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06/20/2007
A group of students have launched a petition calling on the National Library to maintain an historic reading room at Prague's Clementinum, a short distance from Charles Bridge. Lidove noviny reported that the students were worried the reading room would be moved to a planned new National Library building on the city's Letna Plain. However, library director Vlastimil Jezek described the petition as nonsense. He told the daily that 70 percent of the Clementinum would be used by the library after the move to Letna, and that important collections would remain there.
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06/20/2007
The former Czech international footballer Rene Bolf has signed a three-year contract with his former club Banik Ostrava. Bolf, who is 33, was released by the French club Auxerre after sustaining a serious ankle injury. Meanwhile, Vladimir Smicer is to begin training with his old club Slavia Prague this week. Smicer, who has 81 international caps, says he will sign with Slavia if he does not receive a satisfactory offer elsewhere.
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06/19/2007
The lower house of Parliament has decided to postpone the introduction of a state school-leaving exam. Under current law, each secondary school writes its own school-leaving test, known in the Czech Republic as the "maturita". This has come under much criticism as some tests are harder than others and some universities consider the test results as part of their entrance exams.
A new unified state exam was to be introduced in the 2007/2008 school year but deputies agreed to postpone this date as preparations have been slow. If the deputies' decision is approved by the Senate and signed by the President, the state "maturita" will not be introduced for another two years.
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06/19/2007
The CSOB bank has filed a complaint against the Czech Republic at the International Court of Arbitration in Paris. The bank is suing the Czech state for 1.7 billion crowns (close to 80 million USD), the paper Mlada fronta Dnes writes. According to CSOB, the state owes it that much in transactions that were made in connection with the bank's takeover of another bank - IPB - seven years ago. Neither CSOB nor the Finance Ministry have made further comments to the lawsuit.
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06/19/2007
Agriculture minister Petr Gandalovic has prepared a special bill that ascertains whether former members of farmers' cooperatives have actually got their former property back under the de-nationalisation process which followed the fall of communism. Hospodarske Noviny reports that the private companies from which the cooperatives were formed would be held responsible for any failed returns. Mr Gandalovic tells the paper that tens of thousands of people who had rights to property in the privatisation process have issued complaints. The property in question is worth billions of crowns, he adds. The agriculture minister plans to put his bill forward at a government session in the near future.
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06/19/2007
Deputies, on Tuesday, rejected a Senate proposal that significantly limits the parliamentary immunity of legislators. Under the proposal, deputies and senators would only enjoy parliamentary immunity when they make speeches and vote in parliament. The lower house returned the proposal in its first reading, saying it is too radical and needs to be reappraised.
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06/19/2007
Czech President Vaclav Klaus is celebrating his birthday. Mr Klaus, who turned 66, invited friends and politicians to Prague Castle for a private party on Tuesday evening. A watch and a painting featuring the Senate building are among the numerous presents that Mr Klaus received.
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06/19/2007
The lower house of Parliament has approved an amendment to the road communication law reducing selected penalties for motorists. Under the amendment, among other things, motorists and cyclists who are injured in an accident caused by themselves would no longer be faced with a fine. The amendment has yet to be approved by the Senate and signed by the President.
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06/19/2007
A total of 346 homosexual couples, 126 in Prague, have entered into registered partnerships since a Czech law made them legal last year. The youngest registered couple is 18 years old; the oldest over the age of 80. In the one year that the law on same-sex registered partnerships has been in effect, three couples have already annulled their "marriage" and three more are waiting for their "divorce" to come through.
The law on registered partnerships allows gays and lesbians to enquire about their partner's state of health, inherit their partner's property, and refuse to testify against their partner in a court of law. They are allowed to raise children but not adopt them.
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06/19/2007
A new opinion poll suggests that the ruling coalition, which is currently struggling with a weak 100 of the 200 seats in the lower house of Parliament, would gain four more seats if elections were held tomorrow. In the poll, conducted by the STEM agency this month, the Civic Democrats would win 74 seats, the Greens 21 seats, and the Christian Democrats nine seats.
The opposition Social Democrats would be allocated 67 seats and the Communists 29. The poll indicates that the Civic Democrats' popularity is on a slight rise, while that of the opposition Social Democrats is on a slight decline - widening the popularity gap between the two largest parties from one to two percent.
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