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11/03/2007
Vlastimil Tlusty, a former finance minister, has lost his only remaining position of influence in the governing Civic Democrats, after withdrawing from a vote for chairman of the party's central Bohemian branch in Kladno on Saturday. The position was won by Petr Bendl, the governor of the region. Earlier this year Mr Tlusty, overlooked for the post of finance minister in the current cabinet, went against the Civic Democrats leadership over his objections to elements of a major package of tax and welfare reforms.
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11/03/2007
A 20-year-old man has been sent to prison for 19 years for beating his girlfriend's mother to death with a hammer. His girlfriend, who is 17, got a 10-year sentence for urging him to commit the deed during an argument between the couple and the girl's mother in Chomutov, north Bohemia last December. Court experts described the girl as normal and clever, but said the man, Petr Jiskra, was unfeeling and had no compunctions about killing, a regional edition of Mlada fronta Dnes reported.
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11/03/2007
Cardinal Miloslav Vlk held a mass marking the 'dusicky' tradition of honouring the dead at the church of SS Petr and Pavel at Prague's Vysehrad on Friday evening. The head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church also conducted a service at the nearby Slavin, a pantheon containing the remains of some of the greatest figures in Czech cultural history. People around the Czech Republic honour departed relatives and friends every year on 'dusicky', November 2.
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11/03/2007
A truck driver from the Czech Republic was left stranded for three nights in south-west England after his satellite navigation system directed him down a narrow country lane, UK newspapers reported on Friday. When driver Yuri Odenhai's 40-tonne lorry got stuck on a sharp bend his Czech-based company refused to pay for an expensive recovery operation. The vehicle was eventually towed out by a tractor after trees on the lane were trimmed. The driver spent the nights in the truck's cabin rather than pay for accommodation.
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11/03/2007
Slavia Prague are now six points clear at the top of the Czech football league after a 1:0 home win over second-placed Teplice on Saturday. The only goal of the biggest game of the first division's 12th round was scored by Ladislav Volasek in the 30th minute. Slavia take on Arsenal in the Champions League in Prague next Wednesday; in front of their home crowd, the Czech league leaders will be hoping to make some amends for their 7:0 away drubbing by the London club in their last Champions League outing.
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11/03/2007
Spanish guitar player Paco de Lucia played a sold-out concert at Prague's Congress Centre on Friday night. His well-received set featured various genres, including flamenco, the style which has won the musician world renown.
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11/02/2007
The US Ambassador to Prague Richard Graber has revealed numbers showing the Czech Republic has come significantly closer to meeting requirements for visa-free status with the United States. According to the numbers, the number of visas rejected for Czechs was 6.7 percent of applications put forward, a drop from around 9.5 percent. Under legislation adopted in the US this year countries could theoretically be granted visa-free status providing they meet key criteria, first and foremost posting less than 10 percent of applications rejected. Earlier this week, Canada struck down visa requirements for Czechs for short-term visits, a move welcomed by Czech officials. The US Ambassador to Prague Richard Graber said on Friday that steps towards visa-free status with the US could be achieved by the Czech Republic within one or two years.
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11/02/2007
Despite pressure growing within his own party for him to resign, Christian Democrat leader Jiri Cunek has expressed a desire to stay on in his party's top post. On Friday Mr Cunek reacted to criticism from a number of senior figures as well as regional groups calling for his resignation, saying he had always intended to see through reforms as well as to unify his party - tasks he says he is still prepared to undertake.
Discontent with Mr Cunek's leadership has grown over the reopening of an investigation into alleged corruption from the time when he was the mayor of Vsetin, North Moravia, as well as over a fresh scandal which broke this week, in which it was alleged that Mr Cunek abused welfare benefits while a private citizen. Against the backdrop of the latest scandal, Mr Cunek said on Thursday he would give up the government posts of deputy prime minister, as well minister for regional development, next week.
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11/02/2007
The party leadership of the opposition Social Democrats has revealed the intention that the party seek a vote of no confidence on the country's centre-right government. The announcement was made on Friday. The Social Democrat leadership made clear it is hoping for early elections. The decision follows developments in government this week involving outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek. In the Social Democrats' view, the latest developments "deepened" what they see as an "ongoing government crisis". The centre-right government led by Mirek Topolanek survived a motion of no confidence in June 2007, relying on the additional votes of two former Social Democrat MPs.
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11/02/2007
The Prague Municipal Court has upheld a ban by Prague City Hall on a planned march by right-wing extremists through the Prague Castle complex. The court did so by rejecting a complaint put forward by right-wing activists. The decision was taken on formal grounds: a missing signature and stamp in the complaint. The extremists originally hoped to march through the city's historic quarter on November 10th - the anniversary of the Nazi pogrom known as Kristallnacht against Jews in Germany in 1938, but reported eight possible alternative routes for their march earlier this week. All have been blocked by City Hall. The organisers have claimed their march was to protest against the Czech military presence in Iraq. Jewish organisations have protested, saying the march was a provocation and an insult.
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