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08/05/2021
A meeting of the Security Committee of the lower house of Parliament, ostensibly set for Friday to discuss reappointing the director of the counter-intelligence service (BIS), will likely not take place.
Committee chairman Radek Koten (SPD) said in a letter to its members that there was no legal basis for convening the extraordinary meeting, which had been requested by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO).
The term of current BIS head Michal Koudelka, who took up the post in 2015, is set to end in mid-August. While he has the backing of Babiš and most committee members, President Miloš Zeman has been a vocal critic and refused to promote him to the customary rank of general.
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08/05/2021
Health Minister Adam Vojtěch (independent) enjoys the greatest trust among top Czech politicians and officials, according to a poll by the CVVM research institute.
Nearly half (46 percent) said Vojtěch had their confidence. Constitutional Court chairman Pavel Rychetský placed second at 39 percent.
A majority of respondents expressed distrust in all other major politicians and functionaries, above all Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) and President Miloš Zeman, at 67 percent and 65 percent, respectively.
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08/05/2021
In the Czech Republic, 205 new coronavirus infections were registered on Wednesday, up by 11 cases from the same day last week, whereas the general trend has been a slight drop.
The seven-day incidence was 11 infected people per 100,000 population. The reproduction number has remained below 1 in recent weeks, and now stands at 0.95, according to Ministry of Health data.
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08/05/2021
The ANO party of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš would win the elections if they were to take place in July with 26 percent of the vote, suggests a freshly released poll by the Median agency.
The Spolu coalition, made up of the Civic Democrats, the Christian Democrats and the TOP 09 party, would come second with 21.5 percent of the vote, ahead of the coalition of the Pirate Party and the Mayors and Independents with 20 percent.
Some seven percent of respondents said they would cast their ballots for Freedom and Direct Democracy, while 6.5 percent would back Přísaha, a new party formed around former police chief Robert Šlachta. The Communist Party would also reach the five-percent threshold needed to win seats in the Chamber of Deputies, suggests the poll.
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08/05/2021
The Czech Republic has taken another medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday. Canoeists Josef Dostál and Radek Šlouf won the bronze medal in the 1,000 metres men's double kayak, bringing the Czech Olympic Team’s medal tally up to nine. The race was won by Australia’s Jean van der Westhuyzen and Thomas Green.
It is a fourth Olympic medal for Dostál, who previously won the bronze at the 2012 London Summer Olympics in the 1000 metres event and the silver medal in the same discipline at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was also part of the Czech team that won thebronze medal in the K-4 1000 metres event in Rio.
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08/04/2021
Kristiina Mäki, a Czech athlete of Finnish origin, has advanced to the finals of the women’s 1,500 metres run at the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to take place on Friday. The 29-year-old runner, who gave birth to her first child in January, set a new Czech record with a time of 4:01.23. The previous record of 4:13.69 was set by Ivana Walterová in 1986.
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08/04/2021
Legendary U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma is set to perform at Prague Sounds festival in the Czech capital in early September. The concert of the world-renowned musician will take place on a floating stage on the Vltava River, right in the city centre.
Yo-Yo Ma, who is an 18-time Grammy Awards winner, will perform a series of six solo cello suites by Johan Sebastian Bach.
Prague Sounds is a special event marking the 25th anniversary of the Strings of Autumn festival, which is due to take place in October and November.
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08/04/2021
Czech athletes Vítězslav Veselý and Jakub Vadlejch have qualified for the men’s javelin final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, due to take place on Saturday.
Jakub Vadlejch finished fourth in the qualification with a final throw of 84.04 meters. Veselý and Vadlejch finished in the 7th and 8th spot respectively at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics five years ago.
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08/04/2021
A total of 51companies filed for bankruptcy in the Czech Republic in July, which is 29 fewer than in June and also the lowest number since the start of the year, according to a report by the CRIF – Czech Credit Bureau. Some 425 entrepreneurs filed for bankruptcy, 161 fewer than in the same month last year and the lowest figure since February 2019.
According to CRIF analyst Věra Kameníčková, one reason behind the drop in bankruptcies could be the fact that many entrepreneurs suspended their trade licences due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A total of 1,046 personal bankruptcies were declared in the Czech Republic in July, which was also the lowest figure this year. At the same time, 1,119 petitions for personal bankruptcy were filed, 340 fewer than in June.
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08/04/2021
Czechs spent around CZK 200 million on purchasing cryptocurrencies in July, more than twice as much as last year, according to data collected by the country’s leading Bitcoin sales website Bit.plus.
Since the start of the year, they have invested more than CZK 3.6 billion in various cryptocurrencies. The most significant interest among buyers is in Bitcoin, whose price surged by 250 percent in year-on-year terms.
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