Academy of Sciences unhappy about planned budget cuts

In related news, The Czech Academy of Science has criticised the new 2013 budget proposal submitted by the Finance Ministry. According to the revised budget bill, research and science spending will be cut by 2.7 billion crowns in 2013 and by 2.5 billion in 2014 and 2015. The Academy of Sciences will also see its budget lowered by 6.5 percent. The Education Ministry, by comparison, will receive half-a-billion crowns less. This includes funds originally earmarked for teacher salary hikes.

Additionally, under the 2013 revised budget bill, the Interior Ministry is to save an additional 1.1 million crowns mostly in operation costs, spending on construction and national programmes controlled by the Transport Ministry is to decrease by1.5 billion crowns, and the State Transport Infrastructure Fund is to receive 5 billion less in subsidies. The financial and customs general directorates will get nearly half a billion less in 2013; the Culture Ministry will get about 300 million crowns less for reconstruction of cultural heritage sites and cuts in the Environment Ministry budget will amount to 200 million crowns.