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05/26/2021
Petr Popelka has been appointed the new chief conductor and artistic director of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra for the 2022/23 season.
A respected musician, Popelka previously served as chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Janáček Philharmonic in Ostrava.
The position of principal guest conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra has gone to Robert Jindra. The management of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra believes both conductors will help the ensemble to reach new heights in an inspirational atmosphere.
René Zavoral, Director General of Czech Radio, welcomed the appointments saying he was looking forward to top-notch concerts and recordings under their leadership.
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05/26/2021
People over the age of 30 can now register for a Covid vaccine in the Health Ministry’s central registration system or with their GP. The system opened to the 30 to 34 age bracket at midnight on Tuesday. There are approximately 722, 000 people of that age in the Czech Republic. Over 60,000 of them have already received the jab since they belong to one of the high risk groups which were given priority. The register will open to everyone over the age of 16 on June 1.
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05/26/2021
The Czech Republic is suspending the operating permit of Belarus’s national carrier, Belavia, until further notice, Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlíček announced after a meeting of the National Security Council on Wednesday. The move comes in response to a widely condemned incident on Sunday in which Belarus diverted a Ryanair plane and forced it to land in order to arrest an opposition journalist on board.
Speaking at an EU summit which approved broad sanctions against Belarus over the incident, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said it was important that such acts of state terrorism should not go unanswered. The incident has been strongly condemned by politicians across the board in the Czech Republic and the Czech authorities have called for a thorough international investigation into the matter.
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05/26/2021
The lower house has approved an amendment to the law that will give the Czech National Bank the right to lay down mortgage lending conditions. Until now, it could only give banks recommendations that were not legally binding. The amendment will also strengthen the central bank’s position in trading on financial markets and expand its powers in other areas. The bill will now be signed into law by the president.
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05/26/2021
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is under fire for having bungled the call for EU solidarity over the 2014 Vrbetice blasts.
The weekly Respekt has obtained a copy of a letter to the prime minister from his British counterpart Boris Johnson in which the British prime minister expresses regret that the Czech government did not inform its allies in advance about the outcome of the investigation before making it public.
The news site Politico recently wrote that German Chancellor Angela Merkel directed a similar rebuke to the Czech prime minister, saying that the Vrbětice matter and the Czech Republic’s response to it should have been coordinated with EU partners.
Although EU leaders have backed the Czech Republic in its row with Russia, only five other EU member states expelled Russian diplomats in solidarity with the country.
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05/26/2021
President Miloš Zeman appointed Adam Vojtěch health minister at Prague Castle on Wednesday in the fourth change of guard since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Vojtěch, who served as health minister at the start of the pandemic, returns to the post eight months after his own resignation.
His predecessor Petr Arenberger stayed in office for just 48 days before being hit by scandal over undeclared income and property. It also emerged that he was renting one of his undeclared properties to the university hospital where he served as CEO.
Adam Vojtěch told reporters that he had not planned a comeback, but considered it his duty to lead the country out of the pandemic and stabilize the health ministry.
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05/26/2021
TOP 09 MP Dominik Feri has resigned his mandate following accusations of sexual assault and improper conduct by several women. Feri announced on Tuesday that he was vacating his seat in the lower house and would not run in October’s general elections so as to protect his party’s interests.
In a statement for the ctk news agency Feri rejected claims that he had committed rape, although conceded that his behaviour may have been inappropriate at times and apologized for it. He said he would defend his name in court.
Denik N recently published the testimonies of several women, some of whom claim that Feri had forced them to have sex against their will. Others confided that he had asked them for nude photos. The police have launched an investigation into the matter.
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05/25/2021
Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain in places and day temperatures between 12 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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05/25/2021
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said the Czech Republic will join the EU sanctions against Belarus by banning Belarusian airlines from flying over the country’s airspace and refrain from flying over Belarusian airspace. Mr. Babiš said it was important that the “act of state terrorism” in which Belarus hijacked a plane to arrest an opposition journalist should not go unanswered.
The incident has been strongly condemned by politicians across the board in the Czech Republic and the Czech authorities have called for a thorough international investigation into the matter.
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05/25/2021
The presidents and prime ministers of the EU member states have expressed full solidarity with the Czech Republic in its dispute with Russia over the 2014 Vrbětice blasts. At an EU summit in Brussels on Monday night, EU leaders adopted a resolution condemning "illegal, provocative and destructive Russian activities against EU member states and elsewhere”, expressing support for the Czech Republic and backing its tough response to the incident in expelling all Russian agents from the country and cutting down on the number of Russian embassy staff.
The EU leaders agreed to continue with the current approach to Russia, which is a combination of pressure for the country to comply with international law and support for cooperation in areas of common interest.
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