News From The Czech Republic
Miroslav Kalousek: Babiš’s voters will be disillusioned in a year
09.05.2014 12:00
E15: Anti-corruption activists stay silent when it comes to how the Agrofert owner and the finance minister are now one and the same person, thus creating a tremendous conflict of interest, says Miroslav Kalousek, Andrej Babiš's predecessor in the ministerial post and deputy chair of...
Llawyers’ sirens sound over Gripen jets deal
09.05.2014 11:58
E15: A jet lease deal lacking an independent cost analysis could lead to the prosecution of the Minister of Defence – and the entire government.
Czech Minister of Defence Martin Stropnický (ANO) is presently dealing with a problem related to JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets, made by Swedish...
Endless fumbling
09.05.2014 11:55
E15: The European Union has once again put off a decision on how to lower emissions and increase the share of renewable energy sources. This is bad news for the Czech Republic, says ČEZ CEO Daniel Beneš.
The era of uncertainty within the European energy market continues unabated. A...
A changing of the European Guard
09.05.2014 11:53
E15: Social Democrat MEP Libor Rouček and Communist MEP Miloslav Ransdorf are likely returning home from Brussels. The May elections to the European Parliament could see lawyer Klára Samková or Communist Kateřina Konečná elected in their stead.
One of the several books written by current...
Nymburk pair to pedal 850km down Elbe to North Sea in plastic bottle boat
09.05.2014 08:56
CR: Two local boys from Nymburk – about 50km east of Prague – will set out on an unusual journey at the end of June; peddling almost a thousand kilometres down the River Elbe to Hamburg in a boat made out of plastic water bottles. Honza Kára, a 22-year-old student, and his friend Jakub Bureš,...
Czech scientists denounce Environment Ministry’s plans for Šumava
09.05.2014 08:55
CR: A group of Czech scientists is threatening to launch legal action against the Czech Republic over what they see as its failure to provide appropriate protection to the Šumava National Park. The Czech Environment Ministry plans to designate 23 percent of the park’s area as non-intervention...
Czech News 08.05.2014 - 04.05.2014
09.05.2014 08:50
CR: 08.05.2014
President Miloš Zeman leads commemoration of end of WWII
Czech president Miloš Zeman led a commemoration by war veterans, army staff, politicians, and citizens of the 69th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe at Prague’s Vítkov memorial on Thursday. Similar events were held...
Czech News 04.05.2014 - 27.04.2014
05.05.2014 09:14
CR: 04.05.2014
Poll shows just under half of population satisfied with government
A poll released Sunday showed that 42 percent of respondents are happy with the progress of the current Czech coalition government after 100 days in office and 50% are not. The poll by the TNS AISA agency was...
Situation in Ukraine tops Eastern Partnership’ Prague summit agenda
28.04.2014 08:27
CR: Heads of state and other officials from countries of Central and Eastern Europe as well as three post-Soviet states of South Caucasus have met in the Czech capital at a two-day conference dedicated to the European Union’s Eastern Partnership programme, an initiative founded five years ago...
Czech News 27.04.2014 - 21.04.2014
28.04.2014 08:19
CR: 27.04.2014
US vice president, PM Sobotka, discuss NATO and situation in Ukraine
American Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday spoke to the premiers of the Czech Republic and Hungary about developments in Ukraine, assuring them of the United States’ commitment to collective defense under...