CzechNews

20/01/2020

Zjistil jsem že v naší zemi je problém s označováním vozů tajných služeb. Napadlo mě, že nejlevnějším řešením by mohlo být osvobodit je od povinnosti mít dálniční známku. To by se ale od tajných agentů nesnadno odlišovali ti, kdo jen jezdí bez známky a každý, kdo jezdí bez známky by se mohl vydávat za tajného agenta.
Proto navrhuji dávat těm co jezdí bez známky i tajným agentům pokuty, jako kdyby jezdili bez známky a ty by jim pak policie proplatila v případě, že jsou to tajní agenti a ne jen ti, kdo jezdí bez známky.

19/09/2014

Czech and Slovak Intelligence officers warn against underestimating Russia. Putin gravely misunderstood by NATO and the West http://zpravy.aktualne.cz/zahranici/czech-news/intelligence-officers-warn-against-underestimating-russia/r~a03aab2e3f4411e4975f0025900fea04/

EU has not the necessary information about Russia and uses information from media. On the contrary, Putin, as an ex-KGB officer works with information from...

19/08/2014

Radovan Krejcir, a Czech fugitive entrepreneur living in South Africa, has regained control of some of his property seized by Czech authorities..

Items worth almost one million euros seized from Czech fugitive entrepreneur Radovan Krejcir have been handed over to his lawyers

14/08/2014

The Czech economy grew 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to a preliminary estimate by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU). The growth was driven above all by a recovery in the manufacturing industry. “The manufacturing of vehicles and rubber and plastic products did particularly well,” said the agency...

Czech economy grew 2.6 percent in second quarter of 2014 compared to same period last year, according to preliminary estimate by Czech Statistical Office

12/08/2014

Czech semi-state energy company CEZ's net profit dropped 40 percent to CZK 17.2 billion (EUR 620 million) in the first half of 2014. The decrease was caused by a drop in wholesale electricity prices and an exceptionally warm winter, says the company. Electricity prices decreased from almost EUR 60 per megawatt-hour in 2011 to approximately EUR 30 this spring...

Czech semi-state energy giant CEZ's profit dropped 40 percent to CZK 17.2 billion (EUR 620 million) in first half of 2014 and revenues decreased by 10...

07/08/2014

The ban or limitation on exports of agricultural products to Russia may cause significant problems to some Czech producers as well as a drop in agricultural prices in the EU market, said Czech Agriculture Minister Marian Jurecka and Agrarian Chamber chairman Jan Veleba. A price drop in the EU would particularly hit Czech fruit producers...

Czech agricultural exports to Russia during first six months of 2014 were worth CZK 1.5 billion (EUR 54 million)

05/08/2014

Russian oil company Lukoil has announced it is leaving the Czech market, where it operates a chain of 44 gas stations, in response to the sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia last week...

Russian oil company Lukoil has announced it will sell its 44 gas stations in Czech Republic to Hungarian company MOL

01/08/2014

The Czech National Bank (CNB) will keep the koruna weak for much longer than initially announced. The koruna will not strengthen before 2016, the CNB said. Originally, the central bank announced that the currency interventions would continue only until January 2015...

Czech National Bank announces it will keep exchange rate of koruna at record low level until 2016. Previously, central bank said its currency interventions...

30/07/2014

The EU has approved a new package of sanctions against Russia, aimed predominantly against Russian financial and arms companies. For example, the 28-member bloc issued a ban on exports to Russia of so-called dual-use goods, or equipment that have civilian as well as military uses and thus can be used to manufacture guns, explosives, or missile systems. The EU's exports of dual-use items to Russia amounts to roughly EUR 20 billion a year...

EU sanctions against Russian arms companies will also hit some Czech industrial exporters

23/07/2014

While most international airlines have suspended their flights to Tel Aviv because of missile attacks from the Gaza Strip, Czech Airlines still flies to the country. The Czech flagship carrier's Tuesday evening flight to Tel Aviv departed as scheduled...

Czech Republic's flagship carrier is one of few airlines to still operate to Israel. Most airline companies suspended flights to Tel Aviv on Tuesday because...

21/07/2014

The Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over eastern Ukraine last week was most likely hit by a Russian-made Buk land-to-air missile. These missiles are visible on radar, so the information about the incident is readily available not only to Russia and Ukraine, but also to the USA and other NATO members, said Czech air defense missile brigade commander Petr Prskavec in an interview with Aktualne.cz. “The question is how will they use the information. And if the investigators will be allowed to access it.”

Information about what exactly happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17 shot down over eastern Ukraine is available not only to Russia and Ukraine, but...

18/07/2014

The Czech Foreign Ministry has approved CZK 3 million (EUR 110,000) in humanitarian aid for Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes in Gaza because of Israeli airstrikes...

Czech humanitarian aid will be delivered to Palestinians by UN's office for Palestinian refugees in Middle East UNRWA

17/07/2014

Only one Czech citizen so far has publicly admitted having joined Ukraine's pro-Russian separatists – physical education teacher Ivo Stejskal from Brno. “I am a Slav, and Slavs are fighting here. After I saw what happened in Odessa, I couldn't stay calm,” Stejskal told Russia's Channel One in reference to riots and a fire that killed almost 50 people in the southern Ukrainian city in May...

Experts say as much as 20 Czech nationals are fighting in Ukraine. Security agency BIS says cannot rule out possibility of Czechs fighting in Syria

02/07/2014

New World Resources (NWR), a heavily indebted Czech coal mining holding company, is talking to creditors on a debt restructuring. If the two sides fail to reach an agreement, NWR may decide to sell its flagship asset, the OKD coal mining company, and possibly also its Polish subsidiary NWR Karbonia...

OKD's owner NWR announced start of talks with creditors on debt restructuring

30/06/2014

Czech police have reopened the investigation of a CZK 1.5 billion (EUR 55 million) contract to build a nuclear waste storage facility awarded by Czech semi-state energy giant CEZ in 2007. The controversial deal was made when Martin Roman was the CEO...

Czech state energy company CEZ awarded in 2007 contract to build nuclear waste storage facility to recently established company with hidden owners

27/06/2014

Even after intensive negotiations, the Czech coalition government has failed to agree on a new Czech European commissioner. “The candidates nominated by the coalition parties are still the same. And no new candidate has been suggested,” said Premier Bohuslav Sobotka...

Junior government ANO 2011 leader says that new Czech European commissioner should be selected by next European Commission president from candidates...

24/06/2014

Czech semi-state energy company CEZ has reached a settlement with Albania over the former's unsuccessful investment in the Balkan country. Albania has agreed to pay EUR 100 million to CEZ in order to end CEZ's arbitration process. The energy company argued that Albania had failed to protect its investment. The agreed-upon compensation is approximately equal to CEZ's initial investment in Albania...

Albania needs to end dispute with Czech energy giant CEZ in order to get USD 200 million from World Bank and other organizations to modernize its energy sector

20/06/2014

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced a cease fire, but people living in the areas most affected by the fighting, such as Kramatorsk or Slavyansk, are not seeing much improvement. Those who have contacts in the Czech Republic want to move there...

“Many people have left, situation is difficult”, said resident of eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which has seen fierce clashes over control of nearby...