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08/22/2007
Russia has nominated a former Czech prime minister, Josef Tosovsky, for the post of managing director of the International Monetary Fund. But the current Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolanek, says the Czech Republic does not support Mr Tosovsky; the country has given its backing to a French candidate supported by the EU. The senior IMF post is usually filled by somebody from a large western European state.
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08/22/2007
Police in the German city of Stuttgart are investigating two men accused of taking part in a massacre of Czech citizens at the end of World War II, TV Nova reported. The two are alleged to have been members of the Hitler Youth when they participated in the killing of 63 Czechs in Velke Mezirici, just one day before the war in Europe was officially ended. Both men are now aged 77.
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08/22/2007
In the first half of this year Czech Airlines succeeded in having more of its flights take off on time than any other major airline, a spokesperson for the national carrier said, quoting a report by the Association of European Airlines. CSA finished sixth in annual surveys carried out in 2005 and 2006.
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08/22/2007
Forty percent of tourists who visit the Czech Republic have been to the country before, suggests a fresh survey conducted by CzechTourism. The state agency's director Rostislav Vondruska said tourists from neighbouring states made repeated visits more often - and stayed for much longer - than those from further away. One-day visits were not included in the survey.
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08/22/2007
Masaryk University in the Czech Republic's second city Brno has offered special anti-plagiarism software it developed to other universities in the country, according to press reports Wednesday. In the programme's first year, academics in Brno uncovered 150,000 examples of what may have been copying in written work submitted by students. One student has been expelled from Masaryk University for plagiarism, while four others are being investigated. A number of other Czech universities are considering introducing the system.
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08/22/2007
Amnesty International says some weapons produced in the Czech Republic are being exported to states which do not respect human rights. The NGO pointed in particular to arms exports last year to Ethiopia, Nigeria, Columbia, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen. Amnesty International said what it described as a disquieting situation was not helped by inadequate legislation in the Czech Republic.
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08/22/2007
Petr Cech is to captain the Czech national football team for the first time on Wednesday night, when he and his team-mates take on Austria in a friendly in Vienna. The Chelsea goalkeeper wears the captain's armband in place of Tomas Rosicky, who is injured. On Monday Cech, who is 25, received the "Golden Ball" award for Czech player of the year for the third time.
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08/21/2007
The Czech lower house has passed an extensive financial reform bill. In a final vote on Tuesday, the centre-right coalition government's draft legislation was supported by 101 of the 200 MPs in the Chamber of Deputies. The votes of two rebel opposition Social Democrat MPs, Milos Melcak and Michal Pohanka, were needed to push the reform through the lower house. One government MP, Christian Democrat Ludvik Hovorka, voted against the bill, which has sparked much controversy with critics saying that it will do nothing to halt the Czech Republic's rising budget deficit whilst leaving many people worse off.
The passing of the bill has staved off a potential political crisis, as Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek had threatened to push for early elections if the vote failed. The bill includes major changes to the Czech Republic's taxation and welfare systems. It will now have to be approved by the Senate and the president before becoming law.
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08/21/2007
Czech defence minister Martin Bartak told Russian diplomats at discussions in Moscow on Tuesday that no final decision has been made on installing a US radar base in this country. Russian Chief of Staff Yuri Baluyevsky told journalists after the talks that he urged the Czech Republic not to make a final decision on the radar base before the US presidential elections in autumn 2008, as a new American administration might change its mind about building it.
The United States wants to build a radar base in the Czech Republic as part of a proposed missile defence shield to protect it from possible attacks from so-called rogue states such as Iran. Russia perceives the move as a threat to its own security and has urged the Czech authorities not to allow the facility on its territory. The current coalition government is tentatively in favour of the radar base, but Mr Bartak stressed that talks were still underway between Russian and Czech representatives on the issue.
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08/21/2007
Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek and other state dignitaries have attended a special ceremony in front of the Czech Radio building to mark the 39th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Speaking at the event, Mr Topolanek praised the heroism of those who stood up to the Warsaw Pact troops, whose invasion of Czechosovakia ended efforts to establish a more liberal form of socialism in this country.
The prime minister also said it was important to remember the lessons learned from the fate of the so-called Prague Spring to ensure that such events were never repeated. He also paid tribute to Czechoslovak Radio for truthfully informing the people about what was happening in this country during the invasion. The Czech Radio building in Prague was the scene of some of the heaviest clashes between Soviet troops and Czech protesters during August 1968.
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