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03/21/2008
The Central Bohemian town of Mladá Boleslav has restricted drinking in the municipality’s public spaces. It is one of several towns to have now done so. The Czech Interior Ministry in February approved a proposal to ban drinking put forward by the North Bohemian town of Ústí nad Labem, setting an important legal precedent. Other towns, such as Hradec Králové, are also considering introducing a drinking-ban to counter the problem of drunks and homeless people in the public spaces.
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03/21/2008
Two Czechs were trapped under an avalanche in the Krkonoše or Giant Mountains in North Bohemia. They were discovered by the mountain rescue service and taken to hospital. The last few days have seen an additional 60 centimetres of new snow in Giant Mountains. The mountain rescue service has warned against increased risk of avalanche following additional snowfall, windy conditions, and poor visibility.
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03/20/2008
The Czech Republic is seeing the biggest baby boom since 1993, the Czech Statistical Office announced on Thursday. Last year, more than 110,000 babies were born in the country, nearly ten percent more than in the previous year. For the first time in 25 years, the difference between new-born and deceased persons reached 10,000. The number of inhabitants of the Czech Republic has been increasing for five years in a row. In 2007, a record number of foreigners migrated to the country as well – by the end of last year, almost 400,000 foreign nationals lived permanently in the Czech Republic, amounting to 3.8 percent of the population.
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03/20/2008
A bill introducing a smoking ban in all public areas was rejected by the Czech parliament on Thursday. Czech lawmakers sent the bill back to the lower house’s economic and health committees. Communist leader Vojtěch Filip, who proposed the move, said there were too many amending motions to the bill. The smoking ban bill might be approved in various versions, ranging from softer anti-smoking measures to a general smoking ban in restaurants and bars. Critics of the smoking ban claim that it would hurt restaurants and bar owners, while its supporters argue that the experience of countries such as France and Ireland, which have introduced a similar ban, point to the contrary. In the Czech Republic, an estimated 50 to 60 people die daily of diseases caused by smoking. Statistics suggest that roughly 25 percent of Czechs smoke.
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03/20/2008
Traffic on a major Czech motorway connecting Prague and Brno collapsed on Thursday due to a massive pile-up caused by snowing. Lanes in both directions on the D1 motorway between the capital and the country’s second largest city, Brno, were blocked by more than 100 crashed vehicles. Six people suffered serious injuries in the accident, while another 26 had to receive medical treatment. Convoys of vehicles in both directions were about 40 km long with thousands of trapped people while trucks have been completely diverted from the motorway. Interior Minister Ivan Langer told Czech TV that he was considering calling in the army to help.
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03/20/2008
The Czech Republic wants to participate in designing a common EU strategy for elderly care during the country’s EU presidency next year, Minister for Human Rights and Ethnic Minorities Džamila Stehlíková said on Thursday. Elderly care and protection is one of the Czech priorities for the six-month term of EU presidency during which Minister Stehlíková plans to hold an international conference on dignified retirement.
The Czech Republic has roughly 1.5 million of people over 65 years of age. While their number is expected to reach 2.2 million by 2030, a recent poll showed that some six percent of the elderly in nursing homes suffered maltreatment.
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03/20/2008
Czech Airlines, the country’s national carrier, is set to introduce connections to a number of new destinations including Marseille, Damascus, Almaty and Tbilisi. The new routes will be serviced within the new flight schedule beginning on March 30, a Czech Airlines representative said on Thursday. This is the first expansion of the airline’s network after several years of stagnation. The Czech Airlines currently have 50 aircraft flying to almost 70 destinations. While in 2005, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy with nearly 500 million crown deficit, last year it made a profit of 111 million crowns, or more than 6.7 million U.S. dollars.
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03/20/2008
Czech tax officers may have to report to the police on suspicious money, bribery and money laundering. Their new duty follows from an amendment to the tax law passed by the Senate on Wednesday. If the President Václav Klaus approves the bill, it will come into force on July 1. Under the current legislation, tax officers are pledged to secrecy. The bill also introduces a number of punitive measures to deal with forged applications for money from EU funds.
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03/20/2008
The Bohemian crown jewels will be on display in Prague Castle’s Vladislav Hall between April 19 and 29. The crown jewels, consisting of St. Wenceslas’ crown and the royal orb and sceptre, are only displayed publicly on special occasions; in the last century, the were exhibited nine times. This time, the crown jewels are on display in connection with the re-election of Václav Klaus as the president and also due to the approaching 90th anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia.
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03/20/2008
The coach of the national football team Karel Bruckner said on Thursday that he would resign after the European Championship which will be held in Austria and Switzerland in June this year. Mr Bruckner has been with the team since 2002 and has led the Czech side to one of the greatest successes in recent years when they finished third at Euro 2004.
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