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10/23/2020
Despite Covid-19, Czechs spend record sums on mortgages
Despite the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis, Czechs are borrowing record amounts for housing.
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10/23/2020
Health minister under pressure to resign after photos suggest he broke coronavirus measures
Roman Prymula is under pressure to resign from the position of Czech Minister of Health after photographs show he may have broken his own rules.
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10/23/2020
Czech government seeking foreign aid to help bring epidemic under control
As the coronavirus crisis deepens, the Czech government is trying to secure help from abroad to tide over hospitals at the height of the epidemic.
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10/23/2020
First hotel for coronavirus positive clients opens in Prague
A new hotel has opened up in Prague which offers accommodation to COVID-19 positive guests.
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10/22/2020
Guns or butter? Communists demand Czech Army budget cut in view of Covid-19 crisis
Communist Party MP Jiří Dolejš is demanding the Czech Army’s budget be cut by 10 billion crowns, and the savings put into an emergency Covid-19 reserve fund.
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10/22/2020
Czech “Netflix for theatres” launches
A new start-up aiming to help the country’s theatres, hard hit by the anti-coronavirus measures, was launched in the Czech Republic this week.
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10/22/2020
Second wave means worse economic outlook but restrictions seen less impactful than in spring
The crisis surrounding Covid-19 is likely to cause the Czech economy to contract by around 8.5 percent this year, economists say.
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10/22/2020
Sociologist: When the situation becomes more dramatic the attitude of the public will change
Why has the Czech Republic, which was deemed exemplary in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, lost control and when will people start taking the threat seriously?
