Apr 17, 2023

Morning News: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

  • The production of passenger cars in the Czech Republic grew by 31.5% YoY to 353,770 cars in Q1 2023, with 11.7% of production being electric cars. The Automotive Industry Association reported that Škoda Auto, Hyundai, and Toyota were the top performers.

 

  • The Czech Interior Ministry is preparing an amendment to the foreigners‘ law according to which foreign nationals from EU member states will be required to register if their stay in Czechia exceeds 90 days. According to the head of the Migration and Asylum Policy Department at the Interior Ministry, the fact that registration of EU nationals residing here long-term is not required is causing complications for towns and municipalities.

 

  • The strict security measures at Prague Castle will be lifted. The security gates at entrances to the compound, which were installed in 2016, will be dismantled and security checks will no longer be conducted on a mass scale. In future, police officers guarding the premises will only make random security checks.

 

  • Police officers from the National Centre against Organized Crime have charged five people in a case of large-scale fraud related to the management of the country’s largest health insurance company VZP and the Prague Transport Company. The five suspects have been charged with bribery, manipulating public tenders and money-laundering.

 

  • The title of Czech Photographer of the Year 2022 was awarded to Czech News Agency reporter Roman Vondrouš on Saturday by the Association of Professional Photographers. Vondrouš was also nominated for the award in 2021 but didn’t win.

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