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11/15/2008
There has been a mixed response to recent comments made by the French president Nicolas Sarkozy regarding a proposed US missile defence system to be located in the Czech Republic and Poland. On Friday, Mr Sarkozy signalled his opposition to the plan, saying that it would not help European security. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reportedly welcomed the comments – Russia remains a vocal opponent of the plan, threatening to install its own Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad if the system goes ahead, something that many fear will lead to a new Cold War. On the other hand, former Czech president Václav Havel stated that he was surprised and worried by the French president’s opposition.
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11/15/2008
General Vlastimil Pick, the head of the Czech army, has been awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The French Order of Chivalry is the highest military honour that the French state can give and was awarded to the highest Czech military official in honour of the work Lieutenant General Pick has done to bring the Czech and French armies together during various ventures, including work in Afghanistan. The award was presented in Paris on Friday.
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11/15/2008
Talks have been taking place on Saturday over the future of the healthcare reforms proposed by Health Minister Tomáš Julínek. The talks took place at the Health Ministry with representatives from the minor coalition parties the Greens and the Christian Democrats in attendance. Both parties are said to have issues with the current direction of Mr Julínek’s reforms. No details have been released regarding the specifics of the talks.
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11/15/2008
A rare 395-year-old Bible, written in the Czech language, has been put on display at the Dakota Territorial Museum in Yankton. The 1613 “Melantrichova Bible” is of Bohemian Protestant origin and is only one of only 55 ever produced. It was translated and printed just 67 years after Martin Luther's death. The ancient Bible is 10 inches wide, 16 inches long and 5.25 inches thick.
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11/14/2008
The state attorney has filed charges against communist MP Josef Vondruška, a former prison guard, who stands accused of maltreating political prisoners in the early 1980s. Mr Vondruška is charged with abuse of office, having allegedly beaten inmates while working as a warden at the Minkovice jailhouse. The Communist MP allegedly targeted political prisoners such as dissidents Jiří Wolf and Vladimír Hučín. He denies all charges. Late last year, Czech parliamentarians decided to strip Mr Vondruška of his political immunity and hand him over to the police for investigation. If found guilty, he faces three to ten years in prison.
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11/14/2008
Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg met with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski in Prague on Friday. Mr Sikorski told journalists after the meeting that both countries hope the project to expand the US anti-missile defence shield to Central Europe will continue. He said he expected the US president-elect Barack Obama to respect the decision of his predecessor. The United States wants to install a tracking radar on Czech soil and interceptor missiles in Poland as part of a broader missile defence shield in Europe. Czech and US government representatives signed the relevant treaties earlier this year, but they still have to be approved by Parliament.
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11/14/2008
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic is convinced that Czech EU presidency in the first six months of next year will move Serbia and the western Balkans closer to EU membership. He made the statement after a meeting with his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg on Friday. Mr Schwarzenberg said it would still take some time before Serbia was admitted to the EU and stressed that Serbia would have to work hard for it. Czech diplomacy previously announced that bringing the western Balkan countries closer to EU membership was one of its EU presidency priorities.
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11/14/2008
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will visit Prague later this month at the invitation of former Czech president Václav Havel and his Forum 2000 Foundation. He is scheduled to deliver a public speech and meet with lower house deputies who are members of the Friends of Tibet association. The Dalai Lama is a close friend of Mr. Havel and has visited the Czech Republic on several previous occasions.
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11/14/2008
Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek met with opposition Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek on Thursday to discuss their possible cooperation during the upcoming Czech EU presidency, the daily Právo reported on Friday. The meeting might bring about personnel changes in the lower house, the paper writes. Mr Paroubek confirmed that he had met with Mr Topolánek, adding that they had not reached any final agreement. Prime Minister Topolánek suggested earlier this week that the Social Democratic leader could replace Miroslav Vlček in the post of chairman of the lower house.
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11/14/2008
Milada Emmerová has become the governor of the Pilsen region, the first ever woman to hold the post in any of the Czech Republic’s 13 regions. Mrs Emmerová returns to high politics three years after being dismissed as health minister from the cabinet of Jiří Paroubek. The Social Democrats in October scored a victory in all 13 regions, 12 of which were controlled by the Civic Democrats. Several regional governments, including the one in Pilsen, have formed a coalition with the Communists. Negotiations are still underway in several regions.
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