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06/26/2021
The confidence of Czechs in the president, the government and both chambers of Parliament has taken a dive in the last nine months, according to polls conducted by the CVVM agency.
A June poll suggests that only 29 percent of respondents now trust the president, compared to 46 percent last September and 28 percent of people trust the government, a 15 percent drop from September.
The Chamber of Deputies has a 21 percent trust rating, the Senate enjoys the trust of 27 percent of respondents, while in a previous survey more than a third of respondents trusted them.
Meanwhile trust in mayors and municipal councils has risen significantly to around 60 percent.
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06/26/2021
The minister of justice, Marie Benešová, has proposed Igor Stříž as the new chief prosecutor, following the resignation of Pavel Zeman, who has served in the post for ten years.
Igor Stříž is Zeman’s first deputy and according to the justice minister he will be able to ensure a smooth transfer in the post, guarantee a high level of expertise and maintain the independence of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office.
The justice minister argued that her proposal was also supported by the Union of Public Prosecutors and said that Stříž had agreed to the appointment, if it was approved by the government. Pavel Zeman will end in office on June 30.
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06/26/2021
The Czech Army is celebrating the annual Day of the Ground Forces without spectators on Saturday. The annual event, showcasing modern and historic military technology usually attracts thousands of visitors to the military training site in Strasice near Rokycany, in western Bohemia. This year the presentation is being shown live on Czech public television and is being streamed on www.bahna.eu.
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06/26/2021
June 26 has brought a further easing of measures against the coronavirus. As of today more people will be allowed in restaurants, shops, wellness facilities and sports stadiums.
The number of people at indoor cultural events has been raised to 2,000, with cinemas, theatres and other venues allowed to operate at 75 percent capacity. The ceiling for people at outdoor events is 5,000. Refreshments at cinemas and theatres are once again permitted, as is live music.
Guided tours in the country’s castles and chateaus are no longer restricted, on condition that visitors have certificates of vaccination, negative tests or post-covid immunity. The rule in museums and galleries is ten square metres per visitor.
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06/26/2021
The plight of the tornado ravaged villages in South Moravia has sparked an unprecedented wave of solidarity.
Just twenty four hours after the tornado devastated seven villages, Foundation Via said it had received 100 million crowns in donations from firms and individuals, The Diocese charity Brno says it has collected 50 million.
Individual collections on a smaller scale have been set up around the country and people are offering accommodation and material aid to the victims.
The state has promised 500 million crowns in aid in the coming days and individuals are receiving 58,000 crowns each to help tide them over the first days. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has also asked the EU to help out from its Solidarity Fund.
The damage caused is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of crowns. According to the Generali insurance company it will reach 750 million crowns.
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06/25/2021
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has EU leaders to allocate help to tornado-ravaged South Moravia from the EU’s Solidarity Fund. He also appealed to insurance companies to take “a more humane approach” to assessing damages, noting that hundreds of families were now literally without a roof over their heads.
The prime minister, who was attending an EU summit in Brussels when the natural disaster struck, said his government would do everything possible to ease people’s plight, promising 500 million crowns and more from state coffers. He thanked neighbouring Austria and Slovakia for assisting with the rescue operation. At least five people died and close to two hundred were reported injured.
On Friday afternoon the prime minister visited the worst affected villages to reassure inhabitants of the government's full support. He asked not to be accompanied by journalists.
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06/25/2021
Czechs paid their last respects to actress Libuše Šafránková at a funeral ceremony in the Church of St. Agnes in Prague on Friday. The popular actress died at the age of 68 on June 9, after a long battle with lung cancer.
Libuše Šafránková played in several of films, television series and theatre plays during her career. Her breakthrough came in the 1973 movie “Three Nuts for Cinderella” (Tři oříšky pro Popelku), where she portrayed the main heroine of the iconic fairy-tale film that has kept its place in Czech popular memory for nearly 50 years. She also appeared in internationally acclaimed movies, such as the 1996 Oscar winner for best foreign language film “Kolya”, as well as “The Elementary School” (Obecná škola), which received an Oscar nomination in the same category.
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06/25/2021
Saturday should be partly cloudy with scattered showers and afternoon highs reaching 26 degrees Celsius.
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06/25/2021
The Directorate of Roads and Motorways has warned drivers about problems on the D1 and D2 motorways in connection with the devastation wrought by the tornado in southern Moravia. A section of the D2 motorway near Břeclav is closed, as is a section of the D1 motorway near Výškov. Power engineers are removing and repairing dozens of high-voltage lines damaged by Thursday's storm. Drivers have been asked to avoid these routes if possible.
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06/25/2021
Twenty students from the police academy in Sokolov were taken to hospital on Friday morning after suffering what appeared to be a mass collapse, showing signs of weakness and fainting. It is not yet clear what caused the health problems. Fire crews ruled out a gas leak in the vicinity. The incident happened when the students were out in the open, outside their school building. The hospital, which activated its trauma plan, is also investigating the possibility of food poisoning.
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