News From The Czech Republic
Tatra breaks into Saudi Arabia
04.07.2014 10:21
E15: The Czech defence industry is seeing growth after years of stagnation. Following on from the success of the Uherský Brod-based arms producer Česká zbrojovka, which is completing a production branch in Brazil, this year will see Kopřivnice-based Tatra Trucks enjoy a major foreign...
Czech dream 2.0
04.07.2014 10:20
E15: Huge numbers of Czechs are flocking to farmers’ markets. But the goods there aren’t always superior to supermarket fare.
Should a Slovakian greenhouse-grown tomato, priced at 69 crowns per kilo, really be sold at a Prague farmers’ market? This is but one question this author ponders...
Modřice puts Maracanã bums on seats
04.07.2014 10:18
E15: The Czech subsidiary of Irish company Mergon supplied just under half of the seats for the redeveloped Maracanã Stadium in a deal worth EUR 400,000.
Almost 150,000 fans cheered on their teams during the first two matches of the World Cup at the legendary Maracanã Stadium in Rio de...
Hefty fines for some of Prague’s notorious tourist traps
04.07.2014 09:11
CR: Several restaurants in central Prague were among two dozen eateries fined last year for severe breaches of consumer legislation. The Czech Trade Inspection Authority found that nearly 40 percent of restaurants inspected broke the law; the most frequent problems include short measures of...
Single guilty verdict in spying and graft scandal that felled government puts State Attorney’s Office under fire
04.07.2014 09:08
CR: A year after the spying and graft scandal that brought down the centre-right government of prime minister Petr Nečas, a Prague court has delivered the first –and by all accounts only -guilty verdict in the case. The former prime minister’s close aide and now wife Jana Nečasová, formerly...
Babiš’ intervention in ČEZ upsets coalition parties
04.07.2014 09:07
CR: An intervention by Finance Minister Andrej Babiš in the Czech state-run energy giant ČEZ has annoyed his party’s coalition partners. Mr Babiš’s ministry has replaced seven out of eight members of ČEZ’s supervisory board, ignoring informal but well-established rules about sharing board...
Czech Jewish community not happy about Mel Gibson’s presence at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
04.07.2014 09:06
CR: The Czech Jewish community has protested against the presence of American actor Mel Gibson at this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival and the fact that he is to be presented with the Crystal Globe Award in recognition of his contribution to world cinema. In a letter sent to the festival’s...
Five charged with illegal transfer of over CZK 10 billion out of Czech Republic
04.07.2014 09:05
CR: The Czech police have charged five people with the illegal transfer of money out of the Czech Republic, mainly to Asia, a spokesperson for the force’s anti-corruption unit said on Tuesday. The amount involved has been put at over CZK 10 billion over four years. Detectives say that the...
Sports News
04.07.2014 09:04
CR: In Sports News this Monday: Mountain biker Kulhavý completes unique hat-trick in Marathon World Championships; Kreuziger to miss Tour de France over irregularities in biological passport; Štybar becomes national mass start road race champion; hurdler Hejnová delays return; and Vydra...
Czech economy records fastest growth since 2008
04.07.2014 09:02
CR:
Photo: Klára Stejskalová“The figures confirm that the Czech economy was in the process of a broad-based recovery at the beginning of the year. A closer look at the details reveals that the recovery is not limited to net exports, which is what we saw in past quarters. Domestic consumption...