Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Carbon credit sale to finance energy saving projects
ČTK
Revenues from carbon credits sales will finance energy saving projects in residential, office and public buildings, under a strategy the Czech government approved Monday. According to Environment Ministry estimates, the state might raise CZK 10-25 billion through the sale of emission allowances that the ministry wants to launch at the end of February 2009. The Czech Republic pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 by 8% from 1990 levels.
"The Death thanks government for radar: "I don't need to fear for my job any longer." (ČTK)Death thanks the government for the radar: "I don't need to fear for my job any longer," the protesters say. (ČTK)
Anti- radar activists protest outside govt office
ČTK
Five activists disguised as Grim Reapers protested against the planned missile defence radar Monday morning.
Business
Analysts: Czech GDP to drop
Recession
Hospodářské noviny
JPMorgan Chase expects the Czech Republic's GDP to fall by 1% next year.

 
Czech Republic and the EU
Parliament to debate Lisbon Treaty next week
Easybourse.com/AFP
Czech lawmakers will meet in a special session 9 December to discuss the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, head of the parliament's lower house, Miloslav Vlček, told reporters Monday.
National
Watch out – taxi!
Taxi in Prague (ČTK)
Respekt
Prague taxi drivers have such a bad reputation that an allusion to their service even appeared in the US series Gilmore Girls. But Prague police are finally taking action.
National
Foreigners in trouble when losing job in ČR
ČTK
Many foreigners mainly from Asia end up in a difficult social situation in the Czech Republic after being dismissed from factories due to the financial crisis, daily Lidové noviny wrote on Monday.
Real Estate
Praguescape: Villa Tugendhat reconstruction, take two
praguescape icon
Prague Daily Monitor
Brno City Hall is calling a new tender for the reconstruction of Mies van der Rohe-designed Villa Tugendhat. Let's hope the functionalist landmark finally receives the repairs it deserves.
OPINION
Tomáš Němeček: How to make peace with Klaus
ČR's EU presidency logo
Hospodářské noviny
Journalist Tomáš Němeček suggests the cabinet calls Social Democrats or Václav Havel to help it cope with President Václav Klaus during the Czech EU presidency.
LIFE
MfD: Czechs suffer from new 'mobile signal loss phobia'
ČTK photo
ČTK
Czechs like other nations suffer from the fear of losing mobile telephone signal or of the discharging of the battery at the wrong moment, which is a "disease" called nomophobia, daily Mladá fronta Dnes wrote on Monday.
Singing praises for U Emy Destinnové
Courtesy Photo
Czech Business Weekly
Decorated with the pictures of legendary Czech opera singer Ema Destinnová, the restaurant is situated in a calm neighborhood, easily reachable from Wenceslas Square by foot.
Tindersticks
Tindersticks (Courtesy)
Prague.tv
On December 3, the Nottingham based musicians play the Divadlo Archa (Archa Theatre) as part of their winter European tour.
Ljiljana Buttler
Prague.tv
As her newest album title states, Ljiljana Buttler is the mother of Gypsy soul. Her heartfelt crooning is reminiscent of American singers Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday but pulls the listener farther east.