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. The Czech government prolonged the state of emergency over the influx of refugees from Ukraine until May 31 on Wednesday, but it was just a technical step as this was enabled by the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. The Czech government is going to increase the national living minimum and the subsistence minimum by 10 percent from Friday. The living minimum is now CZK 3,860 a month for an adult living alone. The subsistence minimum is CZK 2,490 a month. The European Commission will provide 70,000 vaccines to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Moldova to vaccinate the children of Ukrainian refugees, the EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides announced. The Czech Republic, which stopped issuing entry visas to Russian nationals in late February in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, has resumed issuing them to Russians who are the family members of citizens of the European Union and of the states within the European Economic Area (EEA). The Czech Health Ministry has proposed an amendment to the government order on compulsory mask and...
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. On Tuesday afternoon, the Chamber of Deputies approved a government request to extend the state of emergency in the Czech Republic until May 31st. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala for supporting the Ukrainian people in their fight against Russian aggression and “the exceptional treatment of Ukrainians who [have] found shelter in the Czech Republic”. Prime Minister Petr Fiala has tested positive for Covid-19, and is therefore not present at today’s meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, where parliamentarians will vote on extending the state of emergency. Czech politicians have voiced their discomfort at the National Theater’s decision to cancel a performance of Tchaikovsky’s opera, “Cherevichki.” The cancellation of the opera piece in Czechia comes after a wave of anti-Russian sentiment gripped a number of Western countries. The Czech Health Ministry has proposed an amendment to the government order on compulsory mask and respirator wearing among children. If approved, the amendment would make it obligatory for children from the age of 6 to wear masks.
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. The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, is due to meet his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, in Berlin on Wednesday next week. It will be Mr. Fiala’s first visit to the German capital since he was installed late last year. The Czech Communist Party is to stop publishing its own newspaper Haló noviny at the end of April, the grouping’s central committee decided at the weekend. The left-wing publication, which has been going since 1991, will now become a weekly. The Czech motocross racer of the century, Jaroslav Falta, one of the world’s best racers in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 71. Falta died of heart failure on Sunday night, the website iDNES.cz reported. MPs will on Tuesday debate a government request to extend the current state of emergency until the end of May. The cabinet used their right to issue a 30-day state of emergency in early March, saying it was necessary to deal with the large influx of refugees from the war in Ukraine. The head...
The Czech Republic has frozen assets worth millions of dollars belonging to Russian tycoons under sanctions, Prime Minister Petr Fiala told national TV. He did not name the individuals whose assets were frozen. Fiala said the government needs to take care of the Czech citizens working at local firms owned by the sanctioned Russian individuals, but excluded the idea of nationalizing their assets. He also said the government was planning to change the current legislation to make the procedure more vigorous and effective. The Czech Prime Minister also said the Czech Republic will continue to supply arms to Ukraine. The Czech Republic is the latest European Union country to announce it has frozen assets of Russian tycoons following unprecedented EU sanctions against the country and its wealthiest individuals. The United States, EU, Canada, Japan, and other countries agreed to place sanctions on Russia’s financial sector, including its central bank, and freeze assets of people believed to be close to Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Kremlin launched an invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Italy has frozen the assets of Russian tycoons worth more than 800 million euros. The Central Bank of the Netherlands has blocked 200 million euros of...
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. A new summer schedule comes into effect at Václav Havel Airport Prague on Sunday. The airport will offer flights to 147 destinations, which is 19 more than last year, but 43 fewer than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019. The Czech Republic has so far frozen hundreds of millions of crowns worth of property belonging to Russian citizens who are subject to EU sanctions imposed on Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine, said PM Petr on Sunday. Thousands of people came out on Saturday for the official start of Prague Zoo’s 91st season. Later this year, the zoo is also set to open a new gorilla pavilion and it is also preparing to build a new pavilion for polar bears. Czech politicians have voiced their discomfort at the National Theater’s decision to cancel a performance of Tchaikovsky’s opera, “Cherevichki.” The cancellation of the opera piece in Czechia comes after a wave of anti-Russian sentiment gripped a number of Western countries. The head of the Interior Ministry, Vít Rakušan (STAN), appointed six members...
The Czech Republic is beginning to absorb the refugee crisis. The data of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs show that companies have already employed over 7,400 Ukrainian refugees. According to the ministry, people fleeing the Russian aggression most often started as assembly workers, warehouse workers, helpers in production or transport, cleaning and food production. The Czech Republic has granted over 226,000 special visas to refugees fleeing Russia’s war on Ukraine, according to newly released data by the Interior Ministry. The migration police on Thursday reported over 122,000 registered refugees, with nearly 53,000 of that number in Prague. The overall number of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic is estimated to be nearly 300,000. Almost 50 percent of them are children, and four-fifths of the adults are women. Czechs who offer to accommodate refugees in their own homes or vacant apartments will receive a contribution of 3,000 crowns per person per month to cover costs, the Czech government announced on Wednesday.
“As Czech Republic, we understand that we are one of the priority countries. Those people seek refuge where it is linguistically and culturally close to them,” states Czech Labor Minister Marian Jurečka. Czechs who offer to accommodate refugees in their own homes or vacant apartments will receive a contribution of 3,000 crowns per person per month to cover costs, the Czech government announced on Wednesday. Discussing the help available for refugees in an interview with the SeznamZprávy news outlet, Czech Labor Minister Marian Jurečka explained that the government expects part reimbursement of the cost from the European Commission through the EU budget. “The ceiling amount of 12,000 crowns can already cover the basic costs,” Jurečka said about the maximum amount someone can claim from the state for housing refugees. “Those people will also have access to the labor market and will be able to pay some of their future income, but we leave it to the agreement between them and those who sheltered them,” said the minister. “Mandatory quotas have not been discussed in Brussels in three weeks. We do not consider this mechanism. As the Czech Republic, we understand that we are one of the priority countries,” Jurečka explained....
Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war to the Czech Republic got a fresh morale booster this week as a new radio station based in Prague started offering broadcasts in Ukrainian. The new channel called Radio Ukrajina broadcasts news, tips for refugees, music and fairy tales for children, as well as spiritual comfort passed on by Ukrainian churches. Run by the Media Bohemia group comprising several radio stations, it broadcasts from an office building in central Prague via a mobile app and on the internet. “It’s a solidarity radio,” said on-air manager Natalia Churikova, who spent 27 years working for the Prague-based, US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. “We are targeting Ukrainian war refugees who have moved here and trying to give them information they need to start a new life here before they can go back home, which we hope will eventually happen,” she told AFP. The Czech Republic has received more than 300,000 refugees since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. A graphic artist and singer, Sofia Tatomyr left Ukraine for Prague two days later following an invitation by her worried aunt who lives in Prague. The 22-year-old, hailing from the western Ukrainian city of Kalush is working for the radio...
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. State-owned energy giant ČEZ, has announced that it will be investing CZK 3.5 billion into the Czech Republic’s Temelín nuclear power plant this year. One of the largest investments will be used to replace the plant’s control systems. On Thursday, the Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of sending a 2,000 strong Czech Army NATO contingent to Slovakia, whose task it is to strengthen the alliance’s eastern flank following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A new bridge over the Vltava River, which is supposed to connect Prague 4 and 5 in the future, could be named after the Prague-born US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright who has died at the age of 84. The City of Prague reported that the Municipal Library (MKP) has opened a completely self-service library kiosk in Černý Most Centre. Readers can sit in the 29-square-metre space, leaf through texts, and borrow or return books. At the moment, the kiosk has a collection featuring over 1,000 titles. The head of the Interior Ministry, Vít Rakušan (STAN), appointed six members...
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. Employees of the Czech Embassy in Kyiv, which has been closed due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, are working in Uzhorod, southwest Ukraine, several days a week. Consular services are provided in Kosice, eastern Slovakia, and Przemysl, southeast Poland. Temperatures in the Czech Republic exceeded 20 degrees Celsius for the first time this year on Wednesday, with the highest temperature, 22.5 degrees, measured in Borohradek near Rychnov, east Bohemia, says the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMU). Nearly two-thirds of respondents in a newly published STEM/MARK poll said that they would want a female president. Civic Democrat Senator Miroslava Němcová is currently the woman polling the highest among prospective presidential candidates. The City of Prague reported that the Municipal Library (MKP) has opened a completely self-service library kiosk in Černý Most Centre. Readers can sit in the 29-square-metre space, leaf through texts, and borrow or return books. At the moment, the kiosk has a collection featuring over 1,000 titles. Last year, Škoda Auto increased its unconsolidated net profit by 48 percent to CZK 22.41...
As the war continues in Ukraine, more big brands are expressing their disapproval of Putin’s actions by halting their operations in Russia. Artist Václav Kudělka finds humor in a dark situation by reimagining what the logos of these companies would say in his series of clever designs. The Czech graphic designer has been a fan of puns since he was a child and loves to find ways to incorporate wit into his creations. “I saw an opportunity to use wordplay to speak to the current situation,” Kudělka tells My Modern Met. “I wanted to talk about the way because I believe we have to keep talking about it to show that we care. But I also wanted to address it in a different way, and add some humor.” Most of these redraws are instantly recognizable, with just a subtle change to the design and name of the brand. For instance, McDonald’s iconic slogan “I’m Lovin’ It” has been changed to “I’m Leavin’ It” and Starbucks has become “Starbacks,” with its famed mermaid turning its back to the viewer. Similarly, Kudělka changed Netflix to “Nyetflix” (a play on nyet, the Russian word for “no”), Spotify to “Stopify,” and FedEx to “Fedexit.” The artist hopes...
Why would you pay CZK 2,000 for a Czech woman when you can have a Ukrainian woman much cheaper? That is the message being broadcast on Czech websites dedicated to arranging meetings with prostitutes. A businessman who regularly frequents the website brought the ads for Ukrainian women to the attention of the Women’s Protection Association, and they have in turn contacted the police. The unnamed businessman said that although he regularly visits the website, the ads for Ukrainian women disturbed him given that there are women and children fleeing the country due to the war. The Women’s Protection Association’s coordinator, Zdeňka Pecharová, confirmed that the first cases of abuse of Ukrainian refugees for forced prostitution had already begun in the Czech Republic. “We have information from specific men that when they make an appointment and arrive at the place, it is a dirty private house where they give women drugs and force them into prostitution,” Pecharová said. Mostly women and children flee abroad from war-torn Ukraine. According to Pecharová, men address them directly at the border, offering them transport to the Czech Republic for a fee. However, refugees thus become victims of human trafficking. Traffickers push drugs on them to get them addicted and then...
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