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07/25/2007
Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek told journalists on Wednesday that he would like to divorce his wife Pavla, but that she has refused to countenance the idea. Mr Topolanek said that he fully respected his wife's stance. He added that if Mrs Topolankova would agree to a divorce, he would be willing to transfer ownership of their home to her and still continue paying the mortgage.
The Prime Minister was making his comments a day after his mistress - fellow Civic Democrat MP Lucie Talmanova - gave birth to the couple's son Nicolas. Mr Topolanek publicly admitted in January that he had left his wife to live with Ms Talmanova, who was then pregnant with their child. He told journalists on Wednesday that he was "very proud" of the birth of his son and that, although he had possibly been a bad husband, he hoped to be a good father to his newborn child. Mr Topolanek already has three children from his first marriage.
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07/25/2007
More than 200 Czech holidaymakers were left stranded at Prague's Ruzyne airport on Tuesday when it became apparent that travel agent, I'm Travelling, had been unable to pay for their flights abroad. Those affected were travelling to Turkey and Tunisia. A spokesperson for I'm Travelling, which has a yearly turnover of around 300 million CZK or 15 million USD and is one of the largest travel agencies operating in the Czech Republic, said that the agency had filed for bankruptcy.
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07/25/2007
Seven civic and environmental organisations have filed a complaint with the European Commission over the Czech Republic's failure to draft strategic noise maps within a deadline set by the EU. The country was supposed to have mapped noise levels in several Prague cities and areas near motorways and railways by 30 June, but had so far only submitted data on railroads. A spokeswoman for one of the organisations said that 90,000 people suffer from excessive noise levels in Prague alone, and that so-called noise-maps were urgently needed to come up with action plans for limiting noise pollution. The government is supposed to draft anti-noise measures by July of next year, and these will be partly financed by the EU.
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07/25/2007
The head of the vehicle-security firm CEBIA, which monitors the origin of cars on Czech roads, has said that his company estimates that there are around 450,000 cars in this country which could have been acquired through criminal activities. CEBIA chief executive Martin Pajer told the Czech Press Agency (CTK) on Wednesday that many of these vehicles had had their chassis or engine serial numbers changed to hide the fact that they were originally stolen.
According to the Czech Transport Research Centre, there are at least 4.1 million cars registered in the Czech Republic.
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07/25/2007
Czech Defence Minister Martin Bartak told journalists on Wednesday that the government had approved an agreement with the United States on the destruction of aging Czech anti-aircraft missile systems. According to Mr Bartak, the Americans will pay around 600,000 dollars to the Czech Republic for the destruction of outdated Soviet-made missiles and launching pads. The US government fears that if the missiles are not destroyed they could be sold to third parties, which could increase the risk that some might end up in the hands of terrorists.
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07/24/2007
The Prime Minister's mistress Lucie Talmanova has given birth to his son. Topolanek left his wife for Ms. Talmanova, an mp from his own party, the civic democrats, in January this year. Nicolas Topolanek was born at 16.47 on Tuesday, weighing 3 kilos. His father, Mirek Topolanek, decided last week not to go on a state visit to Africa, so as to be at his son's birth.
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07/24/2007
A court in the Bahamas has begun hearing Viktor Kozeny's appeal against a ruling to extradite him to the United States. The fugitive Czech businessman, dubbed 'the Pirate of Prague', is awaiting trail in both US and the Czech Republic on charges of fraud. He is appealing his extradition on the grounds that there is not enough evidence against him for his case to be covered by the extradition treaty that exists between the US and the Bahamas. The hearing is expected to last a week.
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07/24/2007
The Czech economy is growing faster than expected, the Ministry of Finance revealed on Tuesday. The ministry originally estimated that the economy would grow by 5.3 percent this year, but has now modified this figure to 5.8 percent instead. In March, the Czech National Bank predicted that this year's GDP would be up by something between 4.9 and 6.5 percent. It is set to unveil its new predictions, along with a rise in interest rates, on Thursday.
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07/24/2007
Two former post office employees have been ordered to pay 1 million CZK (40 thousand USD) to their former employer. Helena Baudysova and Karel Molodcenko were found guilty of professional misconduct during a hold-up of their post office in 1997, during which thieves made away with 28.5 million CZK. The judge ruled against the plaintiff's original request for the pair to pay back the full amount stolen. No one has ever been charged in connection with the robbery.
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07/24/2007
The Czech ambassador to the European Union Jan Kohout will be replaced before his term ends in May next year, Lidove noviny reported. The government wants to find a new ambassador to Brussels for the important period before the Czech Republic assumes the rotating presidency of the EU in the first half of 2009, the daily said. It is not yet clear who will succeed Mr Kohout in the post.
The opposition Social Democrats have spoken out against the move, accusing the government of conducting a 'political purge'.
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