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Jan Fischer

Type: Person

Name: Jan Fischer

Title: President - Czech Statistical Office (Czech Republic)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Czech Jews document tripling of online anti-Semitism

The increase in hate speech, which the community links to a Jewish politician’s presidential bid, among other factors, was documented in an annual report on anti-Semitism. The Jewish Community of Prague documented a tripling of online instances of anti-Semitic ... [Published Haaretz - May 15 2013]

Entities: Anti-Semitism, Hate Speech, Annual Report, Jan Fischer

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Fischer joins CE Group

Prague, May 9 (CTK) - 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 ... [Published Prague Monitor - May 10 2013]

Entities: Jan Fischer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gas Pipeline, Prague

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Administration proposes new budget cuts, reduces proposed tax hike

By DANNY ADLER Staff writer PhillyBurbs.comPosted on May 8, 2013A proposal to eliminate all extracurricular activities and cut 70-plus teaching positions in the Bensalem Township School District is off the table.At a budget meeting Wednesday night at ... [Published Bucks County Courier Times - May 09 2013]

Entities: David Baugh, Bensalem High School, Danny Adler, Kim Anderson

First reported Feb 11 2013 - Updated Feb 11 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

Czech taxpayers will pay a trillion for the solar mistake

...trillion of crowns, of course... Because the dear reader probably doesn't know how much the Czech koruna, the peso of ours, is worth, I must tell you that 1 U.S. dollar is about 19 crowns. Still, a trillion is a large number. Czech media published ... [Published The Reference Frame - Feb 11 2013]

Entities: European Union, Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, Solar Power

First reported Jan 17 2013 - Updated Jan 18 2013 - 2 reports

Karel Schwarzenberg

Ready for round two

Arms raised and smiling for the cameras, Karel Schwarzenberg looked like a man who had just won a boxing match rather than a political contest. But as the 75-year-old presidential hopeful walked onstage to address his supporters at a packed theater in ... [Published Prague Post - Jan 17 2013]

Entities: Karel Schwarzenberg, Milos Zeman, Jan Fischer, Václav Klaus

First reported Jan 13 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

Václav Klaus

Schwarzenberg vs Zeman

TWO elder statesmen will face off in the race to succeed Václav Klaus, the Eurosceptic president, in a shift that is likely to make the country much more pro-European, at least rhetorically. Miloš Zeman, a former prime minister, narrowly outpaced Karel ... [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Jan 13 2013]

Entities: Milos Zeman, Karel Schwarzenberg, Jan Fischer, Václav Klaus

First reported Jan 12 2013 - Updated Jan 12 2013 - 1 reports

Zuzana Roithová

Zeman vs Schwarzenberg

The voting in the first direct Czech presidential elections ended 120 minutes ago but because 94% of voting districts have already been counted, it's clear who will continue to the second round in two weeks. Zeman (left) is officially a left-wing ... [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 12 2013]

Entities: Jana Bobošíková, Jan Fischer, Zuzana Roithová, Premysl Sobotka

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Polls: Choose your Czech president

Let's try to organize presidential elections among the TRF readers. It's supposed to be fun, you may choose your winner for serious reasons as well as less serious ones. The actual presidential elections take place on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. ... [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: Karel Schwarzenberg, Jan Fischer, Milos Zeman

First reported Jan 09 2013 - Updated Jan 10 2013 - 1 reports

Meet the tattooed-head-to-toe opera composer who’s shaking up the Czech elections

PRAGUE — He’s tattooed from head to toe, a warrior-like mix of blue, green and red. He’s also running in a surprising third place ahead of this week’s Czech presidential elections. Vladimir Franz, an opera composer and painter, seems the most unlikely ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 09 2013]

Entities: Prague, Milos Zeman, Jan Fischer

First reported Jan 05 2013 - Updated Jan 05 2013 - 1 reports

Czech presidential candidates: test your English

In one week, Czechia will vote its new president who will replace Prof Klaus (who's been the Czech president for 10 years) in March in the first direct presidential election ever.The two candidates who are expected to pass to the second round, Mr Miloš ... [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 05 2013]

Entities: Milos Zeman, Jan Fischer, Claudia Schiffer, Erik Best, Becherovka

First reported Dec 13 2012 - Updated Dec 13 2012 - 1 reports

Jan Fischer's bid for the presidency

PREVIOUSLY the choice of insiders, Jan Fischer (pictured above) has been the frontrunner to succeed Václav Klaus as Czech president since a constitutional change earlier this year shifted the election to a direct popular vote. It is the public distaste ... [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Dec 13 2012]

Entities: Jan Fischer, Václav Klaus, Milos Zeman

First reported Nov 30 2012 - Updated Nov 30 2012 - 1 reports

The Czech Republic's first presidential debate

IT was hardly politics as usual as presidential contenders took part in the Czech Republic's first (but surely not the last) official presidential debate November 28th. Six leading contenders, who met filing requirements by the November 23rd deadline, ... [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Nov 30 2012]

Entities: Milos Zeman, Jan Fischer, Karel Schwarzenberg, Prague

Quotes

"the opportunity to work in energy industry was most attractive of all offers considered. ce group is a young, dynamic company and i want to give my experiences for the benefit of its further development" Fischer said

Fischer joins CE Group [Published Prague Monitor - May 10 2013]

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Group of Czech Jewish Holocaust survivors meets... [Published Radio Prague - 1 hour ago]
Czech Jews document tripling of online anti-Sem... [Published Haaretz - May 15 2013]
Fischer joins CE Group [Published Prague Monitor - May 10 2013]
Czech unsuccessful presidential candidate Fisch... [Published Ceskenoviny - May 09 2013]
Administration proposes new budget cuts, reduce... [Published Bucks County Courier Times - May 09 2013]
Elena Kotova: a corrupt Russian banker or an in... [Published The Independent - Apr 29 2013]
Czech taxpayers will pay a trillion for the sol... [Published The Reference Frame - Feb 11 2013]
Zeman wins [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Jan 27 2013]
Klaus' successor: Miloš Zeman elected Czech pre... [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 26 2013]
Ready for round two [Published Prague Post - Jan 17 2013]
The Czech presidency: Karel Havel or Milos Klaus? [Published The Economist - Europe - Jan 17 2013]
Schwarzenberg vs Zeman [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Jan 13 2013]
Zeman vs Schwarzenberg [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 12 2013]
Polls: Choose your Czech president [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 10 2013]
Meet the tattooed-head-to-toe opera composer wh... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 09 2013]
Czech presidential candidates: test your English [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 05 2013]
Jan Fischer's bid for the presidency [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Dec 13 2012]
The Czech Republic's first presidential debate [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Nov 30 2012]
Return of a leftist heavyweight [Published Prague Post - Oct 25 2012]

Blogs

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Czech taxpayers will pay a trillion for the sol... [Published The Reference Frame - Feb 11 2013] ...trillion of crowns, of course... Because the dear reader probably doesn't know how much the Czech koruna, the peso of ours, is worth, I must tell you that 1 U.S. dollar is about 19 crowns. Still, a trillion is a large number. Czech media published ...
Zeman wins [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Jan 27 2013] THE runoff round of the Czech presidential election began badly for Karel Schwarzenberg when he mistakenly invalidated his own ballot by submitting it without the required envelope. The final vote count January 26th was not much better: he was defeated ...
Klaus' successor: Miloš Zeman elected Czech pre... [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 26 2013] I have "more positive than negative" opinions about both candidates but I voted for Miloš Zeman because he seemed like a decent enough successor to Klaus to me. He is one of the last active "founding fathers" of the post-revolutionary political syste ...
Schwarzenberg vs Zeman [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Jan 13 2013] TWO elder statesmen will face off in the race to succeed Václav Klaus, the Eurosceptic president, in a shift that is likely to make the country much more pro-European, at least rhetorically. Miloš Zeman, a former prime minister, narrowly outpaced Karel ...
Zeman vs Schwarzenberg [Published The Reference Frame - Jan 12 2013] The voting in the first direct Czech presidential elections ended 120 minutes ago but because 94% of voting districts have already been counted, it's clear who will continue to the second round in two weeks. Zeman (left) is officially a left-wing ...