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08/03/2007
Public broadcaster Czech TV has reported that the Prague High court has struck down an earlier court ruling freeing the former director of the Bambini di Praga choir, Bohumil Kulinsky, of charges he sexually abused two underage girls under his tutelage. In addition, the court also ruled the charges should not be treated separately but added to an additional 49 complaints put forward. It is estimated the trial could start in October and last until the end of the year.
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08/03/2007
A Czech court sentenced three men for murder on Friday handing down extraordinary sentences from 19 to 23 years in prison. Twenty-five year old Pavel Feierfeil, twenty-six year old Jiri Salavec and twenty-seven year old Tibor Zeman were found guilty of murdering a man from Kraluv Dvur, who was apparently blackmailing them. Two of those found guilty then murdered the man's girlfriend, to prevent her from identifying them as suspects. The judge in the case said all three represented an exceptional threat to society; two of the defendants have already appealed Friday's ruling.
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08/03/2007
Czech football side Sparta Prague will face London's Arsenal in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League. The draw was held on Friday. Arsenal - which include Czech star midfielder Tomas Rosicky - are considered odds-on favourites, but Sparta coach Michal Bilek said they would try as much as possible to complicate things for the London club. He said playing Arsenal in Prague would attract a lot of fans, which would be good for Czech football.
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08/03/2007
Nuremberg's Czech international football midfielder Jan Polak on Thursday signed a four-year deal with Anderlecht, the Belgian champions announced. The 26-year old, who has 30 caps, spent two seasons in the Bundesliga where he scored four times. The financial details of the transfer were not revealed but Belgian newspapers reported that the deal was worth 3.5 million euros making it a record for the Belgian championship.
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08/02/2007
It is five years ago this month that the Czech Republic suffered the worst floods in living memory. A record 73 billion CZK (3.6 billion USD) were spent on repairing the damage caused by the floods. The deluge saw 225,000 people evacuated from their homes, and claimed 17 lives. The worst affected areas were Southern Bohemia and Prague, where the damage added up to more than 27 billion CZK. Five years on, and the capital is not entirely safe from such a catastrophe happening again. Flood barriers are still to be constructed in the southernmost part of the city, and in Prague's Troja district.
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08/02/2007
The Czech National Bank announced on Thursday that it is to take the 50 heller coin out of circulation. The coin, which is worth around 3 US cents, will cease to be functional at the end of August next year. There are currently 410 million 50 heller coins in operation, though only around 10% of these make their way back to the bank. Banks will exchange these coins for valid currency until September 2009.
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08/02/2007
The new Czech NATO assistant secretary general Jiri Sedivy has criticized what he called the Czech Republic's 'inefficient defence spending'. Mr Sedivy made the remarks during an interview on Czech Television on Wednesday. He said that the Czech Republic spent less than the recommended 2% of GDP on defence, and that the money that was spent, was spent ineffectually. Mr Sedivy was himself the Czech defence minister, between September 2006 and January 2007.
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08/02/2007
The national airline, Ceska Aerolinie, approved plans to sell its freight terminal at an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday. Central European Handling is expected to buy the terminal, in a deal which is thought to be worth more than 750 million CZK (37 million USD). Ceska Aerolinie is selling the terminal to cut its losses, which were posted at 400 million crowns last year. Analysts predict that with the sale of the terminal, and the airline's catering services, the company could make a slight profit of 42 million crowns in two year's time.
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08/02/2007
The Czech Republic has come fourth on a list of countries where British travellers need the most consular help, behind Thailand, Australia and India. The list was released by the British Foreign Office on Thursday. Between April 2005 and March 2006, 845 Brits needed consular assistance, 445 lost their passports, 36 were arrested and 52 went to hospital in the Czech Republic, mostly in Prague. A spokesperson for the Foreign Office linked the large number of accidents to the 'massive influx' of British stag and hen parties to the capital.
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08/02/2007
Czech police and anti-drugs groups have warned that use of the drug cocaine is on the rise. According to a spokesperson from the National Anti-Drug Centre, one gram of cocaine now costs around 2000 CZK (100 USD), which is much cheaper than in the past. Despite the rise in cocaine's popularity, the number of addicts seeking treatment is still extremely low. Since 1997, only 0.5% of those being treated for drug addiction in the Czech Republic have been addicted to cocaine.
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