September 19: Celebrate South Africa's Heritage Braai Day in Prague
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- Number of Czechs who support the right of homosexuals to adopt children and enter into a registered partnership or marriage has increased over the past four years, suggests a poll by the CVVM. 83% of respondents are in favour of a registered partnership between homosexuals, while 58% said gay people should have equal rights to marry.
- The Czech government on Wednesday agreed to continue the process of ratifying the Istanbul Convention on combatting violence against women. The cabinet has sent the document to a vote in the lower house of Czech Parliament.
- The statues of three apostles that were damaged by vandals last July have returned to Prague’s Astronomical Clock after undergoing a renovation that cost CZK 35,000. Last year a vandal broke the glass door separating the room with the apostles from the chapel and damaged the statues of St. Philip, St. Thomas and Jude the Apostle.
- The multinational online retailer Amazon opened a new distribution centre in the small town of Kojetín in the Olomouc Region on Monday. The 50,000 square-metre centre should employ up to 2,000 people, the company said.
- Slovak President Zuzana Caputova told journalists yesterday that she does not intend to seek re-election in 2024, adding that she would not have enough strength to carry out another five-year presidential mandate
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