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12/15/2007
Environment Minister Martin Bursik has hailed the outcome of the UN-led talks on climate change in Bali as a defining moment in climate diplomacy. Following grueling all-night talks, the conference of 190 nations agreed to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the United States enabled a breakthrough. The agreement reached is a “roadmap” for two years of talks to adopt a new treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012, widening it to the United States and developing nations such as China and India. Under the deal, a successor pact will be agreed at a meeting in Copenhagen in late 2009. Although some environment activists say the agreement reached is “toothless” delegates say it was as much as could be expected under the circumstances.
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12/15/2007
The opposition Social Democrats say they will support Czech-American economist Jan Svejnar in the February presidential elections. The 55-year-old professor who teaches at Michigan University and served as an advisor to ex-president Vaclav Havel, has emerged as the sole rival of incumbent president, Vaclav Klaus. Mr. Svejnar officially announced his candidacy on Friday. Although Jan Svenjar has also been promised support from the Green Party, Vaclav Klaus remains the favourite in the race having received the backing of the Civic Democrats, the strongest party in Parliament. Mr. Klaus’ fate will most likely be decided by the Christian Democrats who are still divided over their choice. The Communist Party says it wants an independent candidate but is hesitant to support Jan Svejnar.
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12/15/2007
The majority of EU member states want to sign a pact on closer ties with Serbia to stop it from turning towards Russia, Czech European Affairs Minister Alexander Vondra said at the close of a Kosovo-dominated EU summit in Brussels. He said that with the EU supporting moves towards independence by the Serbian province of Kosovo, the block was keen to demonstrate that Belgrade has a future in Europe. If Dutch objections are overcome, diplomats said the trade and aid pact could be signed at the next meeting of EU foreign ministers on January 28 in Brussels.
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12/15/2007
The newborn baby boy who was found in a garbage can early on Thursday morning and rushed to intensive care is said to be on the road to recovery. Doctors said his temperature was back to normal and he was now breathing without the help of a machine. The baby was brought in with severe hypothermia, a head injury and bruises. His life was saved at the eleventh hour by a homeless man who found him in the garbage can and alerted the police. The police are still searching for the baby’s mother who will most likely be charged with attempted murder. There are five baby boxes operating in the Czech Republic where people can leave unwanted newborns.
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12/15/2007
The Christian Democratic Party –one of the three parties in government- is resolutely opposed to the abolition of early retirement of women dependent on the number of children raised, party deputy Tomas Kvapil told journalists. Under a reform bill drafted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs the retirement age for both men and women would in future be 65. The Christian Democrats say the possibility of early retirement for women with children should be preserved as one of the government’s pro-family measures.
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12/15/2007
Jaroslav Tvrdik is to be the chief manager of the Social Democratic Party in the 2008 regional and senate by-elections. Party leader Jiri Paroubek made the announcement on Saturday after a meeting of the party leadership. Mr. Paroubek said that his party’s success in the elections depended on a high voter turnout. He said he would be happy if the Social Democrats won 10 to 12 seats in the 81 member Senate.
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12/14/2007
Czech-American economist Jan Svejnar has confirmed that he will run in the Czech Republic’s upcoming presidential election, to be held in February. His nomination was backed by ten lawmakers from the upper house on Friday, senators from across the political spectrum – excluding the right-of-centre Civic Democrats and the Communists. The Greens, a junior member of the government, have said they will support Mr Svejnar’s candidacy, while the opposition Social Democrats are due to decide on Saturday. Jan Svejnar, a professor at the University of Michigan who served as an advisor to former president Vaclav Havel, will face incumbent Vaclav Klaus. So far Mr Klaus is being considered the favourite in the race, having already received backing from the Civic Democrats, the largest party in Parliament. The election is to be held on February 8.
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12/14/2007
Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is in Brussels for an EU summit dominated by the future of Kosovo, the Serbian province now geared towards independence. The EU has made clear it sees the situation in Kosovo as unsustainable. Leaders on Friday agreed to send an 1,800 person strong security force to the province, replacing the current UN mission. The EU also offered Serbia a fast track option towards candidacy for membership in the union, but such a trade-off has been rejected.
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12/14/2007
In related news, on Thursday EU leaders signed the Treaty of Lisbon, to replace the EU constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in national referenda in 2005. The new document will now need to be ratified by individual member states by 2009. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek commented in Brussels on Friday, saying the process would “not be easy”. He signalled that a potential sticking point was the implementation of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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12/14/2007
Three suspected neo-Nazis serving in elite units in the Czech Army will almost certainly be sacked by the military, the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes has reported. The newspaper recently broke the news that the three men regularly attended international neo-Nazi meetings and demonstrations, something confirmed by witnesses and the police. The army’s Chief of Staff Vlastimil Picek told the paper that the military police were in charge of the case, but refused to speculate on the final outcome. He did say the army would take a tough stance on extremists from both sides of the political spectrum in the future. He made clear he will propose to Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova that newly enlisted soldiers sign a special statement upon joining the military, confirming they have no allegiance to organisations promoting racial intolerance or hatred.
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