September 19: Celebrate South Africa's Heritage Braai Day in Prague
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- According to Eurostat, Czech households still pay the most for energy in the EU, with electricity and gas being the fourth most expensive in the entire Union in the second half of 2022. The average electricity price was €384.4 per MWh, while gas was €190.4 per MWh.
- Teachers will have a guaranteed salary of around 130% of the average gross pay in the Czech Republic as of next year, under a bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies today. However, this will only apply to teachers themselves, rather than all teaching staff as the government originally proposed.
- The speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, presented his country’s Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, second class, to Czech Senate speaker Miloš Vystrčil in Prague. Mr. Stefanchuk said that the honour symbolised Ukraine’s gratitude for support in the fight against Russian aggression.
- The Czech government commissioner for Roma affairs, Lucie Fuková, says that 275 victims of forced sterilisation have received compensation. In the last year the Ministry of Health received 630 applications for such compensation and processed three-quarters of them.
- The Czech koruna continues its remarkable strengthening trend this year, reaching a fifteen-year-old record against the euro at around 23.50 per euro. Economists suggest the trend may continue, and the currency may even break the 23 korun mark against the euro.
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