The police have proposed charging former TOP 09 MP Dominik Feri with three counts of rape, according to a statement posted on Twitter on Thursday. He can face up to 10 years in prison because prosecutors are also pursuing him for the crime of rape committed against a 17-year-old girl. “Criminal investigators have completed their investigation into the case and have sent a proposal to the District State Prosecutor’s Office for Prague 3 to file charges for three cases of rape,” police said on Twitter. “The Criminal Code speaks of a minor as a person under the age of 18, in this case, a 17-year-old girl,” said Prague police spokesman Jan Daněk adding that “the maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison”. Police became interested in the now 26-year-old Feri last year after the Deník N and A2larm servers reported the testimony of several young women on whom the now former MP was alleged to have committed sexual violence. Prague police have launched an investigation into the allegations, which date back to 2015 when he was a student at the Faculty of Law at Charles University, and continue up to 2020. Mr. Feri resigned from his seat in 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. Up to a fifth of Czech companies are considering laying off staff to make up for rising energy costs. The rise in energy prices has affected enterprises with a high consumption, such as glass making companies, ceramics manufacturers, steel producers and food producers particularly badly. ‘Il Boemo’, a film about the life of Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, will be released in cinemas tomorrow. The film was shot in the Czech Republic and Italy in a Czech-Italian-Slovak co-production. The lower house of Czech parliament yesterday approved an increase in the 2022 state budget deficit to CZK 375 billion, which is CZK 45 billion more than the increase proposed by the government and CZK 95 billion more than the deficit of the original budget passed in February. Prominent Russian historian Andrey Zubov, forced out of the country in late September, has come to Brno where he will give lectures at Masaryk University. Zubov is one of the Russian intellectuals who are opposed to the ruling regime there. He will give classes on Russian history...
Students from Masaryk University in Brno are asking for “gender-neutral” toilets. They published a petition “Gender-neutral toilets at Masaryk University”, which was signed by 340 people by Tuesday. The representatives and people behind the petition do not want to replace the binary toilets, but want to add or change some existing toilets to neutral. “Students who identify as non-binary are in the worst situation,” the petition reads. “Students often find themselves unable to find restrooms designated for their gender, which can result in uncomfortable situations and have a negative impact on their health,” the petition reads, adding that students who identify as non-binary are in the worst situation. “Meeting physiological needs is more than important for effective work on campus, which is why proximity and appropriate labeling of restrooms is also very important to us,” the student petition points out. “One of the bad examples we want to change is the illogical location of the men’s toilets in the Art Department (opposite classroom 13), most of whose students are women,” the petition concludes. Gender-neutral toilets are becoming increasingly ‘popular’ across Europe. Zurich, Switzerland, for example, plans to introduce up to one third of gender-neutral toilets in new school buildings. All...
The first one-way ticket for the Paris metro began to be valid on July 19, 1900 at 13:00. It cost just 25 centimes in old money and gave the passenger a seat in first class. Now the iconic paper ticket costs 1.90 euros, or about 47 crowns. However, the city has decided to replace it entirely with smart cards or mobile phones as part of the modernisation from 2025. Gradual digitization The abolition of paper tickets in Prague is only in the distant horizon. At least according to Daniel Šabík, head of communications at the transport company. “We are not planning to stop selling paper tickets overnight. However, within the framework of distribution channels, we will go the way of further gradual digitalization," Šabík tells Metro daily, according to which, for example, contactless terminals are already being installed in city buses.” “The first of them should start working in November and by the end of this year all our buses will be equipped with them. By the end of this year, we plan to launch a pilot project in which coupons, including annual coupons, could be purchased cashlessly in ticket machines. And of course, we want to further strengthen purchases...
The largest rail carrier in the Czech Republic, České dráhy, has announced an increase in average fares of 15% starting December 11. The company attributed the price increase to rising energy costs in the Czech Republic. This is the sharpest increase in the last fifteen years. Tickets at current prices will be available until December 10 with a deferred validity of up to two months. For people who use trains regularly, this means being able to use the old fares until early February. “We are trying to keep the price increase below the level of inflation even though the costs, which are critical for rail transport, have risen much more than that,” Frantisek Emelka of the Czech Ministry of Transport told IDNES. With the new prices, the cost of a 10-kilometer ticket will increase by 4 crowns to 31 crowns. Up to 45 km will go up by 12 crowns – up to 92 crowns, while up to 100 km will go up by 25 crowns – to 188 crowns. The price of the so-called “Ticket for Summer” – a pass that allows passengers to travel without restrictions around the country – will also increase significantly. It will go up...
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 Prague Municipal Court will continue proceeding the Capi hnizdo (Stork Nest) case of suspected EU subsidy fraud, in which ex-PM Andrej Babis and his former aide Jana Nagyova are charged, in the week starting on December 19, court panel chairman Jan Sott announced today. He also ordered the trial to continue on three days in January. Detectives detained ten people during a raid at the Brno City Hall today, checking the activities of a particular municipal firm, prosecutor Petra Lastovecka said in a press release. The police raid was also connected with the privatisation of municipal flats and subsidy frauds committed in the territory of Brno. General Petr Pavel would win the first round of the Czech presidential election with 27.7 percent of the vote if held in October and would advance to the second round with former PM Andrej Babis who would gain 23.3 percent, the Ipsos agency election model released to CTK shows today. Economist and former university rector Danuse Nerudova would end third with 16.9 percent of the vote....
Czechia’s National Anti-Drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil is preparing a law on the sale and purchasing of marihuana. The state could gain billions in taxes thanks to a controlled cannabis market, Czech National Drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil told ČTK in an interview today. A controlled cannabis market could bring an additional 15 billion crowns in taxes annually to the state budget. Before the introduction of a regulated market, marihuana growers would need a licence and the law would clearly specify to who they could deliver their product to. Drug Coordinators of the Member States began discussing the regulation of the cannabis market in the EU in Prague today. The strategy envisages legalizing the sale of marijuana under strict conditions, taxation of addictive substances depending on how harmful they are, the launch of a regulated cannabis market and increased government spending on addiction prevention and treatment. The forthcoming rules should concern not only sales but also production. The new measures should establish the level of narcotic substances that legal marihuana products can contain. Some shop owners could also receive a license, Vobořil said. “Marihuana won’t be in every newsstand. The amount of marihuana that people could purchase would be limited and buyers...
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 tax on addictive substances along with a more effective tax collecting might bring Czechia up to 15 billion crowns a year based on a draft anti-addiction plan for the next three years, national anti-drug coordinator Jindrich Voboril said at a press conference today. This would secure one billion crowns instead of the current 300 million for addiction prevention and treatment. Coal should be more used in the energy crisis and spontaneous development ideology is also to blame for the spread of the recent devastating fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park, President Milos Zeman said during his visit to the region today. Zeman went on to back his old idea of making the Elbe (Labe) River navigable. Only a few individuals with links to risk persons abroad had signs of Islamist radicalisation and approval of terrorist attacks and sharing Jihadist propaganda were also rare in the Czech Republic last year, the BIS civilian counter-intelligence service says in its annual report for 2021 released today. The BIS did not not confirm any...
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. Checks on the border between Czechia and Slovakia will probably continue even after the previously specified deadline of October 28, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said on Czech TV on Sunday. Mr. Rakušan said that the government could choose to extend border checks for another month, i.e. until November 28 Popular theatre and film actor Josef Somr died on Sunday at the age of 88. Over the course of his career, Somr portrayed more than 170 characters in films, with his most famous role probably being the train dispatcher Hubička in Jiří Menzel’s Oscar-winning 1966 film Closely Watched Trains. Over the past seven days, 3,574 Ukrainian refugees received temporary protection visas in Czechia, 719 less than the previous week. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Czech state has granted a total of 446,811 temporary visas. Spirits distilled from fruits, such as the famous Czech product slivovice (sometimes anglicised as slivovitz), are expected to increase in price by 15 to 20 percent after the new year, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday. About 350,500 Czechs, mainly university students, had taken part in international...
Why aren’t we successful in conceiving a baby? An increasing number of couples are asking this question. EUROPE IVF is a state-of-the-art reproductive clinic based in Prague that helps couples from all over the world make their dream of having a baby come true. Thanks to its long-term excellent results, it has become a world leader in the field of the infertility treatment. The key is to ask for help – when things aren’t going well The path to parenthood varies for each person – some women get pregnant immediately, while others try hard and nothing happens. But today we will talk about the latter case, which is certainly no longer a rarity these days, as the amount of infertile couples has been rising worldwide. There are actually may factors contributing to this development. There is no doubt that in some cases you will be able to conceive the baby you have been dreaming of without the help of an expert. Comprehensive care The Europe IVF clinic employs over 30 specialists with long-term experience in the field of the assisted reproduction. We provide comprehensive care for couples who come to us. Thanks to the work of experienced experts, state-of-the-art...
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. Czechia is for the EU to introduce a system of regular and predictable financial support for Ukraine faced with Russian invasion, Czech Minister for European Affairs Mikulas Bek said today, adding that Ukraine cannot do without support and more order needs to be brought into its financing. Fifteen NATO states, including Czechia and Slovakia, have signed a declaration about their intended joint purchase of anti-aircraft defence systems, Reuters news agency has quoted German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht as saying today. This is a project of the joint anti-rocket defence of which German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke in Prague in August. The EU member countries do not intend to unify social support for refugees and some will keep providing special aid, while others open their regular welfare system to them, Czech Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurecka said after the EU labour ministers’ meeting in Prague today. State and local government spending on the Ukrainian refugee crisis amounted to CZK 16.9 billion at the end of September, the Ministry of Finance announced on...
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. From Tuesday October 25 Czechia will bar the entry of Russian citizens with Schengen visas from any EU state who are travelling for the purposes of tourism, sport or culture. Opposition leaders ANO would have come first in elections to the Czech lower house in September with 30.5 percent of the vote, suggests a poll conducted by the Median agency published on Wednesday. Czech Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurecka has proposed that the retirement pensions of senior officials in the former Communist regime should be cut by CZK 300 for each year they spent in their posts, he told reporters before the lower house session today. The proposal would apply to around 3,000 people. On Thursday, the German Parliament will discuss a proposal by the conservative opposition to tighten migration policy, which includes the possibility of introducing permanent checks at the border with the Czech Republic. This was announced by a spokesman for the parliamentary faction of the conservative CDU/CSU union, the most significant opposition force in the Bundestag. Czech...
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