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07/05/2008
The governor of the Central Bohemia Region Pavel Bendl, along with several mayors of the region, are set to appear in a musical based on the novel “Postřižiny” by the late Bohumil Hrabal. The musical will only be staged in three venues in Central Bohemia during the summer. The novel, known in English as “Cutting it Short”, was first published illegally in 1974.
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07/05/2008
Around 4,000 people watched the re-enactment of an 1866 battle between Austrians and Prussians in Chlum, eastern Bohemia, on Saturday. More than 400 enthusiasts, with 30 horses and 20 cannons, took part in the re-enactment. The original Battle of Chlum occurred on July 3, 1866 between the armies of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, as part of the Austro-Prussian War.
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07/05/2008
Libor Kozák, a 19-year-old footballer from Opava, in Silesia, signed a five-year contract on Saturday with Lazio Roma, one of the best clubs of the first Italian division. The Rome-based club will pay 1.2 million euros for the Czech forward. Libor Kozák scored 11 goals for the second-division team of Opava; he is also on the under-19 Czech national football team.
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07/04/2008
The US State Department has confirmed that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Prague next week to sign an agreement with Czech representatives on the stationing of a US radar base on Czech territory. The base is meant to operate within a broader US defense shield in Europe. The State Department has confirmed that Mrs Rice will arrive on Tuesday morning. Following her arrival she will meet with Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek and the signing ceremony itself has been slated for Tuesday afternoon. Once confirmed, the treaty will still have to be approved by Parliament and signed by the president. The United States wants to install its tracking radar in the Czech Republic in tandem with interceptor rockets in Poland to prevent potential attacks from so-called “rogue” states
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07/04/2008
In related news, Social Democrat deputy chairman Lubomír Zaorálek has maintained the planned Czech-US agreement on a tracking radar base in the Czech Republic contradicts the Lisbon Treaty. Mr. Zaorálek said the planned agreement went against the idea of joint European security policy as defined by the stalled reform document. He made the comments earlier this week, maintaining that if the treaty were in force today, member states would have to consult bilateral security treaties together.
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07/04/2008
Negotiations between the US and the Czech Republic on the SOFA treaty, linked to the planned deployment of a US radar base on Czech soil, have not yet resolved, meaning that the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will sign only the main radar treaty during her visit to Prague next week. The main treaty, agreed some time ago, will enable the radar installation, while the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) deals with US soldiers' status on Czech territory. The taxation of US staff at the radar site is the one remaining issue in the SOFA agreement that remains unresolved. According to Czech sources, US negotiators are trying to see that as few staff as possible will come under Czech tax legislation.
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07/04/2008
The Canadian Embassy in Prague has reported a slight rise in the number of Czechs who have applied for asylum since visa requirements were lifted last year. The embassy’s spokeswoman revealed on Friday that an average of 53 people per month applied between last November and March, rising to 60 from April to June of this year. A high number of applications could force Canada to reassess visa-free relations with the Czech Republic, although the embassy stressed no such move was planned yet. Canada dropped visa requirements for Czechs last October and has made it known that if the number of those seeking asylum exceeded 580 cases this year (roughly 2 percent of all applications received by Canada) the country would reintroduce visa requirements. So far 267 Czechs, mostly ethnic Roma, have put forward applications.
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07/04/2008
The acting Czech consul in New Dehli has revealed that the future of two Czech researchers arrested not long ago in India could be decided in court on Monday. Emil Kučera, 52, and biologist Petr Švácha, 51, were arrested late last month for allegedly collecting rare insects, a serious offence under India’s wildlife protection act. The researchers are believed to have collected several hundred specimens and each faces up to seven years in prison. They defended their actions by saying they had no idea they had been within a national park. Czech officials have confirmed there is a good chance the researchers could now be released on bail. The Czech scientific community reacted to their case by circulating a petition of support of both suspects. It was signed by 525 people and presented to the Indian prime minister.
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07/04/2008
A new poll released by the CVVM agency has suggested that most Czechs are not interested in the Czech Republic's upcoming EU presidency. The Czech Republic will assume the six-month presidency, currently presided by France, on January 1, 2009 but three quarters of those queried showed little interest in the issue: just 22 percent seemingly regarded it as important. Most did agree they had scant information on the issue, with only 15 percent answering that current information levels were enough.
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07/04/2008
The prestigious 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival gets underway on Friday with a special screening of Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened” which premiered at Cannes. On Friday evening American actor Robert De Niro, who stars in the film, will receive a Crystal Globe honouring his contribution to film. Mr De Niro is famous for having worked with some of the world’s best directors, including Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarantino. Some of the best-known films in which the actor has starred include The Godfather - Part II, Raging Bull, The Deerhunter, and Taxi Driver.
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