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07/14/2021
The restored tomb of Czech modernist painter Josef Šíma was unveiled this Tuesday at the Thiais Cemetery, near Paris, in the presence of the Czech ambassador to France, Michel Fleischmann.
The France-based painter, who was born in Jaroměř, is considered one of the greatest Czech artists of the 20th century. He collaborated with many French artists, notably with the group called Le grand jeu.Eleven works by Josef Šíma, including his famous painting Orpheus, will be on display at the Czech Embassy in Paris until the end of July. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
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07/14/2021
Some 317 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the Czech Republic on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health. It is the first time since early June that the number of new infections has exceeded 300.
The reproduction number – the average number of people infected by one person with the virus – rose to 1.45 on Tuesday, the highest figure since the start of the year, while the seven-day incidence ratio grew to 16 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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07/14/2021
The lower house has passed a bill that will increase child benefits and the number of families who are entitled to them. Child benefits will increase by 26 percent and they will be paid to families with incomes of up to 3.4 times the subsistence level, retrospectively from July. Presently ten percent of Czech families are entitled to them, under the new law it should be twenty percent. The bill was approved by an overwhelming majority with 177 out of 178 deputies present endorsing the change.
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07/14/2021
The lower house of Parliament on Tuesday overturned the Senate’s veto of an amendment to the building law drafted by Regional Development Minister Klára Dostálová. The bill aims to accelerate permitting processes on construction projects under the principle of “one authority, one procedure, one stamp”.
The Senate criticized the fact that the amendment will transfer all decision making to the state-run Supreme Building Authority which will be organized similarly to the tax authorities and eliminates the possibility of cities applying their own rules.
The bill also raised controversy in connection with a provision that said residential rooms do not have to have direct ventilation and daylight.
The new building act is scheduled to take effect on 1 July 2023.
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07/13/2021
Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain in the eastern parts of the country. Day temperatures in Bohemia will average around 19 degrees Celsius, but Moravia may see afternoon highs of 30 degrees.
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07/13/2021
The 2021 Prague European Summit is underway in the Czech capital attended by high-level public figures, business leaders, NGO and academics from over two dozen countries who are presenting their visions on the future of Europe and discussing common responses to the EU's challenges. Among the topics discussed are the European Green Deal as the driver of post-pandemic recovery, support for democracy through EU external policy and digitalization. One of the keynote speakers is Slovenian President Borut Pahor, whose country recently took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.
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07/13/2021
Czech NGOs have collected over 1 billion crowns in public donations for the seven villages which were hit by a tornado in late June. The charities Adra, People in Need, Via and Caritas are distributing hundreds of thousands of crowns among villagers whose houses had to be demolished or were severely damaged. The Czech government has earmarked millions of crowns to help deal with the damage and restore the local infrastructure. People who have lost their homes are getting two million crowns as a subsidy, and three million as a special loan repayable over 30 years. Insurers have put the damage caused at 3.6 billion crowns.
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07/13/2021
The heirs of the Rothschild family have filed a complaint against the Czech Republic with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg over their rejected claim to the Šilheřovice family estate in the Opava region. According to the Rothschilds, the Czech Republic violated the European Convention on Human Rights by repeatedly rejecting their claim to the estate, which was first confiscated by the Nazis and later by the Communists. In January of this year the lower-instance verdicts were upheld by the Constitutional Court. The main reason cited was that the widow of the last property owner did not fully apply her right to seek her ownership right after 1945, which the legal order made possible.
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07/13/2021
The newly appointed Supreme State Attorney Igor Stříž on Tuesday outlined his priorities in office. He emphasized the need to maintain the full independence of state prosecutors and expressed the view that they should be selected in an open competition. He also said he would push ahead with the recodification of the legal order, the digitalization of the justice sector and a greater use of alternative punishments. In reference to a statement made by his predecessor Pavel Zeman who said he had been pressured by the justice minister, Mr. Stříž said he would not bow to pressure from anyone.
The opposition parties have criticized his appointment on the grounds that he served as a state prosecutor for the military under the communist regime.
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07/13/2021
Monday saw 239 people test positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Czech Republic, a lower number of cases when compared to the daily increases recorded during the working days last week. The reproduction number, which depicts the average number of people infected by one person with the virus, fell from Sunday’s 1.46 to 1.37. Hospitalisations rose slightly from 25 to 31 people.
Monday also saw the application of more than 91,000 vaccine doses, bringing the total number of doses distributed in the country to 9,062,043.
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