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07/30/2021
The Czech government has approved an aid program for Afghan interpreters who worked with the Czech Army during its mission in Afghanistan. The program envisages financial assistance and the possibility of asylum for the interpreters and their families. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said after Friday’s cabinet session that the aid would be extended immediately. He added that In view of the fact that the steps debated are confidential he could not reveal further details. According to an unnamed source from the Czech security community quoted by news site Lidovky.cz, the program counts on providing help for 20 to 30 persons, but it is uncertain whether they would consider settling in the Czech Republic which has virtually no local Afghan community.
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07/30/2021
Czech canoeist Jiří Prskavec has come first in the kayak slalom at the Olympics in Tokyo. The 28-year-old finished over three seconds ahead of his nearest opponent on Thursday, confirming his position as favourite in the competition. His is the Czech Republic's second gold at the Games after shooter Jiří Lipták topped the podium in trap on Wednesday.
To date the Czech Republic has an overall medals tally of five. The country is guaranteed two more as its players have reached the finals of tennis singles and doubles competitions.
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07/30/2021
The Czech government has approved two extra days paid leave for all employees working in the state administration who have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said that workers would be able to make use of the free days until the end of this year.
Over 480,000 people are employed by ministries, state institutions and linked agencies.
Trinity Bank economist Lukáš Kovanda said the move would deprive the Czech economy of CZK 21.4 billion. Mr. Babiš says it will have zero impact on the state budget.
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07/29/2021
Children aged from six to 12 will not need to undergo a test for Covid-19 prior to returning with their parents from a country designated as high risk or very high risk in terms of infection, the Czech minister of foreign affairs, Jakub Kulhánek, said on Thursday. Mr. Kulhánek said that the ministries of health and the interior had agreed with this proposal, which will be discussed by the cabinet on Friday.
The minister said that such children would be able to have a PCR test immediately after returning home and then head to a summer camp, for instance.
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07/29/2021
President Miloš Zeman has recommended that the government provide assistance to Afghans who worked with the Czech Army and have remained in their country following the pullout of international troops. Mr. Zeman’s comments were shared by the Czech minister of defence, Lubomír Metnar, after the two met on Thursday. The president said any delay could lead to the deaths of such Afghans, who face the serious threat of reprisals from the Taliban.The government is due to discuss the matter on Friday and Mr. Metnar has said that granting asylum to Afghan assistants has not been ruled out.
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07/29/2021
Miroslav Jindra, who translated many major authors from English to Czech, has died at the age of 91. Among the more than 50 novels he translated were works by Michael Cunningham, Margaret Atwood, Truman Capote and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Mr. Jindra, who began his career as a translator in 1954, also taught at a number of Czech universities.
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07/29/2021
It should be sunny in the Czech Republic on Friday, with an average high temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. The weekend will see cloudy skies and slightly lower daytime highs.
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07/29/2021
Some 195 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, a fall of 37 on the same day last week. This continues a trend of falling confirmed infections.
The reproduction number is now at 0.86 and has been below 1.0 for a week and a half. Over the last week there have been roughly 12 daily new cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
More than 4.7 million people in the nation of 10.7 million have now been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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07/29/2021
A shortage of parts means that the Škoda Auto car plant in the Central Bohemian town of Mladá Boleslav will be closed for longer than originally planned, the company’s trade union weekly reported on Thursday. A factory-wide holiday had been declared for the first two weeks of August but this break will now continue into the week after that.
Škoda Auto, one of the Czech Republic’s biggest exporters, has had problems sourcing computer chips and other components.
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07/29/2021
The Czech Republic has taken two more medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo after a sensational final in shooting’s trap event on Thursday. Jiří Lipták won the country’s first gold medal at the 32nd Olympics, while David Kostelecký earned silver. Lipták and Kostelecký were tied after 50 shots, hitting 43 targets for a new Olympic record. The two, who are friends, hit the first six targets in a shoot-off before Kostelecký failed to hit the seventh.
The Czech team now has a total of four medals. Earlier canoeist Lukáš Rohan came second in the slalom while fencer Alexander Choupenitch finished third in his event.
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