News From The Czech Republic
Czech ladies march on at Wimbledon with finalist guaranteed
04.07.2014 09:01
CR: The Czech Republic’s women have been having an excellent Wimbledon 2014. An unprecedented three reached the last 16 at the world famous tennis tournament and the country is guaranteed a representative in the final, as former tournament winner Petra Kvitová and Lucie Šafářová are set to...
Communist secret police operations under the spotlight thanks to Andrej Babiš affair
04.07.2014 09:00
CR: Last week’s decision by a Bratislava court that Czech finance minister Andrej Babiš was falsely described as being an agent of the Communist era secret police has sparked a lively debate about the apparent clearing of his name. Part of that debate focuses on how the StB functioned and whom...
Pervetin remains major problem in Czech Republic
04.07.2014 08:59
CR: On Tuesday, the European Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction released its European Drug report for 2014, mapping trends in illicit drug use and related threats to public health. For the Czech Republic, the news is sobering but not altogether surprising: that the country has the highest...
NWR raises possibility of OKD sell-off
04.07.2014 08:58
CR: Mining company New World Resources (NRW) is preparing for the possible sale of daughter companies, including the Ostrava-based coal producer OKD, it was reported on Wednesday. OKD has around 12,000 employees and runs four mines in the Czech Republic, including the Paskov mine in North...
Czech News 03.07.2014 - 25.6.2014
04.07.2014 08:48
CR: 03.07.2014
Czech PM says Czech Republic has not abandoned Havel’s legacy
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has rejected the notion that under his leadership the Czech Republic has gradually been abandoning the late president Vaclav Havel’s legacy with respect to democratic...
Giant salamanders become major attraction at Prague Zoo
26.06.2014 14:20
CR: Less than a month ago, Prague Zoo opened a new pavilion for Chinese giant salamanders which has proven to be a major attraction. The project was completed at the cost of 23.6 million crowns, after first being proposed four years ago by the zoo’s director, Pavel Bobek, who found inspiration...
Anyone for kontrabaš, šumajzl or kosmatice? New cookbook highlights regional specialities from around Czech Republic
26.06.2014 14:20
CR: etra Pospěchová’s recently published Regionální Kuchařka, or Regional Cookbook, is full of interesting recipes from around the Czech Republic, from her native Valašsko in the east of the country to the former Sudetenland in the west and all points in between, with each section introducing...
Czech News 25.6.2014 - 18.6.2014
26.06.2014 14:10
CR: 25.6.2014
Czech five percent barrier for EP elections could be lifted
The Czech Supreme Administrative Court will recommend to the Constitutional Court that it cancel the current five percent threshold in the elections to European Parliament valid in the Czech Republic, judge rapporteur...
Image-crazed cops criminalising politics
19.06.2014 09:20
E15: Former Czech PM Petr Nečas discusses the police corruption case against him – and says why he thinks organised crime police chief Robert Šlachta and state attorney Ivo Ištvan must go.
Former Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas could soon find himself facing fresh charges in a corruption case...
Budging Babišconi
19.06.2014 09:18
E15: Czech billionaires are seeking to counter the media influence of Andrej Babiš. After failing to secure control over either TV Nova or TV Prima, they are now considering creating a new channel instead.
The Czech Republic is likely to soon have a major new terrestrial TV broadcaster....