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06/13/2007
A Czech-born fugitive billionaire, for whom a search warrant has been issued in South Africa, is back in police custody. Radovan Krejcir is wanted in the Czech Republic on several charges including extensive fraud and conspiracy to murder. In 2005, he managed to escape to the Seychelles. The Czech authorities have since been unsuccessful at negotiating an extradition agreement because Mr Krejcir had bought Seychelles citizenship before his escape.
Travelling under a false identity, Mr Krejcir was detained at Johannesburg airport in April but his lawyers managed to negotiate his release under false pretences last week. A Johannesburg police spokesperson says Mr Krejcir is now back in custody. While earlier reports claimed Mr Krejcir had given himself up to the police, new reports say he was arrested in his lawyers' office which is located right next to a Johannesburg district police station. The Czech authorities sent an official request for his extradition to the South African authorities on Monday.
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06/12/2007
Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil has defended a decision by the supreme state attorney to remove the prosecutor overseeing the case of Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek. On Friday, supreme state attorney Renata Vesecka replaced the prosecutor, saying he had made procedural errors. The opposition Social Democrats said, however, that she had interfered for political reasons as a case of alleged bribe-taking against Mr Cunek was about to come to court. Mr Pospisil said on Tuesday that a ministry analysis showed Ms Vesecka had acted in accordance with the law. He called on the Social Democrats to refrain from "politicising" the issue.
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06/12/2007
Almost three quarters of Czechs believe there are too few women in politics, suggests a poll carried out by the CVVM agency for the pressure group Forum 50%. Seventy-seven percent of Czechs believe there should be active support for female participation in politics. Just under 40 percent are in favour of a quota system to that end, the poll indicates.
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06/12/2007
Two men drowned in Ostrava on Tuesday after jumping into a river in an attempt to escape from the police. A third man managed to swim across the Odra, while a fourth was prevented from entering the river, a fire service spokesperson said. The police said the men had been stealing copper piping from a nearby museum of mining. Both bodies have been retrieved by police divers.
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06/12/2007
Czech construction output grew by over 17 percent year-on-year in constant prices in April. It was the fifth straight month when construction in the Czech Republic achieved growth in double figures, the Czech Statistical Office said. Meanwhile, analysts say building firms are struggling to keep up with demand; they expect both labour and materials to become more costly.
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06/12/2007
Opposition leader Jiri Paroubek says the planned building of a US radar base in the Czech Republic would change the country's foreign policy, representing a "swing towards the United States to the detriment of the European Union". In an open letter to the prime minister, the Social Democrats boss called on Mr Topolanek to have the courage to explain the security implications of the planned base for Czech citizens. Mr Paroubek pointed out that polls suggest most Czechs are opposed to it being built. Mr Topolanek, a strong advocate of the planned radar, has rejected calls for a referendum on the issue. The base would be part of a United States global anti-missile defence system.
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06/12/2007
The ruling Civic Democrats would win elections held tomorrow with 36 percent of the vote, suggests a poll carried out by the Median agency. The opposition Social Democrats would receive the support of 31 percent of voters, the survey indicates. Fifteen percent of respondents said they would vote for the Communists.
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06/12/2007
The Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar has lost a court battle aimed at preventing America's Anheuser-Busch from using the Budweiser and Budvar brand names on non-beer products such as T-shirts and barbecue sauces. The Czech firm had sought to prevent Anheuser-Busch from registering the brand names as trademarks throughout the European Union. But the European Court of First Instance ruled that the "appellations of origin relied on" by Budejovicky Budvar only applied to beer and other similar products.
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06/12/2007
Prague City Hall wants to put forward legislation under which owners would be obliged to remove clapped-out cars from the city's streets much more quickly than at present, Czech Television reported. Owners currently have two months to get rid of wrecked cars - City Hall wants to have that period cut to just one week. Deputy mayor Rudolf Blazek said the car wrecks were often stripped within two months, and parts were sometimes strewn about.
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06/12/2007
Sales of Skoda cars increased by almost 14 percent in the first five months of this year, Pravo reported, quoting a spokesperson for Skoda Auto. The company says sales have increased in eastern Europe in particular. Meanwhile, a shortage of car radios is holding up production of Fabia and Roomster models for up to two weeks, reported Mlada fronta Dnes.
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