Aeroitalia, Italy’s newest private airline venture, is launching a direct air link between Václav Havel Airport Prague and Florence Airport next year. AeroItalia has today announced the launch of 24 direct flights from Florence and Prague was among the destinations. The company expects to start up in the Tuscan airport by basing a Boeing 737-700 — a new type in the airline’s fleet — and a wet-leased ATR 72-600. The company will begin flying between the two cities in summer 2023. The exact schedule is not yet available. Ticket sales have not yet started either. Prague airport currently has no direct flights to Florence. In the past, only Vueling operated on the route. At the moment, you can reach Pisa from Prague by the low-cost carrier Ryanair. Aeroitalia was founded in 2022 by a consultant for Italy’s ministry of infrastructure and transport and is backed by a high-net-worth individual from South America who acts as the company’s president. Aeroitalia launched low-cost flights intended to attract customers to its services and create a buzz. While it is beginning its life at a time when Italy’s airline sector is up for grabs, following the loss of Alitalia and early days of ITA Airways, it...
The Senate of the Czech Republic on Wednesday recognized the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has already responded to this decision, thanking the Czech deputies for restoring historical justice. “I welcome the decision of the Czech Senate to recognize the Holodomor as a genocide of Ukrainians. I am grateful to my Czech friends for affirming the truth and restoring historical justice,” Zelensky said on Twitter. According to him, the punishment of Russia for all the crimes of the past and present is “inevitable.” In November, the parliaments of Romania, Ireland, Moldova, and Germany recognized Holodomor as the genocide of Ukrainians. Ukraine has been fighting to get Holodomor recognized as an act of genocide internationally. So far, 20 countries have recognized Holodomor as such. Ukraine annually commemorates the Holodomor victims on the fourth Saturday of November. The famine, known as the Holodomor, took place in 1932-33 as Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s police forced peasants in Ukraine to join collective farms by requisitioning their grain and other foodstuffs. Historians say the failure to properly harvest crops in Ukraine in 1932 under Soviet mismanagement was the main cause of the famine. It is estimated that up to 9...
The US Senate has approved the nomination of investor Bijan Sabet for the post of US ambassador to the Czech Republic. Sabet said his priorities would be to follow Václav Havel’s legacy of protecting human rights and media freedoms and to develop US-Czech security cooperation, including supporting negotiations on the Czech purchase of US F-35 fighter jets. The last American Ambassador in Prague was Stephen King, at the end of 2020 he announced that he would relinquish this position when the new President Biden takes office. Since then, the post of US Ambassador to Prague has been vacant. King was the ninth U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic. He took over the office in December 2017 from lawyer Andrew Schapiro, with whom President Miloš Zeman did not have a good relationship. “We are pleased that President Biden has announced his intention to appoint Bijan Sabet as Ambassador to the Czech Republic. This demonstrates the strong friendship between the United States and the Czech Republic. The nomination must now be approved by the United States Senate,” said the US Embassy in Prague on Twitter. Sabet, 53, is co-founder and partner of Spark Capital since 2005, which deals with venture capital. He...
The US Senate has approved the nomination of investor Bijan Sabet for the post of US ambassador to Czechia. Sabet is co-founder and general partner of Spark Capital, a venture capital firm. Previously, he worked as an executive at a number of Silicon Valley technology startups in California and Massachusetts. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Tuesday inaugurated a Václav Havel Street in Luxembourg, named after the world-renowned dissident, playwright and former Czechoslovak president. The ceremony marked the symbolic end of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU, which Sweden will take over from January 1. A record number of 52,109 foreign students were enrolled in Czech universities in 2021, 4.4% more than in previous year, according to data released yesterday by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU). The largest group among them were Slovaks, followed by Russians and Ukrainians. Refugees from Ukraine may be able to extend their temporary protection in the Czech Republic by one year until late March 2024, under legislation passed by the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. In keeping with European rules, this was approved as an amendment to the law known as “lex Ukraine” in the state of legislative emergency. ...
Celebrate Christmas time and enjoy the last Advent Sunday on Karlínské náměstí! Nothing puts you in the mood for the festive season more than Christmas markets. The magical atmosphere, the smell of mulled wine, the nativity scene, carols and lots of goodies will make the Christmas rush more enjoyable. On December 18, Karlin Market organizers have prepared a great accompanying program. You will have a chance to make your own Christmas decorations. There will also be singing performances by local schools and choirs. Advent season is four weeks long just like everywhere else to commemorate the liturgical calendar but unless you’re Christian, most families only practice lighting candles on a Christmas wreath each Sunday. The first Advent Sunday, called “iron Sunday,” marked the start of Christmas street fairs that are held in every bigger Czech city. The second Advent Sunday is called “bronze,” the third is “silver” and the fourth and final one is “golden.” For the vast majority of Czech people, advent is time to finally get serious about preparing for Christmas like buying presents for your family and friends, cleaning and baking Christmas sweets. Find more info here
A 2022 survey by the Swiss international education company EF Education First, which measures the English proficiency of people in 112 non-English speaking countries and regions, found that over the last year Czech had improved their English, most notably those in their forties. The Czech Republic ranked 23rd with 575 points. The survey gathered and analyzed data from free tests taken online by a total of 2.1 million people worldwide for EF’s English Proficiency Index. By region, 35% of test takers were from Europe, 24% from Asia, 20% from Central and South America, 20% from Africa, and 12% from the Middle East. The median age was 25. After a significant drop from 19th place last year to 27th, Czechs have returned to the level they have been at since the first survey. This shows that they have been stagnating in English for at least the last eleven years. The level of proficiency is still generally high, so Czechs can present themselves in English at work, understand TV programs, or read newspapers without particular difficulty. However, all neighboring countries rank significantly higher than the Czech Republic, with Austria ranking third. Slovakia ranks 15th, – just one step away from moving into...
Prague is allocating 8.5 million euros in financial assistance and equipment for Ukraine to get through the cold period, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. According to Ukrainian media reports, he said at the Standing with the Ukrainian People conference in Paris on Tuesday the Czech Republic was supplying generator systems and heaters to the Kharkov region, Dnepr, Kiev, schools and hospitals. He noted that this aid amounted to 5 million euros so that people would have electricity and heat during the blackout. The Czech Republic is also allocating 2.5 million euros for the indestructible centers and 1 million euros to back doctors, Fiala said. The country will also provide pontoon crossings and bridge technology. He also noted that the public and private potential in Ukraine has been used effectively, and Ukraine itself has shown great progress on its way to the European Union under these extraordinary conditions. The chief of staff of the Ukrainian president’s office, Andriy Yermak, said that “the speed of destruction exceeds the speed of repair”. Visibly concerned about one of the “harshest winters in the country’s modern history”, he said that “the risk of a total blackout is very high”. The EU has already provided 500...
The state prosecutor on Monday charged former TOP 09 MP Dominik Feri with two counts of rape and one of attempted rape. According to earlier information, Feri can face up to ten years in prison because he is also being prosecuted for the rape committed against 17-year-old girl. 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. “I welcome the fact that after a two-year wait I will be able to present evidence to the court proving my innocence. Until now, I have not been able to comment publicly on the ongoing proceedings in any substantive way, which has resulted in the media being reduced to one-sided statements. But that will soon finally change,” Feri told Seznam Zprávy. 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 lower house in June last year after multiple accusations of sexual misconduct about him appeared...
Several thousand Ukrainian workers will go to the Czech Republic to work in the arms industry, confirmed the Czech Defence Ministry. The arrival of the new workers from Ukraine, together with the development of the defence industry, could bring the country financial benefits, Czech Radio reported. Prosecutors on Monday charged the Czech former MP Dominik Feri on two counts of rape and one of attempted rape, Seznam Zprávy reported. According to previous reports, the 26-year-old former politician could face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty as one of the alleged victims was 17. UK outfit Jamiriquai is set to headline at the Metronome Prague music festival next June, the organisers said on Tuesday. The band, who had a string of hits in the 1990s, have played at Prague’s O2 Arena and Colours of Ostrava festival in recent years. In 2022, wages increased the most for IT workers in regions outside Prague and Brno, as well as accountants, welders and electricians, according to data from the Grafton Recruitment agency. EU ambassadors have agreed a package of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of €18 billion, as well as a minimum tax for large companies in...
Highly-trained Ukrainian workers could fill thousands of job vacancies in the Czech arms industry to help meet demand triggered by the war in Ukraine, a Czech defence official said on Monday. The Czech Republic has been one of the top weapons providers to Kyiv among NATO allies since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Deliveries, though, have badly depleted inventories, and officials have warned it could take years to restock. Some Czech arms producers have already signalled that they need to boost their workforce. “(There) will be thousands of jobs,” said Deputy Defence Minister Tomáš Kopečný, suggesting that workers could come from Ukraine, whose own arms industry has been targeted by Russian attacks. “It depends on how the production capacities of Czech companies or the production of joint Czech-Ukrainian arms factories will be increased.” According to him, the agreement was reached during the meeting between Prime Minister Petr Fiala and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in October. Besides, according to the deputy minister, these agreements will be beneficial for both parties, as Czech defense industry enterprises lack qualified workers. As an example, the deputy minister gives Tatra company from the Czechoslovak Group holding company that lacks five hundred workers. At the...
Around 30% of Czech households may fall into poverty next year as a result of the sharp increase in energy prices and rising housing costs. Despite caps approved by the government, housing costs could account for up to 34% of their monthly income, according to an analysis by PAQ Research based on data from the Czech Statistics Office (CZSO) on household energy consumption. Households with children, or the poorer half of them, are expected to be hit the hardest. Calculations show that the number of families with children whose housing expenses will account for more than 30% of their income will increase. Currently, this affects 23% of people, but after the New Year, the proportion could rise to 31%. A quarter of families will be left with less than CZK 3,000 per person a month, or CZK 100 per day, after paying for food and housing. November inflation rate at 16.2 percent The inflation rate rose to 16.2 percent year-on-year in November, up from 15.1 percent in October, the Czech Statistics Office reported. The inflation was driven by higher costs of housing, food and non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic beverages and tobacco. Meanwhile, prices slowed down in the areas of transport, recreation...
Czech Boy and Girl Scouts collected the Bethlehem Light on the Austrian border on Sunday morning. They will now distribute the Peace Light across the country, placing it in churches and various institutions, from where people can light their own lamps. The Bethlehem Light is a Scouting tradition dating back over 30 years. As a symbol of peace and friendship, it is considered a modern symbol of Christmas time. “The message of hope that the flame brings, the light that transcends the darkness, is even more relevant this year than ever before,” said Zuzana Hrbková, a spokeswoman for the Bethlehem Light project. Scout couriers will travel with the flame around the Czech Republic by train. The organizers believe the delivery is possible, as the size of the courier groups will be reduced to a minimum and all volunteers will use protective equipment. The flame is traditionally taken to homes and retirement homes, but these deliveries will be limited this year and all deliveries will be made without contact. The Scouts have been bringing the Bethlehem light to the Czech Republic for 30 years. For their first time, they brought the light under the statue of St. Wenceslas in Prague during...
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