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06/28/2021
The Czech government has rejected a European Parliament decision according to which Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is in a conflict of interest. Only the courts decide such matters, said Minister for Regional Development Klára Dostálová, who is responsible for EU subsidies.
MEPs voted overwhelmingly on June 10 to issue proceedings against Babiš for breaches of EU law regarding his conflict of interest. The non-binding resolution supported conclusions of an earlier European Commission audit finding he had breached both Czech and EU conflict of interest legislation.
The allegations concern Agrofert, the chemical and agricultural conglomerate Babiš founded in 1993. Though compelled to cede control of Agrofert in 2017 under a Czech law dubbed “Lex Babiš” – by establishing trust funds – he remains its sole beneficiary, the EC audit concluded.
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06/28/2021
The amount of damage caused by the tornado to crops, livestock, vineyards and more generally farms in South Moravia amounts to at least 1.5 billion crowns, according to initial estimates by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The ministry said on Monday that it would soon submit a proposal to the government on how to compensate farmers They could receive aid on the basis of a crisis programme used by the state in the past for droughts or spring frosts.
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06/28/2021
Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement demonstrated in front of the Czech National Bank in Prague on Monday. They accuse the government of inaction in combatting climate change.
Extinction Rebellion had already held similar protests last week. The pressure group is drawing attention to the fact that Czech insurers are working with energy firms that are not planning to phase out coal by 2030.
The Czech Republic has committed to ending coal mining in a bid to lower greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and to net-zero by 2050, in line with the European Green Deal policy framework.
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06/28/2021
Tuesday should be clear to partly cloudy with average daytime highs of 26 to 34 degrees Celsius. Rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast for Bohemia, with isolated light showers expected in Moravia and Silesia.
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06/28/2021
On average, 61 percent of Czechs trust the domestic media, but only 26 percent believe information about the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the AMI Digital Index survey, conducted in cooperation with STEM / MARK.
The survey found that radio and television broadcasts were the most widely trusted media, at 73 percent and 65 percent, accordingly. Doctors were the most-trusted source for information about Covid-19, at 84 percent.
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06/28/2021
Police have launched proceedings against a person and a legal entity over last year’s cyanide poisoning of the Bečva River, they said on Twitter. The unidentified suspect faces up to five years in prison if found guilty, while the entity faces a fine and other penalties.
The cyanide poisoning last September killed all living organisms along a 40-km stretch of the river in Moravia, including over 32,000 tons of fish. MPs set up a special commission to investigate the environmental disaster. News portal iDnes.cz wrote in May that an expert had named Energoaqua from Rožnov pod Radhoštěm as the alleged culprit in a report for the police.
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06/28/2021
The annual Summer Shakespeare Festival begins on Monday with a performance at Prague Castle’s royal garden of the romantic tragicomedy The Tempest, co-directed by Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský. Performances start in Brno on July 16 and in Ostrava on July 19.
The open-air festival began after Václav Havel opened Prague Castle to artists in the early 1990s in an effort to attract public audiences. It has been held regularly since 1998. Although mainly for Czech audiences, organisers also collaborate with foreign ensembles.
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06/28/2021
The time between the first and second coronavirus vaccination doses can be shortened in the Czech Republic as of Thursday, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced on Sunday via his video blog.
The interval should drop to 34 days from the current 42, and in future to 21 days. As of July, there is likely to be an oversupply of vaccine doses, Babiš said, noting earlier second jabs can be scheduled via the nationwide hotline (1221).
The government will boost the vaccination campaign due to appearance of the Delta variant and is allocating another 50 million crowns to the campaign, Babiš said. Thus far, about 28 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.
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06/28/2021
Midfielder Tomáš Holeš and striker Patrik Schick scored second-half goals on Sunday in Budapest to give the Czech Republic a 2-0 victory over 10-man Netherlands squad and a place in the European Championship quarterfinals.
Both goals came after Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt was sent off. Schick has now scored four goals in the competition, two fewer than top scorer Ronaldo. The Czechs next face Denmark in the quarterfinals, to be held on Saturday in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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06/28/2021
The tornado which devastated seven villages in South Moravia last Thursday has claimed a 6th victim. The teaching hospital in Brno on Sunday confirmed the death of a two-year-old child. Over 150 people were treated for injuries in the wake of the storm and 45 of them remain hospitalized.
Meanwhile, clean-up work continues with hundreds of firefighters, soldiers and police officers assisting in the effort. The tornado damaged 1,200 houses, of which over 60 are slated for demolition, destroyed hundreds of cars and damaged roads, forests and infrastructure. The area is a wine-growing region and many hectares of vineyards were destroyed as well as a solar power plant.
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