of home-made posters and grafitti messages were taken by Austrian reporter Franz Goess in August 1968, and to mark the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-led occupation, the images have gone on display at the heart of the Czech capital. On Monday, Mr Goess himself formally opened the exhibition. The photos will remain on display on Wenceslas Square until September 12, when they will travel to Vienna and then Paris.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Telefonica O2 to start selling iPhone in Czech Republic on Friday
    08/18/2008

    Apple’s iPhone is set to launch on the Czech market this Friday, and will be priced at 11,995 crowns (720 USD) with a pay-as-you-go contract. The announcement was made by Telefonica O2 – who will be the first firm to sell the phone in this country – on its website on Monday. For those signing two-year contracts with the telecommunications firm, the phone will cost as little as one crown. Analysts say they expect sales of the iPhone in the Czech Republic to number more than 20,000 in the coming months.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Football: Czech team briefed by new coach ahead of Wednesday’s England match
    08/18/2008

    The Czech national football team convened on Monday for the first time since their defeat at the Euro 2008 championships to receive a briefing from the new national coach Petr Rada. The team met ahead of their friendly against England at London’s Wembley Stadium on Wednesday – a match which Rada has described as ‘key’. Both teams go into the match looking to raise morale ahead of their World Cup qualifying matches.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Czechs rank nineteenth on Olympics medals table
    08/18/2008

    At the end of the 10th day of competition at the Beijing Olympics, the Czech Republic is sitting 19th overall in the medals table. With a tally of two gold medals and three silvers, the Czech Republic comes in just above Jamaica and just behind Kenya.
    Author: Rosie Johnston

  • Kosovar foreign minister set to visit Czech Republic
    08/17/2008

    Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg is set to meet with his Kosovar counterpart Skender Hyseni next Friday. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the announcement to journalists, but would not disclose any details of the visit. Mr Skender Hyseni is also scheduled to meet other members of the cabinet as well as representatives of the lower house and the senate. It is the first official visit by a politician of the independent Republic of Kosovo to the Czech Republic. The Kosovar foreign minister was invited to Prague by Mr Schwarzenberg. The Czech Republic recognized Kosovo’s independence in May and one month ago opened an embassy in the capital Pristina.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Vietnamese to fill labour shortage in construction
    08/17/2008

    Hundreds of Vietnamese workers are expected to come to the Czech Republic to fill a labour shortage in the building industry. The workers will be recruited by job agencies, which have signed a contract with the Czech Republic’s Association of Building Entrepreneurs. The workers heading to the Czech Republic will receive a special training, including Czech language lessons.

    Vietnam is becoming an important labour source for the Czech Republic. While at the end of last year about 5,400 Vietnamese were employed in the Czech Republic legally, in the first six months of this year nearly 11,000 arrived to work in the country.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech railways restore service on tracks in Studénka
    08/17/2008

    Czech Railways has completely restored the service along the tracks near the town of Studénka, North Moravia, on which a train accident took place last Friday, leaving seven people killed and dozens more injured. The police on Friday filed charges against two civil engineers who were in charge of the reconstruction of a bridge that collapsed onto the rail tracks. The police say the two engineers knew the static of the bridge was impaired and did not take sufficient measures to prevent it from collapsing on the tracks.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech anti-cancer treatment to be tested on people
    08/17/2008

    New Czech anti-cancer treatment will be tested on 60 people around the US and the Czech Republic, the daily Právo reported. The new anti-cancer medicine, developed by Czech scientist Antonín Holý, could be used in the treatment of patients suffering from lymphatic tissue cancer. It has proved very successful in the treatment of tumours when administered to dogs. If the clinical trials on humans prove to be successful, the new medicine might appear on the market within six to eight years. It will be produced by the US Gilead Sciences company.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • Czech journalists attacked in South Ossetia return to Prague
    08/17/2008

    Two Czech journalists from the Reflex weekly who were attacked and robbed in the town of Gori, South Ossetia, last week have returned to Prague. The Czechs were attacked by a unit of pro-Moscow soldiers; they lost their car and equipment but they suffered no injuries.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

  • R.E.M. to play in Prague
    08/17/2008

    American rock band R.E.M. is set to play a concert in the Czech capital on Sunday. The event will take place at the Slavia Prague's new stadium at Eden. The band has been returning to Prague regularly since 1990s. Their last concert in Sazka Arena on 2005 attracted 15,000 fans.
    Author: Ruth Fraňková

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