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07/04/2008
The acting Czech consul in New Dehli has revealed that the future of two Czech researchers arrested not long ago in India could be decided in court on Monday. Emil Kučera, 52, and biologist Petr Švácha, 51, were arrested late last month for allegedly collecting rare insects, a serious offence under India’s wildlife protection act. The researchers are believed to have collected several hundred specimens and each faces up to seven years in prison. They defended their actions by saying they had no idea they had been within a national park. Czech officials have confirmed there is a good chance the researchers could now be released on bail. The Czech scientific community reacted to their case by circulating a petition of support of both suspects. It was signed by 525 people and presented to the Indian prime minister.
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07/04/2008
A new poll released by the CVVM agency has suggested that most Czechs are not interested in the Czech Republic's upcoming EU presidency. The Czech Republic will assume the six-month presidency, currently presided by France, on January 1, 2009 but three quarters of those queried showed little interest in the issue: just 22 percent seemingly regarded it as important. Most did agree they had scant information on the issue, with only 15 percent answering that current information levels were enough.
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07/04/2008
The prestigious 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival gets underway on Friday with a special screening of Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened” which premiered at Cannes. On Friday evening American actor Robert De Niro, who stars in the film, will receive a Crystal Globe honouring his contribution to film. Mr De Niro is famous for having worked with some of the world’s best directors, including Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarantino. Some of the best-known films in which the actor has starred include The Godfather - Part II, Raging Bull, The Deerhunter, and Taxi Driver.
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07/04/2008
Russian hockey team Avangard Omsk has reported it signed a two-year deal with a one-year option with Czech star Jaromír Jágr, a day after the NHL’s New York Rangers announced they had given up on the player and signed Markus Naslund in his stead. The departure marks the end of an era for Jágr: he spent 17 seasons in the NHL, winning two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He finished atop the player’s standings five times, and also won the Hart Trophy. Jágr has played for Russia’s Omsk before: he led the team to victory in the European Super Six in 2004/2005 during the NHL lockout.
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07/04/2008
The Premier League’s West Ham United have offered young Czech goalkeeper Marek Štech a five-year contract with the club. The 18-year-old, an Under-19 International, was voted the best Czech junior player in 2006, while at Sparta Prague. He is set miss the Under-19 European Championships having only just recovered from injury.
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07/03/2008
The Czech Republic and the United States are set to sign a treaty on scientific and industrial cooperation, along with an agreement on positioning a U.S. radar base on Czech territory, the Czech news agency ČTK reported on Thursday. The treaty, which is similar to U.S. agreements signed with countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan, should open up new opportunities for Czech scientists and companies. Both agreements are expected to be signed in Prague next week by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg.
In related news, Social Democrat shadow foreign minister Lubomír Zaorálek said on Wednesday that the planned Czech –U.S. agreement on positioning a tracking radar base in the Czech Republic as part of the American anti-missile defence shield contradicted the Lisbon Treaty. Mr Zaorálek said the planned agreement went against the idea of joint European security policy as defined by the stalled EU reform document. If the Lisbon Treaty were in force today, member states would have to consult their bilateral security treaties with other EU countries.
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07/03/2008
The chairman of the Czech Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský told Czech TV on Thursday that the review of the Lisbon Treaty could be ready in September. The Czech Republic is one of seven countries that have not yet ratified the reform treaty; the Czech Senate referred the document to the Constitutional Court to decide whether it is in line in the Czech law. Mr Rychetský said the court has been examining the treaty for some six weeks and has already received opinions on the matter from the government, the parliament’s lower house as well as the president.
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07/03/2008
The Czech crown hit a new record against the U.S. dollar on Thursday when it sold below 15 crowns per dollar for the fist time in history. On Thursday afternoon, the Czech currency was trading at 14.95 crowns for the dollar and at 23.76 crowns per euro. Analysts say the record high was caused by a combination of weakening stock markets, soaring oil prices and the weak U.S. dollar; experts also say Thursday’s increase of interest rates by the European Central Bank did not have any effect on the ever-more strengthening Czech crown.
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07/03/2008
The head of the Czech Republic’s Prison Service Luděk Kula is facing eight years in jail for a failed tender for mobile phone jammers, the news website Novinky.cz reported on Thursday. The police have accused Mr Kula of breach of trust. In 2005 and 2006, the Prison Office spent almost 20 million crowns, or more than 1.3 million U.S. dollars, on mobile phone jammers for Czech penitentiaries. Some of the equipment was purchased without any public tenders and was later discovered to be faulty. Mr Kula said he would file a complaint against the accusation.
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07/03/2008
A court in Prague rejected on Wednesday a petition by Qatari prince Hamid Bin Abdul Sani al-Thani to intervene in a high-profile “judical mafia” libel case. The prince wanted to become an enjoined party in a legal dispute between Supreme State Attorney Renáta Vesecká and her predecessor Marie Benešová. Ms Benšová said the supreme state attorney, along with a group of prosecutors and judges, were a “judicial mafia” because they intervened in the protracted alleged bribery case involving deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek. Last month, a court in Prague upheld her claims and ruled Ms Benešová did not have to apologize, pointing out that the “judicial mafia” also intervened in the case of the Qatari prince. In 2005, Mr Sani was accused in the Czech Republic of sexual abuse of minors but was later released and left the country for his homeland.
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