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06/08/2007
A Prague court has sentenced Rostislav Roztocil to 13 years in prison for the murder of an Egyptian student in a case that goes back more than 30 years Mr Roztocil immigrated to Germany in 1985 and was tried and sentenced in absentia. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to thirty years in prison. Mr Roztocil was only arrested in 2000 when he returned to Czech soil; he later escaped from a Czech prison. Mr Roztocil has maintained his innocence in the case, saying his trial was revenge by Czechoslovakia's secret service for alleged spying. Last year a Czech court struck down his earlier conviction and ordered his case reopened. He appealed Friday's verdict immediately after it was handed down.
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06/08/2007
A South African court has adjourned a decision in the case of Czech fugitive businessman Radovan Krejcir until Monday. This week Mr Krejcir's lawyers filed a suit to prevent him from being rearrested on a new warrant. Radovan Krejcir was released from custody on Monday under unclear circumstances, in which a higher instance court ruled that the Czech Republic had missed a deadline for handing over documents regarding Mr Krejcir's extradition. Radovan Krejcir, who holds Seychellois citizenship, was arrested in Johannesburg in April on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by a Czech court. He is wanted in the Czech Republic on charges of fraud and conspiracy to murder.
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06/08/2007
Czech MEP and member of the Communist Party Miloslav Ransdorf injured a pedestrian in a traffic accident on Friday afternoon in the district of Prague 6. The well-known MEP was behind the wheel of his car when he hit a 44-year-old woman. She suffered light injuries including scratches to her face and arms and was taken to hospital. Eyewitnesses said Mr Ransdorf hadn't realised the woman was at a zebra crossing; he failed to give right of way. The MEP himself said afterwards that he only saw the woman at the last moment. Describing the accident he said he was "absolutely shocked" and ready to accept responsibility.
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06/07/2007
A government-proposed package of public finance reforms has been passed by the lower house in the first reading. The legislation will be discussed by individual parliamentary committees in the coming weeks and the lower house should hold a vote on it the summer. In Thursday's first reading of the bill, the reform package was rejected by 97 Social Democrat and Communist MPs. The main critic of the reform package from the coalition ranks, Civic Democrat MP Vlastimil Tlusty, abstained.
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06/07/2007
Thursday's Pravo writes that Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg is considering resignation if Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek is accused of corruption but remains in government. According to the daily, Mr Schwarzenberg informed Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek of his decision and notified also Environment Minister Martin Bursik, chairman of the Green Party, which nominated Mr Schwarzenberg for the cabinet post. The Prime Minister confirmed on Thursday he had known about Mr Schwarzenberg's intention for a few weeks. He said he expected Mr Cunek to step down if he is indicted.
The police suspect Mr Cunek of taking a bribe of half a million crowns five years ago when he was mayor of the eastern town of Vsetin. Jiri Cunek denies any wrongdoing.
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06/07/2007
The Interior Minister's Inspection Office has cleared former police chief Vladislav Husak of committing a criminal offence. The office investigated Mr Husak on suspicion of disclosing classified information. However, it did not prove allegations that Mr Husak revealed the contacts of his subordinate with a Russian intelligence agent, speculation which appeared in the Czech media. Vladislav Husak resigned from his post in March, stating media pressure as the main reason.
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06/07/2007
The Senate has passed a package of legislative changes that are needed for the country's entry to the Schengen system. The bill that simultaneously amends fourteen laws was smoothly passed by the lower house a few weeks ago. It has yet to be signed by President Vaclav Klaus. The Czech Republic is to join the Schengen border free zone on January 1, 2008 when checks will be lifted all along its border.
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06/07/2007
The Gripen International consortium which supplied 14 fighter jets to the Czech military says it launched offset projects worth 8.7 billion crowns (414 million US dollars) by the end of 2006 in the Czech Republic. Gripen's investment in the Czech economy is supposed to reach 25.5 billion crowns (1.21 billion USD) between 2004 and 2014, under a contract between the company and the Czech state. The offset programme includes 31 individual investment projects.
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06/07/2007
Czech car manufacturer Skoda Auto has raised its production target for this year by 6.2 percent to 616,000 cars, board member and personnel manager Martin Jahn said in an interview with Czech economic weekly, Ekonom. Skoda Auto, part of the German-based Volkswagen Group, will have to increase car production capacity at its main Mlada Boleslav plant in Central Bohemia, including engine production, and reconstruction of its Vrchlabi plant in the north of the country, Mr Jahn said. Skoda Auto is the biggest car producer in central Europe.
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06/07/2007
The internet news server Aktualne.cz reports that MPs Michal Pohanka and Milos Melcak, who have left the opposition Social Democrats and side with the government in crucial votes in parliament, have received letters containing death threats. Mr Melcak and Mr Pohanka supported the coalition government in a confidence vote in January, thus helping it narrowly survive. On Thursday they supported the government's draft public finance reform in its first reading in the lower house. Aktualne.cz writes that Mr Melcak and Mr Pohanka admitted previously that an anonymous campaign has been led against them since last year and they and their families have received death threats.
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