In this Nov. 9, 2016 file photo Czech Republic’s President Milos Zeman reads a statement at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. U.S. President Donald Trump’s European ally Milos Zeman says he wants to seek re-election in next year’s Czech presidential election.
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Hollywood film on couple who saved Jews premiering in Poland
Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain and the female director of her new movie, are celebrating both the strength and the tenderness of women. Chastain, director Niki Caro, and other actors were in Warsaw Tuesday for a gala screening of the movie “The Zookeeper’s Wife.”
Recticel improves annual sales, relaunches Czech plant
Brussels-based Recitcel declared force majeure and halted production at its plant in Most, Czech Republic, after a fire there. Recticel Group has reported higher sales for 2016, and remains optimistic for this year despite the fire that broke out at its Most, Czech Republic plant in January The fire forced Brussels-based Recticel to halt the production of components for car makers, such as PSA Group, Volkswagen, Daimler and Renault.
Thief helps man, 88, up stairs before pinching his wallet
CCTV released by police in Prague, Czech Republic, shows younger man offered a helping hand to an 88-year-old who was struggling to climb the stairs to his flat This is the moment a CCTV camera caught a ‘Good Samaritan’ stealing from an old man after helping him up a flight of stairs. The footage, captured in Prague, the Czech capital, shows the younger man helping an 88-year-old man up the stairs of his block of flats after being out for a stroll.
“Natural Born Butchers” wine-tasting party pairs cork and pork
In recent years, Prague has been attracting more and more visitors who are interested specifically in the local cuisine and beverages. Besides regular food tours there are also special one-off events, such as the Natural Born Butchers’ wine tasting party inspired by the pig slaughter season, combining mostly Bohemian and Moravian wines and specialties made from a traditional Czech breed of pig.
Facing long-term staff shortages, carmakers push for education changes
The Czech Republic’s auto producers and spare parts makers are currently lacking several thousand workers and expect to face the same problem for the rest of the decade, if not longer. To combat the problem they are advocating for changes in the country’s education system.
ZaorA lek: Economic certainty not only national interest – so are pluralist democracy and freedom
Economic certainty is not the Czech Republic’s only national interest – so is maintaining a pluralist democracy and free society, the Czech minister of foreign affairs, Lubomir Zaoralek, said on Tuesday. Mr. Zaoralek told the Czech National Interest conference in Prague that a number of economically developed countries were currently going through crises of democracy and that Czech history confirmed that the nation thrived when society was free.
‘Fear of the Unknown’ at National Technical Library says No to hatred and intolerance
A new exhibition entitled ‘Fear of the Unknown’, previously shown in an earlier inception in Bratislava, opened this week at Prague’s National Technical Library, focussing on the plight of refugees and the discourse surrounding the migrant crisis. The discussion is one which has been highly-politicised and exploited not only by fringe politicians but sadly even by the political mainstream.
Man convicted of trafficking women brought back to UK for prison term
A 40-year-old man convicted of trafficking women from the Czech Republic to work in the UK sex industry has been brought back to serve his sentence. Vojtech Paloc was arrested in November last year in Liberec in the Czech Republic under a European Arrest Warrant after leaving the UK before he could stand trial on human trafficking charges.
Czech president invites pope to mark 75th anniversary of Lidice
President MiloA Zeman has invited Pope Francis to visit the Czech Republic in June this year to mark the 75th anniversary of the LidA ce massacres. Around 20 Czechs from the village north of Prague were executed in a reprisal for the assassination of the Nazi acting governor of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 by Czechoslovak parachutists from Britain.
Czech soldier awarded highest EU mission medal
A Czech soldier has been awarded a European medal for service to security and defence goals. The medal was given to the sergeant for his actions during an attack on Czech troops stationed in Mali last year.
Fine for hockey champion Ruzicka over corruption upheld
The financial penalty of 400,000 crowns for a Czech hockey coach, a former national team star Vladimir Ruzicka, who kept half a million crowns that were to be sent to the Slavia Praha club is valid, the Prague Municipal Court ruled on Wednesday, turning down Ruzicka’s appeal. Ruzicka can still file a recourse with the Supreme Court.
Zeman: Man with suspected links to terrorists stays in CR
A man coming from North Africa and suspected of cooperation with terrorist Islam organisations is staying in Czech Republic, President Milos Zeman said on Czech Radio on Wednesday. He made the statement during a discussion about the new Centre against terrorism and hybrid threats, whose establishment by the Interior Ministry he criticises.
Prague university creates emergency e-mail for students abroad
Prague’s Charles University has created an emergency e-mail for students at exchange stays abroad and its foreign students and it demands that students register in the DROZD database, UK spokesman Vaclav Hajek told CTK on Wednesday. This was one of the reasons why UK, the oldest university in Central and North Europe founded in 1348, has prepared a plan of emergency communication in extreme situations.
MfD: Relations of Zeman, Sobotka, Babis to influence elections
President Milos Zeman, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Finance Minister Andrej Babis are the central figures of Czech politics and their oddly interconnected relations will influence the forthcoming elections, Miroslav Korecky wrote in daily Mlada fronta Dnes on Wednesday. As a result of the early general election held in late 2013, the election cycle changed and the presidential election will be organised only a few months after the general election , Korecky writes.
Only 4% of Czech attempts to give up smoking succeed
The number of Czechs trying to give up smoking is one million a year but only 4 percent of them succeed, Eva Kralikova, from the Centre for tobacco addicts at the 1st Medical Faculty in Prague, has told Wednesday’s issue of daily Pravo. Most of those who try to quit smoking do so without consulting experts.
Polluted air causes early death of up to 8,000 Czechs a year
Polluted air in the Czech Republic cuts short the lives of 6,000 to 8,000 people a year, the Environment Ministry has written in its annual report based on the State Health Institute’s data, daily Pravo reported on Wednesday. True, air pollution does not burden the whole country evenly and the extent and frequency mainly of dust particles differ at various places.
CD signs CZK 609m repair contract with Pars Nova
Czech Railways has signed a contract for repair work with Pars Nova, of A koda Transportation group. The contract covers periodical repairs of electric trains and locomotives.
Summary: IT firms are investing into development and products
ABRA Software will offer the new version of ERP ABRA Gen and the Business Intelligence module fully integrated into ERP ABRA Gen in 2017. EDITEL CZ acquired tens of new corporate clients in 2016 and plans to exceed the limit of 100 new clients in 2017 and 2018.
CzechInvest: Gov’t promised investment incentives totalling CZK 12.5bn
The government has promised investment incentives to 72 investment projects in 2016, based on applications for investment incentives. The spokesperson for governmental business and investment support agency CzechInvest, Petra Menclova, has told CIANEWS that the projects are worth CZK 60bn and investors will be able to draw retrospectively subsidies totalling up to CZK 12.5bn.
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The No Pants Subway Ride began in 2002 in New York as a stunt and has taken place in cities around the wo… . Passengers take part in the No Pants Subway Ride in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017.
No celebrations for Bulgaria and Romania’s EU’s 10th anniversary
Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007. On 1 January 2017, no celebration whatsoever marked their 10th accession anniversary, confirming that EU enlargement is no longer fashionable.
Hanukkah candelabrum lit up at Prague centre
Lights on a nine-branched candelabrum were lit up to celebrate the eight-day Jewish holiday Hanukkah in the Prague centre Tuesday evening. The participants in the ceremony paid respects to the victims of the latest terrorist attack in Berlin last week, which claimed 12 lives, including that of one Czech woman.
Poll: One-third of Czechs plan to make New Year’s resolution
Roughly one-third of Czechs, mainly young people under 29, plan to make New Year’s resolutions that most often concern a healthy lifestyle, according to a STEM/MARK poll conducted for the Naturhouse chain of diet advisory centres and released to CTK. More than a half of the polled have ever made a New Year’s resolution.
Survey: Czechs want to know their roots
Most Czechs consider it important to know their roots, but only less than a half seek information about their ancestors, according to a survey conducted by NMS Market Research for the Post Bellum organisation dealing with the 20th-century history and released to CTK on Tuesday. More than a half of Czechs consider their family destiny during the communist regime and under WWII as well as relations of their ancestors the most important topics from Czech history, the poll shows.
Court quashes verdict in Nagyova’s intelligence abuse case
A Czech court of appeal has again quashed the verdict acquitting Jana Necasova, former prime minister’s close aide and current wife, and several other suspects of military intelligence abuse, Czech Television reported on Tuesday. Necasova, still under her former name Nagyova, is suspected of abusing the VZ to gain information about the life of Radka Necasova, former wife of prime minister Petr Necas in 2012 in order to speed up his divorce.
KDU-CSL and TOP 09 heads have problems to crack
The chairmen of the Czech junior government Christian Democrats and the opposition rightist TOP 09, Pavel Belobradek and Miroslav Kalousek, respectively, had no reason to rejoice during the Christmas holidays, Lukas Jelinek wrote in daily Pravo on Tuesday. Belobradek, 40, who has led the party since 2010, may be faced with a serious rival in the election of the chairperson next year.
Transtech will deliver 49 streetcars for CZK 4bn to Finland
Finnish Transtech, a subsidiary of SKODA TRANSPORTATION, will deliver a total of 49 new streetcars to Helsinki. The public transit company in Helsinki has opted for 20 low-rise streetcars for Helsinki and signed a contract on the intention to deliver 29 streetcars for the new line Raide-Jokeri connecting Helsinki and Espoo.
CEZ will raise tariff wages by 5% in 2017
The agreement on the supplement of the collective agreement results in a growth in tariff wages paid in the company A EZ by 5% in 2017. Contractual wages will grow by 2.2%, A IANEWS was told by company spokeswoman SoASa HolingerovA .
CLFA provides 14.9% more money for financing of vehicles
Members of the Czech Leasing and Financial Association provided 8.3% more money with help of personal loans, revolving loans and direct financing in the third quarter of 2016. The members raised the volume of consumer loans for financing of cars by 14.9%.