Jun 29, 2023

Morning News: Friday, June 30, 2023

  • The Czech government has agreed to a ban on Russian athletes and sports teams participating in sporting competitions on Czech soil, along with a similar ban on Czech athletes participating in competitions in Russia. The proposal was put forward by sports unions as a response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

 

  • British electronic music titans The Prodigy are returning to Prague on 7 December 2023 as part of their ‘Army of the Ants’ Tour. The band is currently midway through a spring and summer run of international festival headline shows, before kicking off their tour on 28 November in Luxembourg.

 

  • Czech support for accepting refugees from war-stricken Ukraine has declined to 56%, 19 percentage points less than last spring, shortly after the start of the Russian invasion, according to survey data from CVVM, collected from the end of January until 20 March and released yesterday.

 

  • The Czech audio-visual industry achieved a record turnover of CZK 15.4 billion in 2022, surpassing so-far the best turnover of CZK 12 billion from 2021, the Audiovisual Producers’ Association informed in its annual report released on Thursday.

 

  • President Petr Pavel appointed Marek Výborný as minister of agriculture at Prague Castle on Thursday. The former leader of the Christian Democrat party is replacing Zdeněk Nekula as head of the ministry. The nomination was welcomed by Prime Minister Petr Fiala, who said he is an experienced politician with moral integrity.

Partner Content

Would you like your story featured here? Get in touch with our team at [email protected]

    Most Popular

Tell more about your business

Tell us about your.

Tell us about your.

Tell us about your.

Tell us about your.

Tell us about your.

Thank You, It`s All Good

We will come back to you within 24 hours with our proporsal

Tell us about your.

Search