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 date of the first round of presidential elections will be Friday 13 and Saturday 14 January of next year, Senate chair Miloš Vystrčil announced on Monday. A possible second round of elections may be held on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 January. The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) ruled that the measure, which came into force in January this year, was against the law due to its lack of reviewability. The mandatory checks on visitors via the Tečka app did not contravene the law, according to the decision, which is available on the official notice board. The Czech University of Agriculture (ČZU) is launching the Smart Forest Landscape project in cooperation with T-Mobile Czech Republic. According to the operator, the project is unique on a pan-European scale, as it will enable the use of technologies...
A high-speed train collided with an engine in a station in the north-eastern Czech Republic, killing one person and injuring five. Czech Railways said the accident took place early in the morning on Monday in the town of Bohumin, shortly after the Pendolino train departed for Prague. The driver of the train was killed, while four Czech Railways employees on the engine and one on the train were injured. It was unclear whether the engine was moving at the time of the head-on crash. Rescuers said no passengers were injured. The Rail Safety Inspection Office, an agency that investigate train crashes, said the high-speed train was on the wrong line at the time of the crash, and the accident might have been caused by human error.
A memorial ceremony was held at Ďáblice cemetery in Prague on Sunday, one day before the official Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Communist Regime on June 27. The event was attended by representatives of the government and army, foreign diplomats and former political prisoners. Representatives of the government, the army, the embassies of some countries, and former political prisoners took part in the annual event at the monument in the honorary burial ground of executed and tortured political prisoners and members of the Second and Third Resistances. “We have been meeting here for 28 years to honor the memory of the victims and remind the public of what was happening at the time,” said Jiří Línek, chairman of the Association of Former Political Prisoners. In Ďáblice, around 200 victims of the communist regime lie in mass graves. Political prisoners were disappeared and subsequently secretly buried so that not even families could say goodbye to them and no one knew their final resting place. Línek pointed out that today we are witnessing the creation of new mass graves. Multiple speakers likened the former regime to the current situation in Ukraine. The Minister of Defense Jana Černochová (ODS) warned...
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. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala expects the EU two-day summit to agree on Ukraine’s candidacy as an expression of solidarity, though the accession process will be neither fast nor easy. Fiala also said the key to the shift in the integration of the Balkan countries in the European Union was unblocking the tension between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. . Agriculture priorities of Czechia’s EU presidency will include food security, reducing pesticide consumption, preventing deforestation and supporting forestry, Czech Agriculture Minister Zdeněk Nekula said. “If the EU does not help countries in northern Africa, food shortages, famine, and another refugee crisis could be triggered.” The Ministry of Health announced the approval of the National Cancer Plan 2030 by the government. The plan defines the future of cancer treatment in Czech hospitals. The project will use CZK 15 billion from the European Union through the National Recovery Plan (NRP). A new museum has been opened in Lány near Prague dedicated to Alice Masaryk, daughter of first Czechoslovak president T.G. Masaryk, and the Czech Red Cross,...
The new mobile application XPass wants to reduce the number of sexually motivated crimes and create a safer sexual environment. With its help, people can express their official consent to sexual intercourse. The application can be downloaded for free for iOS and Android from today, project founder Alena Sadílková told reporters. “The ambition of the project is to significantly reduce the number of sexual crimes, but also false accusations,” said Sadílková. According to Amnesty International and Pro Fem, one in ten women in the Czech Republic was raped, she added. Sadílková: “The application responds to the trend of legislation of Western countries and the European Union on the obligation of the person accused of sexual violence to provide evidence that consent to the sexual act was given,” said the authors of the project. In the application, people can express consent for various sexual practices. It is also possible to set up a contact person for situations in danger, and it has a mechanism against granting consent under duress. “It was important for me that the consent was not misused,” Sadílková said. The information is stored in the application and can only be accessed at the request of criminal law authorities....
Currently, about one tenth of offices in the Czech Republic are pet-friendly, but that number is gradually increasing. Some offices in Prague allow dogs on certain days of the week, while in other places dogs are always welcome and they receive full attention. Fans of going to work with a dog even celebrate the international day “Take your dog to the office” on June 21st. When workers returned to offices, many wondered what would happen to their four-legged friends. “Many households bought a dog in a pandemic, which got used to the daily presence of the owner at home. With the owners returning to normal working life, it can be very stressful for the animal to stay home alone all day. Dog behavior and the psyche work on the basis of habit, so sudden separation can have negative effects for them,” explained veterinarian Leoš Železný in a report for journalists. If someone in the household is unlucky and has to leave the dog at home, someone else can take him to work without a problem. While about 45 percent of companies welcome animals abroad, in the Czech Republic it is just over 10 percent, according to the findings of recruitment...
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. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala expects the EU two-day summit to agree on Ukraine’s candidacy as an expression of solidarity, though the accession process will be neither fast nor easy. Fiala also said the key to the shift in the integration of the Balkan countries in the European Union was unblocking the tension between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. . The Czech nanosatellite VZLUSAT-1 developed by the Czech Aerospace Research Centre (VZLU) marks its fifth year in orbit today, which makes it the longest-orbiting Czech satellite. Even though the original lifespan estimate was about a year, the institute says all the systems of the satellite are still fully working. Speaking after a meeting in Brussels with the head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, the Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, said that the Czech Republic had essentially exhausted the supply of weapons that it could donate to Ukraine. Forecasters have warned that there could be strong or even very strong storms in the western half of the Czech Republic on Friday afternoon and evening. A...
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. President Milos Zeman signed yesterday (June 22) into law an amendment dubbed “Lex Ukraine” tightening rules for providing support to Ukrainian refugees. The amendment on aid to refugees from the war-stricken Ukraine stipulates that the refugees who enjoy free accommodation, food and basic hygiene items will not receive the CZK 5,000-crown humanitarian aid. . The Prague City Hall has prepared special music, theatre as well as exhibitions and lectures on the occasion of the six-month Czech presidency of the Council of the European Union starting on July 1. The Prague streets will also see a “Eurotram” with a special posting design created by students. Monika Landmanova, a member of the European Commission (EC) Vice-President Vera Jourova’s cabinet, will lead the EC Representation in the Czech Republic as of July. Landmanova will work as the official representative of the EC in the Czech Republic under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen. The board of the Czech National Bank has raised the key interest rate by 1.25 percentage points to 7 per cent, the...
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. Ukraine, the end of energy dependence on Russia, the build-up of defense capabilities, trade deals, support for civic society and free media as well as transatlantic links are Czech EU priorities, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky told journalists on Tuesday. In connection with Ukraine, Lipavsky mentioned support for its territorial integrity, humanitarian and post-war rehabilitation as well as support for its EU candidate status. . The Prague Spring international music festival’s administrative board has appointed Pavel Trojan the festival’s new director effective August 1, when he will replace Roman Belor, who is leaving the post at his own request. Prague Spring has been a renowned festival of classical music with an almost 80-year history. The number of temporary protection visas the Czech Republic has issued to refugees from Ukraine since the start of its Russian invasion has reached 379,524, the Interior Ministry said on Twitter on Tuesday. On Monday, the visas were granted to 1,200 people, which was about 1,100 fewer than a week ago. The largest Czech construction business Metrostav, as well as...
On June 21, 1991, the army of Soviet Union left Czechoslovakia after 23 years of “friendly help” which was actually a permanent occupation. The invasion by Warsaw Pact forces came on August 21, 1968, after the Czechoslovak Communist Party promoted “the change from within”, a reform guided by the regime and ruling party itself. When the Velvet Revolution swept the communists from power in late 1989, the first independent Czechoslovak government had several major issues to contend with—one of the most obvious being the 92 000 Soviet soldiers on Czechoslovak territory. They were here, along with over 44 000 of their family members from the Soviet Union, and military equipment that included 1120 tanks, 2505 combat vehicles, 103 aircraft, 173 helicopters, and several thousands of tonnes of ammunition. And by June 27th, 1991, the last of them was traveling back to Ukraine’s capital city. The last military transport left the country crossing the state border after a two-day drive from Milovice, Central Bohemia. The withdrawal itself came after long negotiations with the Soviet leadership, specifically President Mikhail Gorbachev and Foreign Affairs Minister Yuri Shevarnadze. From the Czechoslovak side, the negotiations were led by Slovak Alexander Dubček, former party leader and...
When it comes to energy and the environment, the priorities of the Czech EU Presidency are clear: emphasis will be placed on energy security and breaking the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, an objective considered in Prague to be more pressing than the green transition. “We basically have a repeat of the 1973 oil shock,” said Vaclav Bartuška, the Czech Ambassador-at-Large for energy security. “If there is a gas cut out this winter, we will burn anything we can to keep our people warm and to make electricity,” he said. Bartuška was speaking to Brussels-based journalists ahead of the start of the Czech EU Presidency, which begins on 1 July for a duration of six months. The Czech Republic will take over the rotating EU Council leadership from France, whose six-month stint at the EU’s helm expires on 1 July. During its presidency, Prague intends to push the implementation of the European Commission’s REPowerEU plan presented in May, which seeks to reduce Russian gas imports by two-thirds before the end of the year. The plan also places the emphasis on energy savings and the acceleration of the transition to low-carbon and renewable energy sources in order to reduce the bloc’s reliance on Russian gas. In its...
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. Fuel prices in the Czech Republic are at an all-time high, with a litre of the most popular Natural 95 petrol currently selling for an average of CZK 47.69 per litre, according to data from the company CCS. . People will no longer be able to buy a new car with an internal combustion engine from 2035; the European Parliament approved last week, on a proposal from the European Commission. There are objections from the Czech Republic, France, and Germany. Some 5,000 to 10,000 Ukrainian refugees could be moved from Prague to other regions within a motivation program to be launched by the government, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said on Czech Television. Archaeologists in the Břeclav region have uncovered an almost intact skeleton of a 6th century warrior and his two dogs. They came upon the remains while investigating one of the largest burial sites of the Germanic Langobards from the 6th century near the Nové Mlýny water reservoir. The head of the state-owned company Czech Post, Roman Knap, will leave office...
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