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06/09/2021
The European Commission pressed charges against the Czech Republic and Poland at the Court of Justice of the European Union on Wednesday for not allowing foreigners from EU member states to enter political parties.
According to the EU’s executive organ this means both countries are limiting such people’s right to run in local and European election under the same conditions provided to Czech and Polish citizens.
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06/09/2021
Czechs vaccinated in the US with a vaccine officially recognised by the European Medicines Agency have been shocked to find out that their vaccine certificates are not recognised by their home country, Czech Radio’s flagship station Radiožurnál reported on Wednesday.
To pass the bureaucratic hurdle, some Czechs have had to resort to asking for another two vaccine doses in Czechia. According to sources in the report, members of the Health Ministry and of one of the diplomatic offices in Amercia have informally recommended that the affected do so. However, this has not been confirmed officially by the Health Ministry.
Daniel Dražan from the Czech Vaccinology Association told the station that getting four vaccine doses is not necessary. He added that there is currently no study that looks into what happens if an individual receives four doses.
Czech Health Ministry Spokeswoman Gabriela Štěpanyová told Radiožurnál that the European Union currently does not recognise vaccinations from so-called third countries and that such individuals have to follow the rules of the individual member states they arrive in. She said that the issue is currently being discussed.
According to the Czech Foreign Ministry, the country currently recognises vaccine certificates from Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia, as long as they show the individual received their first dose at least 22 days ago.
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06/09/2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, has called on the establishment of an international tribunal that would prosecute representatives of President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. The statement was made during a speech in the Czech Senate on Wednesday.
The tribunal, she said, would investigate the crimes of Alexander Lukahsenko’s regime during the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus and those committed in the more distant past. Furthermore, Belarusian institutions that take part in suppressing the opposition should be considered criminal organisations, she said.
According to Ms Tsikhanouskaya, Alexander Lukashenko’s regime has unleashed a reign of terror not seen since the times of Joseph Stalin. The 2020 Belarusian presidential candidate said dictators should not be given the chance to write history.
Ms Tsikhanouskaya is currently on a visit to the Czech Republic. She met with the President Miloš Zeman and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš earlier this week.
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06/09/2021
The number of anti-Semitic texts appearing online rose significantly last year, the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic says in a new report.
There were 874 instances of false, vulgar or stereotypical claims about Jews, 180 more than in 2019, including Holocaust denial. Threats of physical violence also increased year-on-year, almost exclusively on social networks.
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06/09/2021
The regulation of sports facilities, swimming pools and wellness centres during the coronavirus lockdown period in April was illegal, the Czech Republic’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday.
Judge Jitka Zavřelová said that while the court does not stand in the way of combating the epidemic, it does require the relevant authority (in this case the Ministry of Health) to fulfil the requirements set out by pandemic legislation, which means a sufficient explanation for why such measures had to be put in place.
The case was looked into after an appeal by providers of these services, the Czech News Agency reports.
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06/09/2021
Doctors in the Czech Republic have noticed an increase in patients with stomach, gall bladder and liver problem. The spike likely stems from people getting less exercise, consuming more food and alcohol, and getting fewer check-ups due to anti-coronavirus restrictions.
Doctors from the General University Hospital (VFN) and the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague said that this April and May alone, they recorded twice as many hospitalizations for gallstone complications and 50 percent more endoscopic procedures than in the previous year.
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06/09/2021
Large cinemas and multiplexes will open across the Czech Republic on Thursday, the Czech News Agency reports. Citing the country’s Audiovisual Producers' Association, it says that cinemas plan to attract viewers with a record number of 20 movie premiers.
Cinema visitors will have to provide either a valid vaccine certificate, any type of coronavirus test, or a honourable declaration that they have been tested and are negative, when entering the movie theatre. Government measures on inside cultural venues also apply.
Cinemas made CZK 6.38 million in 2020, roughly two-thirds less than in the year before the coronavirus pandemic, according to the association. Lockdown measures meant that cinemas had to remain closed for a period of nearly eight months, from mid-October 2020.
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06/09/2021
Only 384 new coronavirus cases were registered in the Czech Republic on Tuesday, 94 fewer than a week ago and the lowest number of new infections for the day since late August 2020.
The seven-day incidence is currently less than 20 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, with more than 25 new cases recorded only in the South Bohemian and Liberec districts. The reproduction number stands at 0.83.
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06/09/2021
The Czech national soccer team Albania by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday in the dress rehearsal for the upcoming European Championship in Prague. The Czech goals were scored by Patrick Schick, Lukáš Masopust and Ondřej Čelůstka, while Sokol Cikalleshi scored the goal for Albania.
It was the Czech team’s first win after three games. National coach Jaroslav Šilhavý's protégés meet Scotland at the European Championships on Monday in Glasgow.
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06/09/2021
Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of a resolution condeming Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's conflinct of interest after an earlier audit by the European Commission found him to still be in control of Agrofert, the company he founded but placed into trust funds upon pressure from the Czech lower-house.
The legaly non-binding motion, which calls on EU institutions and Czech authorities to be more watchful in providing subsidies to Agrofert, passed easily with 505 votes, only 30 MEPs voting against and 155 chose to abstain.
In April, the European Commission published the results of the final version of its audit which concluded that the Czech prime minister continues to influence the multi-billion crown corporation Agrofert he established, even after he was forced to place it into trust funds to meet a strict new conflict of interest law.
The Czech government disputes the conclusions of the report, arguing that Babiš’s transfer of control over the group to a trust fund is sufficient to avoid a conflict of interest and fully in line with Czech legislation. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová said previously that the government is considering a legal challenge to the audit report.
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