• Police find body of supposed ninth victim of floods
    04/25/2006

    Police say they have found the body of a man in the Nove Mlyny dam in South Moravia. The man had been missing since April 3rd when rivers in the region started to swell as a result of persistent rain and melting snow. If an autopsy determines that the 42-year old man drowned, he will be the ninth casualty of this spring's floods in the Czech Republic.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • V4, Bulgaria, and Romania discuss future of pre-fab buildings
    04/25/2006

    The Visegrad Four - Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic - as well as EU hopefuls Bulgaria and Romania have decided to speed up repairs on low quality pre-fabricated housing, a legacy of the countries' communist years. By the middle of this year, all projects that will be financed out of the EU's 2007-2013 budget, are to be completed. Representatives of the six countries discussed the future of their pre-fab housing estates at a meeting in Moravia's Lednice. A third of the country's 10 million inhabitants live in such estates.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Brno hosting international trade fairs
    04/25/2006

    Two international trade fairs opened at the Exhibition Centre in Moravia's capital, Brno, on Tuesday. The Urbis Invest - a fair of investments, finance, real estate, and technologies for towns and communities as well as the Building trade fair will run until April 29. Some 1,350 exhibitors from 24 countries are hoping to attract around 100,000 visitors.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Jesuit conference underway in Prague
    04/25/2006

    An international conference on Jesuits in the Czech lands was opened in Prague on Tuesday. For the next three days, hundreds of lecturers and scientists from around the world will discuss the Jesuit religion's development in the country since it was introduced to Prague 450 years ago.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • "Bohemia" wins Magnesia Litera award for 2005
    04/25/2006

    A collection of photographs by Jan Reich called "Bohemia" has won the annual Magnesia Litera award for best works of literature. The publication features 150 large black and white photographs of the Bohemian countryside taken in the course of a decade, from 1994 to 2004.
    Author: Dita Asiedu

  • Foreign Minister to propose visa requirements for Canadians
    04/24/2006

    Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda has said he will propose to the government to impose visa requirements on the citizens of Canada after he failed on Monday to convince the newly elected Conservative government in Ottawa to abolish visas for Czech tourists. Canada imposed visa requirements on Czech citizens in October 1997, following a wave of Roma arrivals who asked for political asylum in Canada. Prior to the talks Mr Svoboda said he was prepared to file a suit against Canada at the European Court of Justice if the meetings in Ottawa were not successful. As a member of the European Union, the Czech Republic can request that the EU impose visa requirements on Canadians.
    Author: Pavla Horáková

  • Czech prime minister backs Croatia's bids to join EU, NATO
    04/24/2006

    Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek, who is on a visit to Croatia, has expressed support for Croatia's bid to join the European Union by 2009, a little over three years after the start of negotiations between Zagreb and Brussels. Mr Paroubek said that Croatia could become a full member of the EU at the beginning of 2009 during the Czech Republic's presidency of the Union. Prime Minister Paroubek also told reporters after a meeting with his Croatian counterpart Ivo Sanader that the Czech Republic supported Croatia's bid to join NATO. The two prime ministers also discussed boosting cooperation in trade. Mr Paroubek said that trade exchange between the two states amounts to 500 million dollars and that Croatia attracts an estimated 700,000 Czech tourists annually.
    Author: Pavla Horáková

  • Libcany declared hazardous zone
    04/24/2006

    The safety board in the Hradec Kralove region has decided to declare the village of Libcany a hazardous zone after police discovered over 1000 types of hazardous contaminants on the grounds of a small chemical factory on Friday. According to regional governor Pavel Bradik, the measure will allow a special decontamination unit to continue disposing of the material. Three people have been arrested in connection with the case.
    Author: Pavla Horáková

  • Officials from Saxony-Anhalt to discuss removal of illegally imported waste
    04/24/2006

    Officials from the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, bordering on the Czech Republic, are due to arrive in Prague on Tuesday to discuss the removal of tonnes of rubbish from an illegal dump in the village of Libceves in North Bohemia. The communal waste dumped in Libceves has been identified as imported from Saxony-Anhalt. The site has been set on fire three times since February and local mayor Vlasta Stankova says she is afraid that it can happen again if the waste is not removed immediately. However, the authorities from Saxony-Anhalt say not all of the garbage comes from the German federal state.
    Author: Pavla Horáková

  • Hyundai delays launching ceremony in Nosovice
    04/24/2006

    According to the Korea Times daily, the South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor has postponed the launching ceremony at its manufacturing facility in Nosovice in North Moravia, which has been set for May 17. The announcement followed the decision of its sister company Kia Motors last week to indefinitely postpone a similar event at its factory in the United States. Hyundai Automotive Group has suspended other official events indefinitely as prosecutors began questioning the group's chairman Chung Mong-koo on Monday. Hyundai has not officially notified the Czech authorities of the postponement.

    The Hyundai plant in Nosovice is expected to produce 300,000 cars annually starting in 2008. The company is planning to invest up to 1.2 billion dollars in the Czech Republic.
    Author: Pavla Horáková

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