Workers’ Party planning further protest in Litvínov, scene of unrest on Monday
The small far-right grouping the Workers’ Party are planning another protest in Litvínov, where they clashed with police on Monday after attempting to attack a largely Romany neighbourhood.
The spokesperson who announced the follow-up demonstration said only that it would take place in the near future. On Monday, a state holiday, hundreds of Workers’ Party members fought a Swedish court tries three Czechs over drug dealers ...
Czech-U.S. cooperation in missions, research to intensify ...
Czechs ask USA to help modernise its military cargo aircraft ... three-hour pitched battle with police in the north Bohemian town, after they were barred from entering the Janov estate; sixteen people were injured and a number of arrests were made. The Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolánek, has given his support to an Interior Ministry proposal to ban the Workers’ Party.
Canada maintaining no-visas policy for Czechs
Canada is maintaining its policy of not requiring Czech visitors to acquire a visa, the Czech embassy said on Thursday after a meeting between Canada’s minister for citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, and the Czech minister for human rights and minorities, Džamila Stehlíková. Minister Stehlíková presented the Canadians with information about a project to integrate Romanies into Czech society. Canada was reported to be considering re-introducing a visa requirement for Czechs, as over 500 Czechs, many of them Romanies, have applied for asylum since the requirement was dropped a year ago.
Politicians and public receiving distorted information about radar, says US critic
US academic Theodor Postol says both the Czech public and parliament are receiving deliberately distorted information about a radar base America is planning to build in central Bohemia. Professor Postol, who teaches security studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been brought to the Czech Republic by the environmental group Greenpeace. Speaking in Plzeň on Thursday, he said the available information suggested the radar would have a range of 600 or 700 kilometres, not the 2100 to 2500 kilometres described by the director of the US Missile Defense Agency, Henry Obering. The US says the radar is intended to track missiles from states such as Iran. Professor Postol said both the US and the Czech government were responsible for spreading distorted information.
Prague has signed treaties with Washington on the radar base, though the Czech Parliament has not yet voted on whether to allow US soldiers to be based on Czech territory.
PM: no current cabinet members to receive new post of deputy PM for economy in reshuffle
Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek has said no current cabinet members are likely to be chosen to fill the new post of deputy prime minister for the economy when he makes a cabinet reshuffle next month. He told the weekly Ekonom neither the finance minister, Miroslav Kalousek, nor the trade minister, Martin Říman, was likely to get the job. Mr Topolánek said the creation of the post was not a populist gesture; he said the government needed to push through pension reforms and to deal with current economic problems.
Czech internet domain names to remain without diacritics
Czech internet domain names will continue to feature letters without Czech diacritics, says the association CZ.NIC, which administers domain names ending in .cz. The question of introducing Czech diacritics (the symbols on letters like ž and ů) was again put on hold for a two-year period, after most respondents in a survey by CZ.NIC said things should be left as they are.
Nativity scenes exhibition on at Prague Castle
An exhibition of traditional Christmas nativity scenes has opened at Prague Castle. It features around four dozen nativity scenes of various ages and made of various materials, including wood, cardboard and gingerbread and was put together by the Spolek českých betlemářů (Czech nativity scene makers association).
Weather
It should get colder in the next few days, with strong winds and temperatures of no more than 2 degrees Celsius expected at the weekend. Forecasters say it will be partly sunny with rain or even snow in places.
(radio-Prague)
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