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10/02/2008
The Czech president Václav Klaus, who is currently in the US promoting his anti-global warming book, has run into some problems with attendance, the US publication Wilamette Weekly reports. On Wednesday, the president was in Portland Oregon, and according to the publication, the President’s press conference was met with very little interest with only three reporters in attendance. Following the press conference, Mr Klaus attended a summit designed to stem the perceived excessive panic about climate change where he attacked former US Vice President Al Gore for his views on climate change.
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10/02/2008
The US president George W. Bush signed a 2009 budget law Wednesday that sees $465,8 million allotted to the anti-ballistic-missile program to, key components of which will be located in Poland and the Czech Republic. The monies allotted to the European arm of the project are $246.3 million lower than were requested by the president. The US congress has stipulated that certain funding for the rockets that form a part of this system will only be available after further testing proves the system’s viability. As currently scheduled, the system will be functional by 2013.
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10/02/2008
The head of the Czech Doctor’s Association Milan Kubek has warned that a lack of qualified doctors in a hospital in the town of Havířov na Karvinsku is threatening that hospital’s ability to provide care for its patients. He also added that his organisation can no longer guarantee the quality of care in the hospital. In comments reported by the Czech News Agency ČTK, Mr Kubek warned that in the last year the number of available qualified doctors had fallen sharply in the hospital and that it now faced a serious crisis, brought on in his view by mismanagement over a long period. The hospital in Havířov na Karvinsku caters to a population of 120,000 people.
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10/01/2008
Seven Czech soldiers were injured in the Afghan province Logar at mid-day Wednesday when terrorists opened rocket fire on a Czech convoy returning to base. None of the soldiers are reported to be in critical condition. The Shank base which is home to the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team in Logar has come under fire three times in the past ten days. Three Czech soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in the past two years. Close to 400 Czech troops currently operate in the country, half of them are part of the provincial reconstruction team building hospitals, schools and waterworks in Logar.
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10/01/2008
The Czech government on Wednesday approved a plan which should see more Czech troops deployed in foreign missions in 2009. While the Czech Republic is gradually withdrawing its troops from Iraq, it plans to strengthen its military presence in Kosovo and Afghanistan. The now 200-strong reconstruction team in Logar is to have 330 members next year. Under the plan, for which the Defense Ministry has earmarked 24 billion crowns, the number of Czech soldiers serving in foreign missions should rise from the present 900 to 1386. The plan still needs to be approved by both houses of Parliament.
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10/01/2008
Several hundred police officers, firefighters and customs employees demonstrated outside the Interior Ministry on Wednesday in support of higher wages. The unions are demanding a 4 percent increase in salaries next year and want the ministry to approve new base pay charts for 2010 which would do away with the existing discrepancy in wages between officers serving in different parts of the country. The Interior Ministry says Wednesday’s protest action was unwarranted since a solution had been found to most of the problems outlined.
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10/01/2008
The government has earmarked several million crowns to help the thousands of glassmakers who have found themselves out of work after their companies were forced out of business. Bohemia Crystalex Trading, the country’s largest glass producer, said on Tuesday it was forced to close down two big glassworks in Svetlá and Poděbrady, which together employ 1,800 people. The aid money is to be used for re-qualification and in support of new job opportunities.
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10/01/2008
Traffic in the vicinity of Prague’s Ruzyně airport was disrupted throughout the day by a taxi-drivers’ blockade on Wednesday. The taxi drivers’ union said it was protesting against the conditions of a contract between taxi operators and the airport and would continue to block traffic every work day until the deal was reviewed. Fifty taxis blocked traffic around the airport on Wednesday making life difficult for thousands of passengers. They cleared the way only for ambulances and fire-crews. It is not clear how long the protest will last. Prague Airport management said it was surprised by the move.
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10/01/2008
Two trains came close to colliding near the town of Olomouc early on Wednesday after one of the train drivers apparently ignored a red light. Disaster was narrowly averted also thanks to the trains’ low speed in the close vicinity of Olomouc railway station. Both were on the same track, traveling in opposite directions. The trains ground to a halt 500 meters apart. One was a passenger train carrying children on their way to school. The incident is being investigated.
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10/01/2008
Martin Červíček, the former head of the country’s traffic police, was appointed head of the Prague police on Wednesday, replacing Petr Želasko who was assigned to a different position in view of his upcoming retirement. The change of guard was made at the instigation of the Czech Police President Oldřich Martinu. Mr. Želasko has been assigned to deal with new police tasks stemming from the Czech Republic’s EU presidency in the first half of 2009.
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