"We lost the dispute, but that is not important. What is important is that we do not have to pay something. Usually, the court claims some compensation for the proceedings," said Babiš.
Jan Hamáček, Interior Minister and head of the country’s Central Crisis Staff and Jana Maláčová, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, were photographed at a meeting in the Central Crisis Headquarters, not wearing protective face masks. After the photographs were shared widely on social networks, the two ministers decided to make a charitable donation. “I won’t justify myself; the rules are the same for everyone. It was a mistake. I already sent 10,000 CZK to Motol hospital,” said Hamáček. Under the new emergency rules – people standing in a public without a mask face a fine of up to 10,000 CZK. If the police decide to pass a case to the Municipality for Administrative Proceedings, the fine can rise to 20,000 CZK. A third person in the photo, also not wearing a face mask is Jana Maláčová’s husband, Aleš Chmelař, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs. “Together with my husband, we repent and both of us sent 10,000 CZK to the account of the Život 90 charitable organization,” said Maláčová. Na twitteru se dnes objevila fotografie z videokonference, kde nemám roušku. Nebudu se vymlouvat, byla to chyba, pravidla platí pro každého. Odeslal jsem 10 tisíc korun jako dar...
The coronavirus and subsequent lockdowns have left virtually no industry untouched. Among the many affected is the short-term-rental industry in Prague.
The European Court of Justice has ruled against the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland for refusing to comply with the temporary refugee relocation mechanism during the 2015 migrant crisis.
The Czech Republic has so far earmarked an amount worth 18 percent of its GDP to deal with the impacts of the coronavirus crisis, the third-largest amount in Europe, according to the International Monetary Fund. In proportion to the GDP, only Germany and Italy approved larger stimulus packages. While Berlin has set aside almost €1 trillion to help with the impact of the epidemic, which amounts to 28.5 percent of Germany’s GDP, Italy also approved a stimulus package worth 21 percent of its GDP. Although the Czech government agreed to financial support worth 18 percent of its GDP to boost the economy, the Czech Republic will also benefit from the German stimulus package as both economies are strongly interconnected. A considerable part of the Czech stimulus package will involve contributions to employers affected by coronavirus preventive measures so that they can continue to pay salaries to their employees. On Tuesday afternoon, the Czech government approved one-off support of 25,000 CZK for all who were forced to close their businesses within the restrictions and the introduction of the kurzarbeit system from April 6. “In the third quarter, we will start to revive the economy, so I set a new state budget. If the...
On Tuesday afternoon, the Czech government approved one-off support of 25,000 CZK for all who were forced to close their businesses within the restrictions and the introduction of the kurzarbeit system from April 6. Ministers discussed the proposal of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Jana Maláčová (ČSSD). Maláčová pushed the State to pay two salary contributions to employers, 80 percent for those who had to close their businesses and 60 percent for those who decided on their own. “We want companies not to lay off people,” Maláčová said at a press conference. Applicants must fulfill several conditions by submitting an affidavit, including a fall in revenue of 10% year-on-year in the first quarter (January-March), and a minimum gross income of 180,000 CZK last year. According to the Ministry of Finance, payments can begin from April 12th. Originally the government intended to pay entrepreneurs 15,000 CZK per month. At the same time, the Government approved special incentives for businesses to limit personnel lay-offs. The Cabinet also approved a six-month moratorium on a mortgage and other loan repayments.
You would normally see them in courtrooms where they stand against each other and fight for each of their clients. But these are not common times. A group of leading Czech and Slovak lawyers launched the free online project “Právo v roušce”, designed to help residents, private entrepreneurs and legal entities in these times of crisis. It contains instructions, tips, sample statements, and other useful legal information that may come in handy during the state of emergency. The web portal is divided into the following categories: trade relations labor law taxes compensation for damage bankruptcy and debts tenders medical law migration legislation domestic violence family law The authors of the project at the same time reminded entrepreneurs that they have the right to demand compensation from the state for the rent of commercial space that they were forced to close due to quarantine. “Even for us lawyers, it is often difficult to keep up with all the daily changes. People often need to solve unexpected problems, and very quickly. For many of them, however, the services of lawyers are now unavailable, whether financially or logistically. Everyone should help as they can. This is how we can do it,” says Jana...
The Czech government is extending measures that limit people’s movement by another 10 days to April 11, to help curb the coronavirus outbreak. Travel to work or to visit family is allowed. On Monday 30 March 2020, the government decided to extend the emergency measure against the spread of the coronavirus. The extraordinary measure from the government following the declaration of the state of emergency, limiting freedom of movement and residence of persons until Tuesday, 24 March 2020, with certain exceptions, will now be extended until 06:00 on 11 April due to developments in the coronavirus pandemic in the Czech Republic. As of the same date, all other emergency measures still in force have been prolonged, such as restricting, for example, retail and service sales, prohibiting the presence of the public in restaurants, restricting the operation of offices, and cancelling payment in blue parking zones. The Czech government is debating a 2-week quarantine for all returning from abroad, as opposed to just those returning from high-risk countries. Starting on Wednesday, March 25, the ban on other people’s access to stores has been postponed from 8.00 am to 10.00 am, and now it only applies to retail food stores, sanitary goods,...
The Czech entrepreneurs are waiting to receive the second wave of government loans to help small and medium-sized businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis. However, Prague companies cannot apply (yet) for loans because the funds are provided from the European Union to support entrepreneurship and innovation in the poorer regions. Prague City is not one of them. 1.5 billion CZK will be set aside for applications for loans under the COVID II program and entrepreneurs will be able to claim from 10,000 to 15 million CZK. However, Prague businesses and companies can’t require loans, yet. “We wanted to deploy the money quickly, so we used European funds from the Operational Program Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness as the main source. However, they cannot be used for the Prague region. If a company is based in Prague but has branches in other Czech regions, it can apply for a loan. But only to cover operating expenses in those regional establishments,” said Jiří Jirásek, head of the Czech-Moravian Guarantee and Development to Seznam.cz. Entrepreneurs affected by coronavirus will be able to apply for loans to pay operating costs, ie wages, rentals, energy, supplier-buyer invoices. It will not be possible to use this...
The Czech Republic has excluded South Korea from its list of COVID-19 risk countries and lifted the suspension of direct air routes between the two countries. According to the South Korean Embassy in Prague on Wednesday, the Czech government has excluded South Korea and China from its list of countries with high virus risk, which was newly updated on Monday. In the meantime, the Czech health authority has added six nations including the U.S., Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Israel, and Portugal to its 19-nation list. However, flight operation between Incheon and Prague will likely take some time before resuming. The Czech government is currently banning the entry into the country of all foreigners, excluding long-term residents such as green card holders, through April 11. Prague’s latest decision has apparently been affected by a declining number of confirmed cases in South Korea, and its relationship with Korean companies with operation in the country. South Korean Ambassador to Czech Kim Tae-jin and Yang Dong-wan, head of Hyundai Motor’s Czech office, met with Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babish on Wednesday. Hyundai Motor reportedly donated about 400,000 U.S. dollars and 20,000 face masks to the nation.
In the wake of current government restrictions extending until the end of April, the tourism industry will decrease by 142 billion CZK.
At this moment we’re living through a historical event. Like any event of such a scale, it will affect many spheres of our lives. How badly would depend on several conditions: mainly on the type of limitations and their length. The hardest and longest to my mind will be affected by the sphere of tourism. Dozens of thousands of people working as accommodation providers, guides, travel agencies, souvenir shops, etc. have now lost their source of income. According to many experts, the boarders may stay closed long after the situation in the Czech Republic will stabilize. For many businesses even the one month shut down may mean the end of their existence: high bills and salary obligations will force many employers to start firing people. The longer the limitations will last, the more businesses will turn bankrupt. These are the signs of the buying power drop-down of the population. Even those of us with uninterrupted income would be worried by the destabilization and uncertainty. Would this affect the real estate market? Will prices go down? The price level is determined by the demand and offer. The uncertainty will most probably cause the drop of interest to the real estate market:...
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