September 19: Celebrate South Africa's Heritage Braai Day in Prague
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- Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský left for a diplomatic trip to the USA on Monday. He plans to meet with his American counterpart Antony J. Blinken to discuss further aid to Ukraine, energy security, as well as going to NASA headquarters to sign the Artemis Accords, a US initiative for international cooperation in space exploration.
- Around 200 people took part in a so-called “Peace March” on Monday, organised by the ‘Zachraňme náš stát’ (Let’s Save Our Country) protest movement. The participants gathered on Náměstí Republiky and set off at around 2 p.m. for the memorial in Vítkov, where they held a demonstration by the statue of Jan Žižka.
- The Ministry of Health has proposed that donors’ blood be tested more thoroughly for diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C, in order to widen the pool of who is allowed to donate blood. The health ministry says that these tests are standard in Western European countries and would bring Czechia more in line with other EU countries.
- Some 32 people died in traffic accidents in April, which is eight fewer than last year, according to the preliminary data of the traffic police released on Sunday. The overall number of traffic accidents in April dropped by around 1,000 year-on-year to 6,745.
- After two years of losses, Prague airport reported a profit of 283 million CZK last year, and the financial result is almost 2 billion CZK better compared to 2021. The airport handled 10.7 million passengers in 2020, more than double the previous year, and is expected to continue its gradual return to previous occupancy and profits.
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