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. Events were held in many places in Czechia on Sunday marking the 54th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia on the night of August 20 to 21, 1968. A number of Czech politicians drew parallels between events of that time and Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. . Czechia plans to continue supplying military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the country’s prime minister, Petr Fiala, said on Sunday after a ceremony marking the 54th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Mr. Fiala told reporters that Czechia wished to help repair damage to schools, hospitals and other facilities. Around half of the regions in Czechia are planning to increase fares on their public transport systems. Prague does not intend to raise fares at present, though running the city’s transport system will cost an extra CZK 1 billion in the next year. The Czech Republic has granted temporary protection visas to 415,691 Ukrainian refugees since the war in Ukraine started in February, with 4,116 visas issued over the past seven days, 69 more than...
Czech nationals have been sending exactly 1,968 crowns to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russia and to commemorate the 1968 invasion of then Czechoslovakia by Soviet-led troops, the Ukrainian embassy said on Sunday. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which has killed thousands, forced millions to flee and caused damage worth billions of dollars, enters its seventh month next week. The Czechs were using a special payment code to donate 1,968 crowns to an already existing account set up by Ukraine’s embassy in the Czech Republic to collect funds. “Even at the weekend, dozens and dozens of payments in the value of 1,968 crowns are arriving to our account, thank you so much, Czech friends!” the embassy said on Twitter. Early on August 21, 1968, around 250,000 soldiers, 2,000 tanks, and hundreds of aircraft from the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland rumbled into Czechoslovakia. Just 29 years after the nightmare of the Nazi invasion, Czechs and Slovaks once again awoke to foreign troops on their soil. Within hours, First Secretary Dubcek had been seized from his Prague offices (pictured in background) and flown to Moscow for interrogation. Bewildered Czechs and Slovaks erupted to challenge the invading soldiers...
The Czech Republic has the most handsome man in the world: Dominik Chabr won an international beauty contest in Bali. Czech’s Dominik Chabr was named Man of the World 2022 at the finals night of the 4th Annual Man of the World pageant held in Bali on Sunday. The second, third and fourth runner-up titles went to Bogdan Iusypchuk of Ukraine, Lee Jooyong of the Republic of Korea, and Pablo Gallego of Spain respectively. “Immediately afterward we talked on the phone, he was excited and moved. I wish him the best, he worked hard all year. For us, it is a great honor to win another international victory. The last Czech who brought home the gold from the Mr. Global competition in 2016 was Tomáš Martinka, by coincidence also from Most. Probably the nicest guys are born there,” the president of the Man of the Year competition, David Novotný, beamed with satisfaction. Dominik had originally planned to stay in Bali for another week after the final and enjoy his vacation. In 2019, another Czech, Jakub Jurčák, was 3rd runner-up and won Best in Beach Wear. Man of the World is an international male beauty pageant that began in 2017 that...
A company from the Czech Republic is hoping to use 3D printing to rebuild damaged infrastructure in Ukraine. ICE Industrial Services is a technology company based in the Moravian town of Žďár nad Sázavou, which focuses on designing and building new automation machines and lines. In recent years, it has also been exploring the possibilities of 3D-printed concrete. The company has already delivered an anti-tank shelter to the war-hit country and is now discussing ways to build houses, hospitals, and schools. Digital printing with concrete makes building work faster, offers greater flexibility, and can save about 70% in materials. “We will try to use this technology to make civil infrastructure defense installations and also for schools or even for bus and tram stations. In the first stage, we intend to build bomb shelters”, said the director of the company Valerii Gruganovski. “The technology is brought to a special platform, on which a 3D printer is installed together with all the auxiliary devices necessary during the process, which then translates the three-dimensional digital model into reality,” said the engineer of the Czech company, Marec Zloc. This installation can build a complete off-grid house with several living rooms equipped with solar panels and...
In road traffic, the same rules apply to users of electric scooters and scooters as to cyclists. This is despite the fact that the way they are driven has nothing to do with cycling. On the road, they are a risk and unpredictable. Drivers can often only guess what the driver of the electric scooter in front of them is up to. It is high time to set clear rules for these means of transport. As a car driver, you may have had to react quickly to a sudden change in the electric scooter in front of you. It could have been driving in the middle of your lane and ignoring the surrounding traffic. As a pedestrian, you’ve probably encountered a situation where an e-scooter user was riding on the sidewalk without regard for pedestrians or parents with strollers. Such situations are increasing with the warm weather and the opportunity to shortcut your way around town on a shared electric scooter. Experts from the Road Safety Team encounter irresponsible behaviour of e-scooter users almost daily. Riding on the pavement, collisions with cyclists, riding in pedestrian zones are not exceptional. An e-scooter, like a scooter, is legally considered a bicycle, even...
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. Two Ukrainian soldiers injured in the war with Russia have arrived in Czechia for treatment. The patients are receiving follow-up treatment and undergoing rehabilitation in the town of Karviná in north Moravia, where they will spend at least a month. . From 20 to 22 September, Brno will host the Urban Mobility Days 2022 event. This biennial conference, jointly organised in 2022 by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), and the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU, is a major event in the European urban mobility calendar. Six individuals and four legal entities have been charged of fraud and the legalisation of criminal proceeds in connection to a suspect tender commissioned by the Football Association of the Czech Republic in 2020 for the disinfection of stadiums. Czech police arrested a person on Wednesday for flying a drone above the Russian Embassy in Prague. Attached to the machine was a device capable of dropping objects. A helicopter and several patrols were sent to the location after local police...
The English Proficiency Index (EPI), conducted by the international education organization English First, aims to rank countries and regions around the world by English proficiency, based on the largest sample size of test results in the world. The Netherlands has emerged as the nation with the highest English language proficiency, with a score of 72. It is ahead of five other northern European nations at the top of the chart. The Czech Republic ranks 27th in the world out of 112 countries included, and is rated as a ‘high proficiency’ country, achieving a score of 563 out of a maximum of 663. In the global standings, the country deteriorated from the previous year, dropping from 19th to 27th place, the biggest drop of any European country. At the European level, the Czech Republic ranks 23rd of 35 selected countries, 100 points behind the first-placed Netherlands and 112 points ahead of the last-placed Azerbaijan. Compared to last year’s data, the country’s English language score has deteriorated by 17 percentage points. Examining the professions of test takers, the authors found that test takers working in consulting, information technology and engineering had the highest average scores. The gap between different industries has narrowed...
The Czech Republic has received its first batch of wounded Ukrainian soldiers as the country works to alleviate the massively overburdened Ukrainian medical system. The first two patients will complete their injury treatment and rehabilitation at the Darkov spa in the Karviná region, with both expected to spend at least a month at the facility, according to the commercial director of the spa, Lenka Krótká, who announced the news on Monday. According to her, the spa will eventually treat more wounded Ukrainian soldiers. The transport and treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers is sponsored and organized by the Czech foundation Regi Base, which has 11 years of experience treating and rehabilitating wounded soldiers. The non-profit organization focuses on helping war veterans, police officers, and firefighters. In the past, it referred some patients to doctors in Darkov. “We have already treated soldiers from Georgia in the past. And in 2018, Ukrainian soldiers from Donbas injured during the first attack on Ukraine by Russia were also here,” said Krótká. On Monday, two soldiers of the Ukrainian army arrived at the spa after suffering complex and difficult-to-treat injuries in a battle with the Russians. One lost part of an arm and has a shattered ankle, but he can...
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. Two Ukrainian soldiers injured in the war with Russia have arrived in Czechia for treatment. The patients are receiving follow-up treatment and undergoing rehabilitation in the town of Karviná in north Moravia, where they will spend at least a month. . Price rises in various sectors of the Czech economy continued to accelerate in July, according to data released by the Czech Statistics Office on Tuesday. Prices in the agriculture sector rose by 39.8 percent year-on-year and in the industry sector prices rose by 26.8 percent. Czech parents have already submitted more than 200,000 applications for a CZK 5,000 contribution in child allowance since Monday, when the system was launched. The one-off payment applies to any children still under the age of 18 on 1 August and is intended to help mitigate the effects of rising prices on families. Vlastimil Válek (TOP 09), the head of the Ministry of Health, wants to introduce one free antigen test per month from September. People could take the test even without a doctor’s request. The Czech...
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 Central Bohemia Region has the youngest population of the regions in Czechia with 41.5 years, according to data released by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU). It is followed by Prague with 42.3 years. By contrast, the Zlin, Hradec Kralove and Karlovy Vary regions have the oldest populations, with the average of 43.6 years in all of them. . Drones have found again six places with increased temperature in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park, recently devastated by a huge wildfire, regional fire corps spokeswoman Lukas Marvan told journalists on Monday. The places are situated near the Pravcicka brana narrow rock formation. ŠkodaAuto has announced a fall in profits of over 30% in the first six months of 2022, with operations strongly affected by the post-pandemic economic disruption and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which is the company’s second-largest market. Filharmonie Brno will kick off the 23rd Špilberk International Music Festival this week. There will be four large concerts in the castle courtyard over the next 10 days. The Czech minister of...
A driver captured the crazy moment a Formula 2 car was seen flying down a motorway heading into Germany from the Czech Republic. Several videos went viral on social media as an F2 car was seen hurtling down a normal motorway road. The old Ferrari was filmed flying down the two-lane D4 motorway, between Příbram and Dobříš. The car heavily resembled an F2 chassis – but it is illegal to drive such vehicles on the motorway in the Czech Republic. Police have investigated a similar incident that occurred in 2019 in the same area. In 2019, the same car was spotted driving down the same section of motorway, which led to an inquiry. Officers managed to track down the owner of the Ferrari, but the suspect denied he was behind the wheel at the time. Subsequently, police could not prove their case as the driver was wearing a racing helmet that concealed identity, so no charges were brought against the suspect. And fortunately so for whoever was behind the wheel, as they avoided a fine and a one-year ban from driving. One account to post a video of the incident on Twitter was @F1_Images, who said: “Just a GP2 car in Ferrari...
On Sunday the 14th of August 2022, a Hawker Hurricane (OO-HUR) belonging to the Aviation Museum in Tocna near Prague crashed during it’s display at the Aviation Days in Cheb, Karlovy Vary Region. Sadly it was confirmed that the pilot was tragically killed in the accident. According to witnesses the plane suddenly lost altitude while turning and disappeared from sight. The plane has crashed into a family house but thankfully no one on the ground has been seriously injured. Petr Paces was named as the pilot who lost his life, he was a very experienced ex-Mig-21 fighter pilot, a flight instructor as well as the captain of the Boeing 737 airliner. Passionate about flying Petr Paces started flying gliders at the age of 14 before moving onto powered aircraft three years later. After school, he flew as a Mig-21 fighter pilot until 1992, leaving the army to join Air Traffic Control. Almost twenty years ago, he started flying the Boeing 737 airliners. He has also often displayed historic aircraft sharing his love for flying with thousands of people each year. Hurricane Mk. IV was one of the final variants of the Hawker-manufactured fighter, produced between 1942 and 1944. At that...
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