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10/16/2007
The opposition Social Democrats would come first if elections were held this month, suggests a poll carried out by the STEM agency. 30.5 percent of respondents in October's poll said they would vote for the Social Democrats, ahead of 25.9 percent for the governing Civic Democrats. The Communist figured third in the poll, with just over 11 percent support.
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10/16/2007
The Czech Republic has signed on to three of what are called operational programmes with the European Commission. Vladimir Spidla, the Czech European commissioner for social affairs, said the programmes allow the Czech Republic to draw over CZK 100 billion from the EU's 2007-2013 budget, of which CZK 2 billion could arrive this year. The programmes signed on Tuesday are Education for Competitiveness, Prague Adaptability and Human Resources and Employment. However, they are the only operational programmes the country has signed out of a total of 24 - the worst score among all new EU states.
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10/16/2007
Two-thirds of Czech companies have been the victim of crime in the last two years, suggests an international survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Almost 80 Czech companies were included in the study; they lost on average CZK 34 million (around USD 1.7 m), the professional services firm found. Theft, corruption and bribery were the most common forms of crime. However, the percentage of Czech firms who were the victims of crime fell compared to an earlier survey.
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10/16/2007
Prague's mayor, Pavel Bem, is set to hold talks next week with Czech National Library director Vlastimil Jezek on the future of a planned new National Library building. The Czech Press Agency reported that Mr Bem is set to present Mr Jezek with a list of alternative sites for a building that was originally planned for Prague's Letna Plain. The mayor says Letna is too near the centre of the city for the brightly coloured modern building, designed by architect Jan Kaplicky.
Civic Democrat Prague councillor Martin Langmayer said if a new location is selected Mr Kaplicky's plan will probably have to be abandoned; moving the project to another site would contravene International Union of Architects guidelines, he said.
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10/16/2007
Tuesday is the 35th anniversary of the last time a trolleybus was seen on the streets of Prague, Lidove noviny reported. The first trolleybus appeared on the streets in 1936, with the late 1940s and 1950s regarded as the vehicle's golden era in the city. Prague's trolleybus network was at its most extensive in 1959, when nearly 200 vehicles covered over 60 km.
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10/16/2007
The Czech national football team have travelled to Munich ahead of a Euro 2008 qualifier against Germany. It is not clear whether captain Tomas Rosicky will play in the game, while Marek Jankulovksi, Milan Baros and Jan Polak are all suspended. Though the Germans have already qualified for next year's European Championship, the team's manager says are still determined to win. If the Czechs win they qualify, though stalemate on Wednesday could be enough to put them through.
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10/15/2007
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Environment Minister Martin Bursik are in New York on Monday, drumming up support for the Czech Republic at the United Nations. On Tuesday, there will be a vote on which country should gain a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. The Czech Republic is eyeing the post, which would span a period of two years and start in 2009, but it is up against Croatia in Tuesday's vote. The Czech Ambassador to the UN, Martin Palous has said that he is 'cautiously optimistic' about the Czech Republic's chances. These sentiments have been echoed by Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg.
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10/15/2007
Over a half of children raised in Czech children's homes will go on to commit a crime, suggest figures released by the Interior Ministry on Monday. The figures come from a study commissioned by the Ministry, and looking at around 17,500 children, over a period spanning from 1995 to 2004. Interior Minister Ivan Langer reacted to the statistics by saying that the current system was not working, and that children raised in such homes were not being properly integrated into society. The study criticized what it called the 'fragmented' system of care for children in the Czech Republic. It also concluded that the child-care system was too bureaucratic. The government has promised to draft new legislation to tackle the problem by the end of the year.
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10/15/2007
In related news, Interior Minister Ivan Langer told journalists on Monday that the government was to spend 400 million CZK (20 million USD) over the next four years on crime prevention. Interior Minister Langer also called for a more regional approach to the tackling of crime. The money is to be spent, according to the Interior Ministry on crime-prevention schemes in schools, and CCTV systems in particular. Funds will no longer be administered centrally, said Mr. Langer, but by regional councils instead. In its new crime-prevention initiative, the government has given priority to lowering rates of violent crime and property crime in particular. Target groups identified include school-children and the socially-excluded.
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10/15/2007
The Czech Communist Party would in theory be willing to support any one of Vaclav Klaus' three potential rivals for the presidency, said Communist MP Pavel Kovacik on Monday. The three names being touted in connection with the presidency are those of the former Foreign Minister, Jiri Dienstbier, Academy of Sciences Chairman, Vaclav Paces, and economist Jan Svejnar. Mr. Klaus is the only one to have officially announced his candidacy so far. All parties except the ruling ODS have agreed that they do not want Vaclav Klaus to remain president for a second term, though they have so far been unable to unite on any one candidate. On Monday, Communist MP Pavel Kovacik said that he would personally favour Jiri Dienstbier's nomination as, he said, Mr. Dienstbier has a proven track-record in politics. But, Mr. Kovacik said, the Communist Party would be open to negotiation and does not exclude Mr. Paces, nor Mr. Svejnar from the race.
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