http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/ CeskeNoviny.cz cs ČTK (www.ctk.cz) http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-18/940061?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech papers comment on President Milos Zeman´s refusal to appoint Martin C.Putna, a literary historian and cricic who mainly focuses on Catholic literature, professor without stating any reason because, as he put it, he does not want to humiliate Putna. Sat, 18 May 2013 12:56:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/940061 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-rector-asks-zeman-why-he-refused-to-name-putna-professor/939659?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman has refused to name academic Martin C. Putna, 44, professor, saying today he did not publicly announce his reasons because he does not want to humiliate him, but if Putna turned to court, he would publish the reasons. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:35:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/939659 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/jailed-czech-mps-not-to-receive-pay-any-more-lower-house-decides/939743?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech lawmakers staying in prison would probably no longer receive their salaries and bonuses, nor would they be entitled to other perks such as keeping offices in their home constituencies, under a bill on constitutional officials´ wages that the Chamber of Deputies passed today. Fri, 17 May 2013 13:15:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/939743 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-zeman-criticises-pension-system-reform/939714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman criticised the government´s pension reform and said the reform, if fully implemented, would siphon off money from the state pay-as-you-go pension system and worsen the position of pensioners. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/939714 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czechs-may-protect-baltic-countries-airspace-again-in-2015-necas/939696?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Riga - The Czech Republic could protect the Baltic countries´ airspace again in 2015, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas (Civic Democrats, ODS) told journalists after meeting his Latvian counterpart Valdis Dombrovskis today. Fri, 17 May 2013 11:41:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/939696 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-17/939586?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The Czech government should have the right to dismiss the police chief if it is not satisfied with his work, Martin Weiss writes in the daily Lidove noviny (LN) today. Fri, 17 May 2013 07:21:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/939586 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/honorary-chairman-of-czech-social-democrats-komarek-dies/939405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Valtr Komarek, honorary chairman of the opposition Czech Social Democrats (CSSD), one of the major protagonists of the communist regime's fall in 1989, died after a long illness aged 82 today, the server iDnes.cz has said, referring to his son Martin Komarek. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:35:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/939405 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-16/939055?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The three new candidates Czech President Milos Zeman has proposed to the Constitutional Court (US) offer a mix that does not look bad at all, Ludek Navara writes in Mlada fronta Dnes. Thu, 16 May 2013 07:13:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/939055 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-has-three-new-candidates-for-constitutional-court/938628?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman has another three candidates to fill in the posts of Constitutional Court (US) judges that will be vacated later this year and he met them at Prague Castle on Tuesday, his spokeswoman Hana Burianova writes on the Presidential Office website today. Wed, 15 May 2013 14:35:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/938628 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-const-court-to-start-debating-church-restitution-on-may-29/938769?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Brno - The Czech Constitutional Court (US) has called the first public hearing on a proposal that the whole law on the return of communist-confiscated property to churches for May 29 and it is to be attended by the politicians who wrote the complaint, the US announced on its website. Wed, 15 May 2013 13:34:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/938769 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-15/938540?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The movement based on sports values is able to attract both the leftist and rightist voters, Jan Keller writes in Pravo, commenting on the recent rapid surge of former Czech education minister Josef Dobes's Movement for Sports and Health (HPSZ). Wed, 15 May 2013 07:18:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/938540 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czechs-are-very-unsatisfied-with-state-of-democracy-poll/938303?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - A mere one-quarter of Czechs, the same figure as in December 2011, are satisfied with the state of democracy in the Czech Republic, according to a poll conducted by the polling institute STEM in early April and released today. Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/938303 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-church-restitution-opponents-write-letter-to-pope-francis/938224?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Opponents of the Czech law on the return of the churches' property confiscated by the communist regime have written a letter to Pope Francis in hope that his authority could prevent the Roman Catholic Church from the property takeover, the activists told reporters today. Tue, 14 May 2013 13:42:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/938224 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-milos-zeman-to-visit-poland-in-late-may/938129?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman will pay a visit to Poland on May 23-24, continuing with his tour of the Czech Republic's neighbours after his election at the beginning of the year. Tue, 14 May 2013 10:47:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/938129 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-14/938041?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The arrest of MP and former influential Social Democrat (CSSD) Central Bohemia regional governor David Rath 20 month ago was a real breakthrough viewed as a symbol of changes in the police and state attorneys´ work, Jiri Leschtina writes in Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. Tue, 14 May 2013 07:27:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/938041 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-republic-offers-l-159-aircraft-to-poland/937963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Warsaw - The Czech Republic participates in a Polish tender for training planes with the aim to deliver the L-159 aircraft to Poland, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas told CTK in Warsaw today. Mon, 13 May 2013 20:06:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937963 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/food-quality-checks-to-be-similar-in-czechrep-poland/937922?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Warsaw - Czech and Polish food inspection authorities will start using similar methods in food quality checks, prime ministers of the two countries, Petr Necas and Donald Tusk, told journalists today. Mon, 13 May 2013 17:51:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937922 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-cardinal-remembers-romany-holocaust-victims/937876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Lety - Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka and a hundred of other people remembered Romany Holocaust victims by a commemorative event at a memorial near the site of the Lety wartime internment camp for Romanies today. Mon, 13 May 2013 16:40:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937876 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-13/937629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek justified the delays in the case of privatisation of the MUS coal mining company saying then high state attorney did not give him the necessary documents, but they are part of the Swiss file to which Czech lawyers would gain access once Prague joined the complaint, Jiri Leschtina writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. Mon, 13 May 2013 07:24:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937629 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-zeman-questioned-over-privatisation-scandal/937567?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech anti-corruption police questioned President Milos Zeman over the fraudulent privatisation deal of the MUS coal mining company in February, the public broadcaster Czech Television (CT) said today. Sun, 12 May 2013 21:22:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937567 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/prague-spring-music-festival-begins-with-smetana-s-my-country/937554?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The Philharmonic Orchestra of French Radio with Canadian conductor Peter Oundjian opened the 68th Prague Spring music festival with Czech composer Bedrich Smetana's symphonic poem My Country this evening. Sun, 12 May 2013 20:35:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937554 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-ultralight-plane-with-germans-hits-hotel/937069?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prostredni Lanov - An ultralight plane crashed into an almost empty hotel near Trutnov, east Bohemia, this afternoon, after which the two-member crew, both from Germany, were taken to hospital with serious injuries, regional police spokeswoman Iva Jezkova has told CTK. Sat, 11 May 2013 17:21:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937069 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/zeman-feeling-better-to-attend-prague-spring-opening/937091?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman's health condition is improving and he plans to attend the Sunday opening concert of the Prague Spring music festival, Presidential Office spokeswoman Hana Burianova told CTK today. Sat, 11 May 2013 14:48:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937091 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-11/937057?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - President Milos Zeman's penchant for alcohol seems to really affect the way he performs his duties, Martin Zverina writes in Lidove noviny, commenting on the latest news that Zeman suffered from a "virosis," published by the Presidential Office after he moved very unsteadily at the ceremony unveiling the Bohemia regalia on Thursday. Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/937057 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-10/936555?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Former Czech prime minister and EU commissioner Vladimir Spidla is a controversial figure but in the past he could see what it means being opposed to Milos Zeman, resisting his unscrupulous pressure and thwarting his plans, Jiri Leschtina writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. Fri, 10 May 2013 07:24:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/936555 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-crown-jewels-taken-out-from-cathedral-to-go-on-display/936480?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman and six other representatives of the state, church and the City of Prague today unlocked the chamber in St Vitus Cathedral holding the Czech crown jewels that were transported to Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle where they will be on display for ten days as from Friday. Thu, 09 May 2013 19:49:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/936480 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-scard-contract-content-negotiated-against-govt-s-will-pm/936436?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The content of the contract between the Czech Labour and Social Affairs Ministry and the Ceska sporitelna (CS) bank on the social sCards was agreed on behind the back of the government, without its knowledge and against it will, Prime Minister Petr Necas said today. Thu, 09 May 2013 17:46:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/936436 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/fired-czech-totalitarian-institute-head-herman-enters-politics/936435?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Daniel Herman, dismissed head of the Czech Totalitarian Regimes Study Institute (USTR), has entered active politics by joining the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), party spokeswoman Alexandra Alvarova confirmed to CTK today. Thu, 09 May 2013 17:46:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/936435 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-unsuccessful-presidential-candidate-fischer-joins-ce-group/936381?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech unsuccessful presidential candidate Jan Fischer, 62, will work for the CE Group energy group and will be responsible for the strategic management of Rozna energy complex projects and the prepared high-pressure gas pipeline Mozart, CE Group informed CTK in a press release today. Thu, 09 May 2013 16:35:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/936381 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/gas-leak-outside-house-behind-recent-prague-explosion/936289?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The recent explosion in the centre of Prague was caused by gas leaking from an underground piping outside the four-storey house that was heavily damaged by the blast, a pressure test has shown, Prague police spokesman Jan Danek has written on the police´s website. Thu, 09 May 2013 13:48:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/936289 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-9/936090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman´s statement in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday that he does not seek a presidential system but adheres to the present system of parliamentary democracy is valuable, Daniel Kaiser writes in daily Lidove noviny (LN) today. Thu, 09 May 2013 07:23:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/936090 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-other-politicians-celebrate-wwii-end/935918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman, Prime Minister Petr Necas and other politicians and military officials attended a traditional military parade and laid wreaths to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the WWII´s end at the Vitkov National Memorial today. Wed, 08 May 2013 15:21:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935918 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-foreign-minister-is-against-israel-s-air-attack-in-syria/935744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Jerusalem - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg will never support Israeli air strikes at arms convoys in Syria or on Iranian nuclear facilities, Schwarzenberg told the Israeli news portal Times of Israel in an interview during his visit to Israel on Monday and released today. Tue, 07 May 2013 21:10:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935744 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/corruption-unemployment-mistrust-of-offices-czech-ills-zeman/935577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech society faces three major problems - corruption, growing unemployment and growing mistrust of constitutional bodies, President Milos Zeman said in the first speech he made in the Chamber of Deputies since he was inaugurated in March today. Tue, 07 May 2013 16:30:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935577 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/bootleg-liquor-kills-45-czechs-seven-poisoned-in-2013/935544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Seven people have been poisoned by methanol-tainted liquor since the beginning of the year in the Czech Republic and the bootleg alcohol has killed 45 and harmed the health of over 130 people within a poisoning scandal that started in September 2012, the police told journalists today. Tue, 07 May 2013 14:11:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935544 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-lawyers-face-to-face-meeting-over-amnesty-cancelled/935541?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - A face-to-face meeting of Czech lawyers Zdenek Koudelka and Pavel Hasenkopf over who drafted the text of the controversial New Year presidential amnesty, which Justice Minister Pavel Blazek staged in the presence of journalists today, was cancelled early as Hasenkopf did not turn up. Tue, 07 May 2013 14:07:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935541 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-7/935365?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - All major Czech dailies today comment on the continuing dispute over the authorship of former president Vaclav Klaus´s amnesty, widely criticised for its part abolishing protracted criminal prosecution in some closely watched cases of corruption and huge fraud. Tue, 07 May 2013 07:26:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935365 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-foreign-minister-has-understanding-for-israeli-air-attack/935256?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Jerusalem - Israel's air attack on Syria violated international law, but from the viewpoint of Israel it is comprehensible, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told journalists today. Mon, 06 May 2013 19:22:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935256 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-zeman-wants-to-ban-dangerous-sports/935181?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - New Czech President Milos Zeman wants to ban or at least restrict dangerous sports, for instance, rallies, he said in a spot shot for the Week of Road Traffic Safety that the Transport Ministry presented to reporters today. Mon, 06 May 2013 18:25:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935181 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/zeman-says-lawyer-hasenkopf-coauthor-of-disputed-czech-amnesty/935092?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman today said lawyer Pavel Hasenkopf is a coauthor of the New Year´s amnesty declared by then president Vaclav Klaus, mainly of its controversial article that halted long-lasting criminal proceedings. Mon, 06 May 2013 17:32:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935092 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-zeman-to-visit-israel-in-october/935200?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Jerusalem - Czech President Milos Zeman will visit Israel in October, Israeli President Shimon Peres said during his talks with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg in Jerusalem today. Mon, 06 May 2013 16:55:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-lobbyist-janousek-charged-over-car-accident/935146?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The Prague Municipal State Attorney´s Office has charged lobbyist Roman Janousek with attempted murder and menace due to intoxication in connection with an accident he caused in 2012, the attorney´s office spokeswoman Stepanka Zenklova told CTK today. Mon, 06 May 2013 15:24:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/935146 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-6/934935?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The public Czech Television (CT) seems not to be able to check the past of the guests who appear in its programme with the image of experts, Daniel Kaiser writes in daily Lidove noviny (LN) today. Mon, 06 May 2013 07:31:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/934935 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/prague-1945-uprising-provoked-by-czechs-loss-of-dignity-zeman/934746?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The Prague Uprising in May 1945 was provoked by the humiliation of the Czech nation and the loss of dignity, which now corruption and unemployment can cause, President Milos Zeman said at a commemorative meeting marking the event´s 68th anniversary today. Sun, 05 May 2013 15:45:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/934746 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-4/934405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Speculations about the real authorship of the Czech presidential amnesty, declared by Vaclav Klaus on January 1 shortly before his term expired, are really incomprehensible, Josef Koukal writes in daily Pravo today. Sat, 04 May 2013 13:08:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/934405 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-president-appoints-three-new-constitutional-court-judges/934111?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman appointed three new Constitutional Court (US) judges, Milada Tomkova, who will be the court's deputy chairwoman, Jaroslav Fenyk and Jan Filip, at Prague Castle, the presidential seat, today. Fri, 03 May 2013 13:49:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/934111 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-ustr-institute-head-may-file-complaint-over-its-management/934072?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czech Totalitarian Regimes Study Institute (USTR) acting head Pavla Foglova is considering filing a criminal complaint over the USTR's financial management under her predecessor Daniel Herman who paid high bonuses of 903,000 crowns to his aides in January, she said today. Fri, 03 May 2013 12:43:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/934072 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/anti-corruption-police-want-12-czechs-charged-in-promopro-case/934022?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The police propose that 12 people be charged in the case of a controversial order for Promopro firm during the Czech EU presidency in 2009 that the detectives say was overpriced by 388 million crowns, anti-corruption police squad spokesman Jaroslav Ibehej told CTK today. Fri, 03 May 2013 11:02:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/934022 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-press-survey-may-3/933923?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - Czechs would appreciate if their new President Milos Zeman focused on more serious issues, such as the state of health care and education systems and overpriced motorways, rather than on a dispute about one ambassadorial post, Martin Biben writes in Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) today. Fri, 03 May 2013 07:23:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/933923 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-parties-do-not-reach-agreement-on-financial-constitution/933845?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed Prague - The leaders of Czech parliamentary parties did not reach an agreement on a constitutional bill on budget responsibility, which is dubbed the financial constitution, Prime Minister Petr Necas (Civic Democrats, ODS) said after the meeting tonight. Thu, 02 May 2013 20:03:00 +0200 http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/933845