News From The Czech Republic
Castle man - Czech presidential race
16.07.2012 14:33
TheEconomist: Early next year Czechs will vote for their president: the first direct election for the head of state in the country's history. In the past, the person in Prague castle has always been chosen by politicians. Now the race is on to replace Václav Klaus, the incumbent who as finance...
Czech press survey - July 16
16.07.2012 11:37
CeskeNoviny: Prague - The Czech government TOP 09 will have to find a new leader, and also some ethos and sense of its existence for the next general election, Jindrich Sidlo writes in daily Hospodarske noviny today.
The party´s success in the first elections it took part in two years ago was...
Were Kalousek calls an attempt to intimidate the police president?
16.07.2012 11:34
CR: Police president Petr Lessy dropped a political bombshell on Thursday, revealing that over a week ago he was repeatedly called by the finance minister over an ongoing police investigation into the CASA military plane purchase. Speaking before the Security Committee on Thursday, Mr Lessy...
Large Czech milk farms ideally suit our needs, says owner of Gran Moravia cheese factory
16.07.2012 11:33
CR: The small Moravian town of Litovel is home to the world’s largest hard cheese factory. Since 1996 when the Italian company Orrero set up its production there, its Gran Moravia cheese has been conquering markets in around the world. Today, the Litovel cheese plant produces around 6,000...
News Czech Republic 16.07.2012
16.07.2012 11:29
CR: Audit: Czech Export Bank provided billions in unjustified loans
The Czech Export Bank has provided 8.2 billion crowns, or nearly 400 million US dollars, in unjustified loans, according to a review by the country’s supreme audit authority released on Monday. The auditors found out...
Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek or Police President Petr Lessy atack
13.07.2012 12:00
CeskeNoviny: Prague - It is either Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek or Police President Petr Lessy who does not speak the truth about their recent phone conversation about the police enquiry into the controversial purchase of the CASA planes, Jana Bendova writes in daily Mlada fronta...
Národní třída metro station closes for two years
13.07.2012 11:06
CR: On Tuesday this week Prague’s Národní třída metro station –one of the busiest in the city centre –closed its doors to the public for two long years. The closure is due to a large developer’s project in the close vicinity of the station where work has already started on a four-storey...
News Czech Republic 13.07.2012
13.07.2012 11:04
CR: Police president says Finance Minister Kalousek personally lobbied him over CASA investigation
Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek spoke with Petr Lessy, president of the Czech police service, about the ongoing corruption investigation related to CASA military plane purchases in 2009....
Perestroika passes Czechoslovakia by
13.07.2012 11:01
CR:
Ronald Reagan“The personal relationship between Mr Gorbachev and me, and the various members of our respective delegations, has continued to deepen and improve. But personal relationships and hopes for peace are not by themselves enough… While at every turn I’ve tried to state our...
Czech MPs release former minister Parkanova for prosecution
12.07.2012 12:30
CeskeNoviny: Prague - The Czech Chamber of Deputies today released, as expected, former defence minister Vlasta Parkanova (TOP 09) for criminal prosecution over the controversial purchase of CASA transport planes for the Czech air force.
After the vote, Parkanova announced her resignation as...