News From The Czech Republic
Czech News 12.6.2014 - 05.6.2014
13.06.2014 14:30
CR: 12.6.2014
Minister warns Czech tourists could face complications in unstable North African states
Czech holidaymakers may face more complications this summer than in previous years, the minister of foreign affairs, Lubomír Zaorálek, said on Thursday. Mr. Zaorálek said some destinations in...
Czech News 05.6.2014 - 29.5.2014
06.06.2014 08:41
CR: 05.6.2014
Human rights minister wants foreigners with permanent residence to get right to vote in Czech Republic
The minister for human rights, Jiří Dienstbier, wants foreigners who live permanently in the Czech Republic to be allowed to vote, the news website Lidovky.cz reported. Under a...
Czech Republic does not envisage NATO troops on its soil
04.06.2014 13:00
RT: The Czech defense minister says his country does not want to host foreign NATO troops on its soil, as part of plans to beef up the alliance’s eastern wing in light of the Ukraine crisis in contrast to some other eastern European countries like Poland.
Martin Stropinsky, the Czech defense...
Czech News 29.5.2014 - 21.5.2014
30.05.2014 12:05
CR: 29.5.2014
Senate rejects one of three of president’s candidates for top court
The Senate has rejected one of President Miloš Zeman’s candidates for the post of Constitutional Court judge, Jiří Nykodým. While serving previously as a Constitutional Court judge, the lawyer played a role in...
Image-crazed cops criminalising politics
27.05.2014 14:43
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
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Czech News 21.5.2014 - 15.05.2014
22.05.2014 11:49
CR: 21.5.2014
Life sentences handed down to methanol poisoning masterminds
A Czech court has handed down life sentences to two mean accused of being the ringleaders of the methanol scandal which cost the lives of more than 50 people. The regional court in Zlín handed down the sentences...
Czechs toast the discovery of cosmic rays 100 years ago this week
16.05.2014 09:41
CR: In the early morning hours of Tuesday a crowd gathered to watch the release of a hot air balloon over Prague’s Libuše meteorological observatory in honour of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic rays by the young Austrian physicist Victor Franz Hess. But, more than anywhere...
Classical music fans descend on capital for 66th Prague Spring festival
16.05.2014 09:39
CR: Classical music fans are gearing up for one of the most prestigious events in the cultural calendar – the Prague Spring International Music Festival, which gets underway on Thursday evening. Founded in 1946, as a newly-liberated Czechoslovakia was emerging from six years of war and Nazi...
Tribute to Rafael Kubelík, Part 2: Supporting freedom at home and return after decades in exile
16.05.2014 09:38
CR: Monday’s opening of the 2014 Prague Spring music festival was dedicated to one of the greats of Czech music, conductor Rafael Kubelík, who was born 100 years ago this year. The honour was certainly merited; after all, not only did Kubelík help found the festival immediately after WWII, he...
Tribute to Rafael Kubelík, Part 1: The war years and exile
16.05.2014 09:37
CR: Monday night’s opening of the 69th edition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival will be in honour of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of most important figures in 20th century Czech music, conductor Rafael Kubelík. In this special programme, his son Martin discusses...