According to the latest available data from Eurostat, the unemployment rate in the Czech Republic at 3% is the lowest in the entire European Union (EU average 6.7%). Moreover, Czech employers plan to hire even more employees in the first quarter of next year despite the next wave of the pandemic and its unclear end. This is the result of a regular ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey Q1 2022 among 505 employers in the private and public sectors in the Czech Republic. According to the survey, more Czech companies plan to hire than to lay off – up to 36% of employers plan to hire new employees, while 23% expect their numbers to decrease, and 35% said they were not planning a change during the first quarter of 2022. Net Employment Outlook – ManpowerGroup’s net labour market index – of the Czech Republic has increased by three percentage points compared to the previous quarter up to +13%. There are job opportunities in all sectors of the Czech economy, but some are growing faster than others. The strongest recruitment plans for the beginning of 2022 are reported by the banking, finance, insurance and real estate sectors with an index of +50%. Employers in the IT,...
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. More and more new cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in Czech regions, including three in Liberec, one in Hradec Kralove and nine in South Moravia on Monday alone. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will give a New Year’s speech on January 1. A speech will also be delivered by Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, while Chamber of Deputies chairwoman Marketa Pekarova Adamova is not planning any. On Monday evening, an estimated four hundred people gathered for a demonstration “for freedom of speech and balanced information” in front of the Czech Television building in Prague, called by the Chcípl PES initiative. The European Union´s drugs regulator gave the green light Monday to a fifth COVID-19 vaccine for use in the 27-nation bloc. Novavax has lined up production facilities in the Czech Republic, South Korea and elsewhere. Czech researchers have developed a biochip that is as fast as an antigen test and reliable as a PCR, the news site novinky.cz reported. The advantage of biochips is that they can be used repeatedly...
In the Czech Republic, real estate investing is the number one way to make money. Investown has created a way to use micro-investments to help people create profit. Since the launch, the company has distributed 2.8 milion CZK. Also, 30,000 users have invested more than 250 million CZK in the last six months. “Real estate is generally considered an interesting investment in the Czech Republic, and we have brought it closer to people who do not have hundreds of thousands of crowns available for investment. The interest exceeded our expectations several times over. The average amount invested per user is close to five thousand crowns. As the number of real estate increases, so does the amount we pay to investors every month,” says Alan Pock, co-founder, and CEO of Investown. Investown is a new financial technology that mediates the possibility of micro-investments in real estate. The goal is for everyone to have access to real estate profits so that they can value their money efficiently and safely. All you have to do is log in to the Investown application, choose a property in which you can deposit an amount as little as 500 CZK, and a proportional part of 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. The newly appointed government plans to increase PCR testing capacities against Covid-19. The cabinet will start looking at new methods of testing because of the new omicron variant. 60,170 people started businesses in the Czech Republic during the first eleven months of this year, which is 2,811 more thanin the same period last year and also the highest figure in the past five years. According to the latest data from the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), at the end of 2020, the number of foreigners employed in the Czech Republic reached nearly 750,000. The newly appointed Minister of Health, Vlastimil Válek, has called on Czechs to limit their contacts and to “refrain from excessive partying” during the holiday season to minimize the spread of Covid-19. Czech researchers have developed a biochip that is as fast as an antigen test and reliable as a PCR, the news site novinky.cz reported. The advantage of biochips is that they can be used repeatedly until the first positive result.
Jiří Ovčáček, the official spokesperson for Czech President Miloš Zeman, was reportedly involved in an alcohol-fueled incident in Prague on Friday night. He was observed in a drunk and aggressive state and had to be taken to the Central Military Hospital in Střešovice around 3 am. The police had to intervene because he refused to leave the taxi. He apologized for the incident, calling it an “exceptional failure”. “I am extremely sorry because I have certainly disappointed many people, including my loved ones and co-workers. “I could have hurt the president,” he continued. “I will not make excuses, it was an exceptional failure that will not happen again, and I would like to ask everyone for forgiveness. I’m sorry,” said Ovčáček to CNN Prima. “I have been experiencing a lot of pressure in recent weeks and months. President Zeman was in the hospital, there were various difficult circumstances surrounding the creation of the government and it was a very tough period that I have probably never experienced in my life,” added Ovčáček in an interview.
Today we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of the first president of Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic after the fall of communisms – Václav Havel. Vaclav Havel was born in October 1936 in Prague, into a family that was culturally influential in Czechoslovakia. After taking power in 1948, the Communists restricted the family’s rights and Vaclav Havel was not allowed to pursue studies in the literature. Nevertheless, by the 1950s, he had established a circle of literary friends who were opposed to the totalitarian regime and wrote works despite being banned from publication. Václav Havel wanted to become a film director, but due to his family’s background at the time of communism, when he was young, he could not study and humane sciences. In the 1960s he became a theatre dramaturge. He became internationally renowned thanks to his plays The Garden Party (1963) and The Memo (1965); he was even allowed to travel abroad for the premiere of his works. Following his involvement in the 1968 Prague Spring reform demands, he was banned from publishing and working in theater, which in return led him to become more politically active. With his fame, as well as the ideas he stood for, he became...
The new Czech government will not extend the state of emergency introduced by the previous Cabinet of Ministers. Therefore, it will automatically expire on December 25th. “The government has decided that it will not ask the Chamber of Deputies to extend the state of emergency. We continue to monitor the development of the epidemiological situation, and if it worsens, the government will be ready to re-discuss the introduction of a state of emergency,” said the new Prime Minister Petr Fiala. However, Fiala added that “the situation remains serious”. Therefore, the Cabinet will not leave for the Christmas holidays and will hold regular meetings on December 22 and 29. The prime minister also announced the creation of a group of ministers who will immediately begin to resolve the issue of a sharp increase in gas and electricity prices. Note that the state of emergency allows the government to take those quarantine measures that cannot be introduced on the basis of current laws. The state of emergency came into effect on November 25, 2021. All Christmas markets across the country are banned, as well as drinking alcohol in public places. Furthermore, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, discotheques, and casinos have to close at 10...
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 drug molnupiravir against COVID-19 will reach the Czech Republic on Friday and its distributor is already accepting orders for it. Molnupiravir inhibits the replication of the virus in a patient’s body. President Milos Zeman has invited Pope Francis to visit the Czech Republic in a letter on the occasion of his 85th birthday on Friday. The head of state as well as other Czech representatives have repeatedly invited the Pope for a visit. Czech Pirate chairman Ivan Bartos will seek re-election at the nationwide congress, naming among his priorities the stabilisation of the party within its government role and more professional political and media strategy, Bartos wrote on the Pirate Internet forum today. The Avenier company started distributing 300,000 anti-COVID vaccines for children aged from five to eleven to the pediatricians’ surgeries and some vaccination centres all over the Czech Republic. Czech researchers have developed a biochip that is as fast as an antigen test and reliable as a PCR, the news site novinky.cz reported. The advantage of biochips is that...
The initial delivery of the latest drugs against coronavirus will arrive in the Czech Republic on Friday Morning. Nearly two years into the pandemic, the FDA could soon authorize the first antiviral pill, offering an at-home COVID-19 treatment designed to keep high-risk adults out of the hospital. The pill molnupiravir would block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from replicating and taking over the body. Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics say the pill lowered the risk of hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk study volunteers if given within 5 days of the first signs of infection. The treatment would be started immediately after, for example, a positive PCR test, even before the onset of clinical signs. That gives the patient the most, the greatest chance for therapeutic benefit. The Czech Ministry of Health temporarily authorized the use of molnupiravir last week, stating that “the drug is intended for the treatment of patients with proven mild to moderate Covid-19, and for those who are at high risk of hospitalization. It is available to people aged 18 and over, with the exception of pregnant and breastfeeding women”. The treatment involves taking 40 pills over the course of 5 days. Britain last month became the first country to approve the treatment, jointly...
For the first time in its history, Czech Post has issued a flavored stamp. It is dedicated to Christmas and smells like a mixture of scents closely associated with this holiday – pine needles, cinnamon and gingerbread. The cost of the stamp is 19 CZK. It can be used to send letters weighing up to 50 grams. The design of the brand was created by Pavel Sivko, artist and illustrator of children’s books. The circulation of the novelty is 3.5 million pieces. You can buy it in all post offices. “Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Although the volume of letters and cards has been declining for several years, the tradition of sending Christmas cards to loved ones and friends is still popular. Therefore, we decided to launch a flavored stamp and make this tradition even more special,” said the representative of the company Martin Goli. In November, the Czech Postal Service has presented another Christmas stamp. Collectors can obtain it by sending a letter to the post office in Boží Dar, which stamps hundreds of thousands of letters and postcards every Christmas. The 2021 stamp features circles, stars and the inscription God’s Gift, symbolizing open arms...
The Czech signaling manufacturer AŽD Praha presented what it claims to be the first public use of an autonomous train in the Czech Republic on December 15, when invited guests travelled on a single-car DMU on the Čížkovice – Most line in the Louny region. The demonstration included the train stopping at a crossing blocked by a broken car without any intervention from onboard staff. AŽD is working on the introduction of autonomous technology that would enable a regional train to operate without any crew, or for a driver to intervene only during specific parts of the journey. Mr. Zdeněk Chrdle, AŽD CEO, told local media that legislation needs to change to enable automated trains to operate in the country, but he expects automated operations to happen within two to three years. “We definitely do not work with a black-and-white vision of replacing drivers, but with a vision of a modern way of operating the railway, where a number of processes can still not be ensured other than the work of a professional operator,” Chrdle says. In 2022, AŽD will move its development and testing to the Kopidlno – Dolní Bousov line, which is currently without a regular passenger service...
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 Republic has officially called on Belarus to end repression, release all political prisoners and initiate dialogue with its citizens, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed via its website. At an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, members of the ANO movement wanted to discuss amendments to the current energy crisis. They tried to address, among other things, the across-the-board reduction of VAT on electricity and gas to zero for the whole next year. The Czech and Slovak police are prosecuting several dozen persons and firms on suspicion of extensive VAT frauds committed in both countries. The gang has deprived both states of more than 6.5 million euros in the past three years at least. Říčany currently ranks as the city with the best quality of life in the Czech Republic, according to Deloitte, which uses data from users to evaluate various aspects of life in Czech cities. The project is called “Obce v date”. Czechs and Hungarians rank among the world’s hardest-working nations when it comes to learning a new language, according...
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