A 41-year-old tourist from the Czech Republic was killed by a shark on Friday 3 August, reports local Czech media. The Czech man who was swimming off the coast of Marsa Alam was attacked and killed by a shark. The man was reportedly holidaying in the popular Red Sea resort town with his wife and children through a travel agency identified as Exim Tours. A spokesperson for Exim Tours said that the attack was unusual and that the deceased’s family hopes to return to the Czech Republic as soon as possible. Reports of the attack first emerged on Friday evening, when a part of an unidentified body was located off the coast of a resort in Marsa Alam. It remains unclear where the man was staying and whether he was swimming alone. According to the Czech Republic’s Foreign Ministry, local Egyptian police are investigating the attack. This is not the first shark attack in Egypt. Shark attacks in 2015, 2010, 2009, and 2004 have killed a total of three people and injured five others. Author: red
This week’s temperatures will hit above 30°C and on Wednesday will be the hottest day of the week. By lunchtime, thermometer columns rise up to 32-37°, but during the evening – especially in the western regions – rains are expected. Thursday should be partly cloudy and the heat will drop to 27-31° C. Similar weather is expected on Friday, when in the afternoon the air will warm up to 26-30° C. Saturday will be partly cloudy to cloudy. The temperature during the day will be 29-31°C, 19-21°C at night. Sunday will be partly cloudy with occasional showers. Temperatures will be around 30-32°C during the day, 16-18°C at night. Author: red
According to a Harvard University study conducted between 2002 and 2015, Czechs are among the most racist people in Europe. According to experts, this is caused by the fact that during their decades of isolation from the outside world, the inhabitants of what are today the formerly communist countries either never or only rarely came into contact with foreign nationals who looked different or who practiced different cultural customs, and even today they encounter them only exceptionally in their everyday lives on a personal basis. Another role is said to be played by the fact that we are all “infected” by prejudice starting in childhood which then resonates throughout the society-wide discourse. This study involved 144,000 Europeans and the poll was only answered in English online. According to the critics, this was not a representative sample and, moreover, contained too many instructive questions. “If the survey is answered by educated people who speak English, it means that the reality will be even worse,” said Psychologist Jeroným Klimeš. Statistics also show the rise of extremism that affects the views of the Czech Republic. In 2017, 334 extremist events took place in the Czech Republic, 26 more than a year earlier. This result has...
Rain has become rare due to global warming and climate change. Long periods of drought and no rain starts to have a negative effect on soil and harvest. The worst situation is in Zlín, Central Moravia, and eastern Bohemia. “Year 2018 is another of the dry years that we are experiencing regularly since 2012,” comments Pavel Zahradníček, a climatologist at the Institute for Global Change Research, Academy of Sciences. The worst of all was in 2015, especially during the months of July and August when more than four-fifths of the country was negatively impacted by the weather. “In recent years, drought has become a big problem, it’s not just a media bubble,” says Zahradníček. “And the prediction in the future clearly speaks that dry periods will grow and become more intense.” According to experts, the main reason is the increased air temperature, which causes more dry landscapes. This spring also made history, as it became the second warmest in 244 years. “Another cause is the dry winter of recent years,” notes Milan Šálek, a meteorologist from Amper Meteo. In short, the country needs more heavy snow, which has not recently been happening. This year’s drought, according to the Czech Statistical Office, will be reflected...
The night from Sunday to Monday in the Czech Republic was unusually cool with temperatures ranging around five degrees Celsius, said Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) on Monday. Seven stations reported July 2 as the coldest night of the entire month of July for the country. The average temperature in the Czech Republic at night dropped to 4.8 degrees Celsius, with no significant differences among the regions. The cold front came from the north to the Czech Republic over the last weekend. The lowest temperature measured at two meters above ground Sunday night was at Jeleni stations in the Ore Mountains range, wherein the thermometer showed minus 5.7 degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature in the Czech mainland was measured by meteorologists at Luční bouda station in the Giant Mountains, where was minus 8.1 degrees. Author: red
Labyrinths cut out in large maize fields have become a new tourist attraction, mainly for families with children, in the Czech Republic. They were opened by the Fit-Jump company, that now operates 25 maize mazes in the country. The aim of the project is to make children move. Besides, this is an interesting opportunity for farmers to use maize fields before the harvest. The maze operators address families with children, schools, and kindergartens as well as companies that may use the maize labyrinths during team building events. “Out of the original 30 mazes, we have 25 left and this week we will close another in the South Moravia Region,” firm executive Radek Skacel said. The most popular maize labyrinths are in Hradec Králové, Opava, and Pisek. Those in big cities, such as Brno and mainly the capital of Prague, paradoxically attract fewer people. Author: red
The legislation was drawn up by a group of 46 mostly leftist and centrist members of parliament from six of the nine parties in the lower house, including the populist ANO party of billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis. However, at the same time, 37 lawmakers introduced a rival bill calling on marriage to be constitutionally defined as between one man and one woman. Thankfully, as it’s calling for a constitutional change it’s far less likely to succeed than the bill calling for same-sex marriages to be legalized. In the Czech political system, a constitutional change requires 60% of the Czech parliament to vote in favor. Meanwhile, a bill that is only seeking to change the law just requires a normal majority vote. In a poll conducted in May, 50 percent of respondents supported gay marriage. Seventy-four percent approved of the existing registered partnership option. Babis’s centrist ANO party won that vote by a large margin and formed a minority government, but he failed to secure parliamentary support. He is now trying to form a new cabinet with the center-left Social Democrats that would also need the backing of the Communist party. Author: red
The first quadruplets in 15 years were born in Prague last week, at the maternity hospital of Motol. The three girls and a boy – named Anežka, Monika, Klára, and Ondřej are reportedly doing well, informed the hospital today. Anežka (1400g) and Monika (1530g) were born first, Klára (1450g) and Ondřej (1660g) were born next. “The birth of a child is always a special life event. The birth of quadruplets is a truly miraculous event,” said the director of Motol hospital. The quadruplets are the 22nd to have been born in this country since 1950. The number of multiple births has been decreasing in the Czech Republic in the past few years and last year, 1630 twins and triplets were born in a country with 10.5 million inhabitants, according to a demographic booklet of the Czech Statistical Office. In the past 25 years, the highest number of triplets was born in 1997 (35), and the highest twin rate was in 2010 (2446). Author: red
Apple Pay has launched in three more countries in the last month or so, and a local site suggests that the Czech Republic may be joining the list within the next couple of months SmartMania cites sources saying that it’s coming to Moneta Money Bank soon, with a planned launch date sometime in August. According to information available to our editorial staff, Apple Pay will offer Moneta Money Bank support to its clients. Indeed, in February, the bank issued a paper for investors which revealed a mention of the launch of Apple Pay in the Czech Republic. If everything goes according to plan, the service could start in August this year. There is also speculation that the platform may be supported by Revolut thanks to a vague tweet this week. You can already use Apple Pay to pay money into the service, but you can’t yet use it for spending. The company said back in April that it would be ‘a matter of months.’ Apple Pay uses the near-field communication (NFC) chips embedded in your smartphone to pay for goods and services by holding the device near a card reader, as you would a contactless debit card. You can also use Apple Pay to make single touch purchases within apps....
It started about 20 years ago with just a few dozen fans of the of the JRR Tolkien book The Hobbit meeting in a forest in the Czech Republic and acting out some of the famous battle scenes from the fantasy novel. Now, two decades later it draws hundreds of would-be Orcs, Elves, Rangers, and Dwarves from across Europe. More than 1,000 people, dressed in costumes from Tolkien’s books, took part in the Battle of the Five Armies, according to organizers of the annual event, held in a forest near the Czech town of Doksy, 80km north of Prague. The weapons are foam or plastic tipped so there aren’t many injuries, but a player will fall occasionally after a particularly hard hit. Although inspired by well-known stories from Middle-earth, the results of battles at the event are not predetermined, and on several occasions, the evil side has actually won. “We come here to enjoy a great battle, great atmosphere, have a little fight and to meet people one sees only once a year,” said Lucie Zavadilova, attending the battle for the sixth time. Author: red
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”. Deloitte claims to analyze data from the 206 largest Czech cities and uses the following criteria to evaluate cities’ quality of life: Cost of living and purchasing power Affordability of housing Pollution including air, water, etc. Crime rates· Health system quality Traffic (commute times) Number of doctors employed Unemployment rate Average salary On the second place ranks Prague, the third – Černošice. On the contrary, towns from the Moravian-Silesian and Ústecký Regions occupied the lowest places. “Many people in these regions have to deal with financial problems. There is also a relatively high level of pollution,” said Jan Havránek from “Obce v date”. You can find the full ranking here Author: red
Medicinal cannabis from a Czech supplier could be available in pharmacies from the end of June. Its price should be 149 crowns per gram without VAT. The State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL) has announced that the Elkoplast Slušovice company won the tender for deliveries of medical cannabis for the Czech market. Currently, the only available medical marijuana in the Czech Republic is a single THC-high strain sourced from the Netherlands Presently pharmacies can only offer imported marihuana, which is several times more expensive. Around 880,000 patients with multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS are believed to use medicinal marihuana in the country. One patient may buy up to 180 grams a month. About two dozen doctors have the right to prescribe medical cannabis in the Czech Republic. The contents of the active substances, cannabinoids, is precisely set and the cannabis may contain neither additives nor bacteria, moulds and heavy metals. Author: red
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