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08/17/2021
Primary and secondary school students who are not fully vaccinated should undergo Covid testing three times at the start of the new school year, the Czech government decided on Monday. Mass testing should take place on September 1, September 6 and September 9. Those who refuse to get tested will have to wear face masks. Teachers and school staff will also be required to take tests.
Teachers are also urged to limit mixed classes in voluntary subjects and keep gym lessons outdoors as much as possible.
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08/17/2021
The Afghan interpreter, who was kidnapped by the Taliban for having cooperated with the Czech military, has been released and is reported to be on the run. According to the Vlčí máky association which has been monitoring the fate of the Czech Army’s Afghan personnel in Kabul, the man’s family managed to secure his release. He is reported to have been badly beaten.
A Czech army plane sent to evacuate the remaining embassy staff and around 20 interpreters who cooperated with the Czech military in Afghanistan has now received permission to land at Kabul Airport. Among those awaiting evacuation is the Czech ambassador to Afghanistan, Jiří Baloun, who has been personally supervising the rescue effort.
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08/16/2021
Politicians, war veterans and diplomats from Great Britain, Poland and Slovakia gathered at the statue of the Winged Lion in Prague‘s Klarov park on Monday to honour the memory of the 2,500 Czechoslovak airmen who served with the Royal Air Force between 1940 and 1945. The ceremony took place on the 76th anniversary of their return to their homeland, where many of them were subsequently persecuted by the communist regime.
The Winged Lion memorial by the British sculptor Colin Spofforth was financed by the British communities living in the Czech Republic and Slovakia as a symbol of appreciation by the British for the help provided by Czech and Slovak airmen flying in the RAF during World War II.
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08/16/2021
Tuesday should be cloudy to overcast and mostly dry with day temperatures between 17 and 21 degrees Celsius.
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08/16/2021
There were 77 newly confirmed Covid cases on Sunday, which is 27 less than on the same day last week. The two-day decline in numbers follows a period of eight-day growth which saw the reproduction number cross the critical 1.0 mark. It is now at 1.03. 46 people are hospitalized with Covid of whom 14 are in a serious condition. In the last seven days the Czech Republic registered 1,260 new cases of the infection, mostly of the Delta variant, which is 6 percent more than a week ago.
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08/16/2021
The Crucian carp, formerly the most common fish in Czech lakes and ponds is on the verge of extinction in the country, experts from the Czech Academy of Sciences warn. Although this particular breed has the ability to survive in inhospitable conditions, it has lost its original natural habitats, and it is being pushed out by invasive species, such as the Silver carp. Scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences and experts from the Czech University of Life Sciences have launched a program to save the breed and have asked the public to help. The aim of the project is to map the loss of the Crucian carp, to identify residual populations and find suitable sites for its reintroduction. Fishermen, pond owners, water managers or nature lovers can help by filling out a questionnaire on the academy’s website. The survey will run from September 2021 to August 2022.
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08/16/2021
The government will hold a video session on Monday evening to finalize the details of a plan on how schools will operate in early September in light of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a framework agreement approved earlier, primary and secondary school students should undergo Covid testing three times at the start of the new school year. Teachers have been urged to limit joint classes and mass school events. Schools are also being advised not to hold theater performances and keep gym lessons outside as much as possible. According to Education Minister Robert Plaga face masks may remain compulsory in corridors or changing rooms for some time longer.
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08/16/2021
Czech firefighters are returning home from Greece, where for over a week, they were part of a multinational force helping to tame the extensive forest fires devastating the country amid a record heatwave. A crew of 36 firefighters from the Czech Republic, manning 15 fire engines, worked alongside their Greek and French counterparts in extremely difficult terrain in the Peloponnese peninsula. According to Greek officials, all the major forest fires in the country are under now control. Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Mideast took part in the rescue effort.
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08/16/2021
The Czech Republic’s Karolína Plíšková lost in the final of the National Bank Open in Montreal on Sunday, going down 3-6 5-7 to the unseeded Camile Giorgi of Italy. It was the third final defeat of the season for Plíšková, who is 29.
Despite being beaten, the recent Wimbledon runner-up’s run to the final in Montreal means she moves from sixth to fourth in the world rankings.
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08/16/2021
A Czech military plane carrying 46 Czech diplomats and their colleagues and family members arrived from Afghanistan in Prague on Monday morning. The Czech Republic decided to evacuate its diplomats from Kabul after Taliban forces quickly took control of the entire country, including the capital. The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Jakub Kulhánek, said the rescue operation would continue but no details would be released until the mission had been completed. Deputy PM and Interior Minister Jan Hamáček said it had been a miracle that the Czech plane had taken off from Kabul airport in view of the rapidly deteriorating situation.
According to the association Vlčí máky, which has launched a Save the Interpretors initiative, one of the interpreters who cooperated with the Czech military in Afghanistan has been kidnapped by Taliban forces. The association says this was confirmed by the man’s brother. Others reportedly remain in hiding.
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