If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. Four Czechs are among the 13 missing after Sunday’s glacier slide in the Italian Alps, the news agency ANSA reported on Monday. There have been seven people confirmed dead so far, among them a Czech woman. . The Czech Republic is one of 21 European countries involved in the international project H2020 Vaccelerate (European Corona Vaccine Trial Accelerator Platform). This three-year project was established to create a network of clinical and research sites focused on the development and testing of vaccines against infectious diseases, including COVID-19. PM Petr Fiala said that Czech companies should be encouraged to get involved in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. He made this statement before departing for a conference on this very topic in Lugano, Switzerland. Czech fighters will temporarily protect Slovakian airspace from Sep. 1, Prime Minister Petr Fiala and his Slovak counterpart, Eduard Heger, announced on public broadcaster Czech Television. The assistance will last until Slovakia receives its order of American F-16 fighter jets, the delivery of which has been delayed. PM Petr Fiala expressed...
Czech employees generally have good relations with their foreign colleagues. More than half rate them as positive or even excellent. Only a small proportion of people would expressly not want foreign workers among their colleagues, and the majority think they deserve an equal status. This would mean the same salary as the Czechs, but also no special benefits. These data come from the Up Czech Republic employee barometer, with more than 1,000 respondents from domestic companies. The employment of foreigners has recently been widely discussed, especially with regard to the integration of Ukrainians into the domestic labor market. However, foreign workers are nothing new for Czechia. According to the Czech Statistical Office, over 800,000 foreign workers worked in Czechia last year, and this number has been growing steadily in recent years. “The trend of increasing representation of foreigners working in Czechia has been visible for several years. Some are EU citizens who come to work in the Czech Republic because of good working conditions, but others are also citizens of non-EU countries. One reason for this demand is that the Czech population is getting older. Weak cohorts are entering the labor market and at the same time the number of people...
The Czech Republic remains in the top ten of the most peaceful countries in the world after Iceland, New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, and Slovenia. The 16th edition of the Global Peace Index ranked 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. The Czech Republic was listed in 8th place. GPI is produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the world’s leading think tank dedicated to developing metrics to analyze peace and quantify its economic value.It does this by developing global and national indices, calculating the economic cost of violence, analyzing country-level risk, and understanding positive peace. In particular, the authors draw attention to the level of violent crime in the country, the availability of weapons to the population, government spending on military needs, the number of armed conflicts, the number of heavy weapons and nuclear weapons, relations with neighboring states, the profit from the sale of weapons, the level of social cohesion, respect for human rights, political and economic stability, and the number of prisoners. At the bottom of the list are Russia, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan. Top 10 of the Global Peace Index in 2022: Iceland New Zealand Ireland Denmark Austria Portugal Slovenia Czech...
The results of the twelfth annual Místo pro život (Place for Life) comparative survey, organized by the Communa company, were released this year. The best place to live is the capital city of Prague. The South Bohemian Region came in second and Karlovy Vary in third place. On the other end of the list, the Moravian-Silesian region came in last place. The survey evaluated the social and environmental aspects of life and the overall satisfaction of the residents. 3,500 residents of the Czech Republic took part in the evaluation, which included the areas of ecology and environment, childcare and education, infrastructure development, healthcare and social services, work, safety, civil society and tolerance, leisure activities and tourism. “The winner was the capital Prague, which has the highest average wages, the lowest unemployment, and the highest number of universities, as well as doctors and dentists, not to mention, for example, the highest average life expectancy for men,” says David Pavlát from the Communa company. The complete results – 2021 results are in parentheses 1. (13.) Prague 2. (5.) South Bohemian Region 3. (12.) Karlovy Vary Region 4. (1.) Zlín Region 5. (8.) Liberec Region 6. (6.) Pilsen Region 7. (2.) Highlands 8. (7.) Central...
If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib announced that the city will reopen its center for Ukrainian refugees from July 11. Prague closed the centre in mid-June due to the large number of refugees in the city. . Jan Graubner, who has until now served as the Archbishop of Olomouc, was officially inaugurated as the Archbishop of Prague during a mass in the Cathedral of Saint Vitus on Saturday. Monseigneur Graubner replaces Cardinal Dominik Duka in the office, who led the Prague Archdiocese for 12 years. Prime Minister Petr Fiala inaugurated the new Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Vladimír Baláš, on Friday, 1 July. The new minister was appointed to the post by President Miloš Zeman on Wednesday 29 June. The state budget deficit at the end of June fell to CZK 183 billion from CZK 189.3 billion in May. The budget posted a deficit of CZK 265.1 billion at the end of June, the worst June result since the Czech Republic was founded, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. Based on the increase...
The Jewish community in the Czech Republic is dealing with a surge of antisemitism, mostly found online and related to the impact the pandemic had on society as well as from right-wing extremists, according to the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic (FZO). Data compiled by the FZO found a total of 1,128 antisemitic incidents in 2021, 254 more than the 874 incidents in 2020. The number represents a 29 percent increase over the previous year. Nearly all reported incidents (98 percent) were expressions of online hate (articles, posts on social networks, anonymous comments and discussion posts). “This increase in incidents is related to the overall atmosphere in society, which, as in 2020, was significantly affected by the COVID-19 disease pandemic,” the FZO said in a statement. “The analysis of data for the year 2021 pointed to a worrying trend of a continuous increase in recorded manifestations of threats, approval, justification or incitement to physical aggression.” The FZO added that there was also a significant increase in antisemitic attacks by the extreme right in the Czech Republic in 2021. “For the first time ever, the number of such registered incidents exceeded the category that includes incidents without a...
The international film festival in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary kicked off Friday amid controversy following a protest by Ukraine over the screening of a Russian film alongside Ukrainian-made movies. Prior to the start of the 56th edition of the festival, several leading Ukrainian filmmakers along with Ukraine’s ambassador to Prague protested the scheduled screening of Captain Volkonogov Escaped. Ukrainian Ambassador Yevhen Perebyinis said in an open letter that it would be “inhuman” to screen Ukrainian films alongside a Russian movie made with support from Russia’s Culture Ministry at a time when Russian troops had “committed atrocities” during their invasion of his country. Organizers said they consider the Russian movie – whose world premiere was at last year’s Venice Film Festival – as being indirectly critical of the current Russian leadership. Four Ukrainian films and eight other nearly-completed movies produced or co-produced by Ukraine will also be screened at the festival. After being canceled in 2020 and delayed in 2021 due to the pandemic, this year’s festival will culminate in a ceremony to honor Australian Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush for his contribution to world cinema. Rush won an Academy Award for actor in a leading role in Shine...
If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. Today, July 1st, the Czech Republic takes over the Presidency of the EU Council. The six-month Czech Presidency follows France, and will be followed by Sweden from 1 January till 30 June 2023. . The economic mood of the Czechs in the first half of 2022 is considerably pessimistic, according to a survey conducted by the STEM agency. The household financial outlook index fell in May, to its lowest value in eight years. The index also recorded the biggest year-on-year drop since 1993. The public expects continued rising prices, which are most threatening to those with high borrowing. The Czech economy grew by 4.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, according to a revised estimate released by the Czech Statistics Office on Thursday. A previous estimate issued at the end of May put the expansion of GDP 4.8 percent. The CzechRepublic had the lowest rate of unemployment in the European Union in May: 2.5%. The general level of unemployment in the EU stood at 6.1% in May, remaining at April’s level....
If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. General Petr Pavel has confirmed that he will run in the 2023 presidential election due to be held in January. Pavel, who served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018, is considered a hot contestant for the top post. . After almost four months, a state of emergency called by the Czech government to help deal with a wave of refugees from Ukraine will cease at the end of June. The General Health Insurance Fund (VZP) estimates the cost of treating Ukrainian refugees at CZK 3.9 billion by the end of the year. However, most refugees have only registered in the VZP system so far. The Czech brewer Budvar increased its net profit by some 10% for the second straight year as it saw record output and exports despite the coronavirus pandemic. Its net profit reached 337 million Czech crowns in 2021, up from 305 million the previous year. The Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitová has won the tennis tournament in the UK’s Eastbourne for her first title in...
The average monthly wage in Czechia is the highest among the Visegrád Group countries and has enjoyed year-over-year growth of 12 percent, according to the annual study by Mazars. The consulting company compares the tax systems of 22 countries across Central and Eastern Europe to ascertain the current level and annual growth of wages on the continent. The average wage in Czechia is €1,533, topping Hungary at €1,369, Poland at €1,301 and Slovakia at €1,185, respectively. Germany has retained the highest average wage in Central and Eastern Europe at €4,130, with Austria following closely behind at €3,818. By contrast, the lowest average wage is €400 in Kosovo, €450 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and €485 in Ukraine. According to data from the Czech Statistical Office, the average wage in the Czech Republic rose 7.2 percent year over year to 37,929 korunas (€1,534) in the first quarter of this year but fell by 3.6 percent in real terms after inflation. The differences in the growth of the average wage in euros were more significant in the region than before. Germany, where average wages rose by 14 percent based on last year’s study, grew by only 4 percent. On the contrary, the wage level in Austria grew faster, by 23 percent. In Hungary, growth...
If your day doesn’t start until you’re up to speed on the latest headlines, then let us introduce you to our new morning fix. Prime Minister Petr Fiala had a meeting in Prague on Monday with his Saxon counterpart Michael Kretschmer, the Czech News Agency reported. Among other things, they discussed the building of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. . The Czech Republic took silver in both the men’s and women’s sections of the 14th World Street Hockey Championships in Laval, Canada, after losing to the host nation in both finals. The men’s team lost by 6:3, and the women by 3:2. The average price of lunch at a Czech restaurant stands at CZK 163, suggests a survey conducted in June by Sodexo Benefity, a company that supplies luncheon vouchers. That is CZK 28 higher than in 2020. In Prague, the average price of a lunch is CZK 190 The Czech minister of culture, Martin Baxa, will visit Lviv on Wednesday at the invitation of his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksandr Tkachenko. The officials are expected to discuss the impact of Russian aggression on Ukraine’s cultural monuments and co-operation with Kyiv in this area. The Czech...
The Škoda 1100 OHC is one of the rarest and most famous cars in the automotive museum in Mladá Boleslav. Jeremy Clarkson took it out for a spin during the filming of the new special The Grand Tour in Central Europe. The whole Central European adventure began in Gdańsk. The Polish part was the first to be filmed, and last week the crew was filming in Slovakia. Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will then move to the Czech Republic. The Amazon series, now entering its fifth season, has also been filmed in places as far away as Vietnam and Madagascar. Slovak media captured the trio during filming in Bratislava, Žilina and Piešťany, the famous trio is driving around Slovakia in exotic cars – a yellow Chevrolet SSR pickup and a white Japanese convertible Mitsuoka Le-Seyde. James May arrived in Piešťany with a hotrod built on the chassis of the Ford Popular from 1959. Clarkson drove a 1100 OHC Škoda at the airport in Piešťany. Only two of these cars were ever built. One is in Škoda’s collections and is a national technical monument. The second belongs to the British representation of Škoda. The spider in which Clarkson is racing is...
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