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11/06/2006
Dutch retail giant Ahold intends to close down its supermarkets in Slovakia and Poland to concentrate on the Czech market. Ahold operates the Albert and Hypernova supermarkets and posted a turnover of 36 billion crowns (an estimated 1.6 billion US dollars) in the Czech Republic last year.
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11/05/2006
President Vaclav Klaus is disappointed by the fact the Social Democrats have rejected a plan he put forward as a way out of the ongoing political crisis, the president's spokesman told the website Novinky. Mr Klaus on Friday proposed a "rainbow" coalition which would lead to early elections; within hours, however, the Social Democrats said they would not take part.
The party, who came second in elections in June, have also reiterated their call to be given a chance to form the next government, after the winning Civic Democrats failed to put together a viable government.
The leaders of the five parties in the lower house are due to hold more talks with Mr Klaus on Tuesday. It is believed that if they cannot agree on a solution before then, the president may himself choose a new prime minister.
The Czech Republic has been without a stable government since June, when general elections ended in stalemate.
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11/05/2006
The Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolanek, and other senior officials have welcomed the sentencing to death of Saddam Hussein. Mr Topolanek said it had been an act of justice and a warning to other dictators. He also said the fact the former Iraqi leader had been tried in a civilised manner by an Iraqi court offered hope for the country's future. Czech Foreign Minister Alexandr Vondra said it was a historic milestone by which Iraq would come to terms with its past.
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11/05/2006
Tighter security precautions are to be introduced at Prague's Ruzyne airport from Monday; the measures are in line with new European Union rules limiting the amount of fluids and gels passengers may take on board flights, a spokesperson for the airport said. The EU decided to toughen checks after the foiling of an alleged terrorist plan to bomb planes flying from the UK to the United States.
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11/05/2006
A man has been charged with the possession of five kilogrammes of heroin. The drug was found in the man's car during a routine police check near Litomerice, north Bohemia. A spokesperson for the north Bohemia customs office said it had been a record capture.
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11/05/2006
Setting up a company in the Czech Republic takes 24 days, compared to the average of 16 in OECD countries, according to a report released by the World Bank. The Czech Republic ranks 74th in the world in terms of difficulty of starting a company. While there are six steps involved in starting a firm in advanced countries, here there are 10.
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11/05/2006
James Brown has appeared in Prague for the second time in three years. The American music legend, who is now 73, spent more than an hour and a half on stage at Prague's Vystaviste on Saturday night. His set ranged from earlier soul songs such as Try Me to pioneering funk songs like I Got You (I Feel Good).
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11/04/2006
The leadership of the Social Democrats has voted not to take part in a "rainbow" coalition which would lead to early general elections. The party's stance represents a rejection of a plan put forward by President Vaclav Klaus as a way out of the deadlock which has gripped Czech politics since inconclusive elections in June.
The Social Democrats, who came second in the elections, have also reiterated their demand to be given a chance to form a new government, after the failure of the winning Civic Democrats to put together a viable government.
The leaders of the five parties in the lower house are due to meet Mr Klaus on Tuesday. The president has indicated that if they cannot agree on a solution before then, he will choose a new prime minister himself.
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11/04/2006
The finance ministers of the Czech Republic and Germany have announced they will join forces to block a European Commission plan to raise minimum duties on beer. Czech Finance Minister Vlastimil Tlusty said Prague would veto the rise, which needs to be approved by all 25 EU members. He said he and his German counterpart, Peer Steinbruck, would express their joint standpoint at a meeting in Brussels next week.
The Czechs are the world's biggest beer drinkers, consuming nearly 160 litres per person per year. The Germans are the third biggest consumers.
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11/04/2006
A search is on for three men who are alleged to have tortured a Vietnamese shop owner with an electric shock stun gun in Jindrichov, north Moravia on Thursday. The man was also shot by the three, who broke into his shop at around 1 am. The police said they were examining possible motives for the attack and have not ruled out the possibility it was racially motivated.
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