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05/20/2021
The Czech State Institute for Drug Control said it had recorded four cases of death following vaccination against Covid in the past week. In total it has registered 69 such cases. Information on the cases has been forwarded to the European database of suspected adverse reactions for verification.
By Tuesday evening the national drug regulator said over 4,500 people had reported adverse side effects of coronavirus vaccines, which is 330 more than in the previous week.
To date, more than 4.3 million people in the Czech Republic have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and over 1.1 million are fully vaccinated, according to Ministry of Health data.
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05/20/2021
The first part of a US military convoy, which is heading from Germany to a NATO military training exercise in Hungary, is due to enter the Czech Republic in the early hours of Sunday and spend the day at a camp near the town of Jihlava.
The convoy, made up of close to 200 US military vehicles and 600 US soldiers, is divided into three groups and will be on the move mainly in the night hours, so as not to block traffic. It should not be on Czech territory for longer than 48 hours.
Since 2015, US soldiers have been regularly crossing the Czech Republic on their way to the Defender Europe exercise. The only exception was last year, when it was cancelled due to coronavirus.
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05/20/2021
It should be mainly overcast in the Czech Republic on Friday with rain in the late afternoon and evening. Daytime temperatures will range between 16 to 20 degrees Celsius.
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05/20/2021
A protest advocating for an "independent judiciary", called by the anti-government protest movement Million Moments for Democracy, is due to take place in central Prague on Thursday. Organizers are demanding the removal of Justice Minister Marie Benešová following the resignation last week of the Supreme State Attorney Pavel Zeman.
Mr Zeman, who is stepping down on June 30, told reporters he felt pressured by Ms Benešová, who allegedly threatened him with a disciplinary charge for having spoken to reporters about the 2014 blast in Vrbětice, blamed on Russian agents.
The last demonstration organised by Million Moments took place on Wenceslas Square three weeks ago, attracting some 10,000 people.
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05/20/2021
The Ukrainian film ‘The Rain Will Never Stop’ by Alina Gorlova won the best film award at the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague on Wednesday.
The best direction award went to French filmmakers Delphine Deloget and Stéphane Correa for their film ‘The Man Who Was Looking For his Son’.
Due to coronavirus, the 23rd edition of the festival has taken place almost entirely online. The films will be available at the One World online platform until June 6.
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05/20/2021
Wednesday saw 777 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus detected in Czechia, the lowest working day number since September 7. It is also 500 cases fewer than last Thursday, Health Ministry data shows.
A total of 6,183 hospital beds, equipped with oxygen masks, are now free for use, some 27 percent of the total number. Meanwhile, 29 percent of beds equipped with ventilators are also available for coronavirus patients, as the pandemic subsides.
The coronavirus death toll currently lies at 29,967.
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05/20/2021
Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek expressed the Czech Republic’s unwavering support for Israel during his visit there on Thursday. Mr Kulhánek, who has been invited by his counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi, also said Israel had a full right to protect its citizens.
The Czech Foreign Minister, along with his Slovak counterpart Ivan Korčok, inspected the site of a rocket attack in the town of Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv. Later in the day, he is due to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu.
The visit is considered as a demonstration of Czech support for Israel during hard times, Mr Kulhánek said ahead of his trip.
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05/19/2021
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš hosted his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučič in his official residence of Kramářova Villa in Prague on Wednesday afternoon. After the meeting, Mr. Babiš tweeted that Serbia is ready to donate 100,000 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines to the Czech Republic. The two leaders also discussed economic cooperation and the current situation in the Western Balkans.
On Tuesday, the Serbian prime minister met with Czech President Miloš Zeman, after which President Zeman issued an official apology for the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, which the Czech Republic supported as a NATO alliance member.
Prime Minister Babiš has said in the past that he is in favour of Serbia joining the EU.
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05/19/2021
The General Director of Czech Television Petr Dvořák issued criminal charges on Wednesday against Hana Lipovská, who is a member of the Council of Czech Television which is the supervisory body of public television in the Czech Republic. Mr. Dvořák said that he intends to protect the good name of Czech Television and his own reputation by pressing charges.
Ms. Lipovská, he said, accused Mr. Dvořák of endangering her life, something Ms. Lipovská disagrees with. She believes that pressing criminal charges gives others the opportunity to look into her criminal record.
Hana Lipovská is known as a controversial member of the Television Council, who was nominated by the Conference of Czech Bishops (ČBK). The head of ČBK, Jan Graubner, called on Ms. Lipovská to resign from the council last week, because her activity seems to be influenced by specific interest groups within the country, he said.
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05/19/2021
The Czech Centre in Paris opened its newly reconstructed library spaces on Wednesday afternoon, after several years of the spaces being closed. The library was “christened” with the opening up of an exhibition of drawings made by the famous Czech author Milan Kundera, which were lent to the library by the writer’s wife Věra.
The library features books belonging to several renowned Czech authors, such as Pavel Tigrid or Prokop Voskovec. A large segment of the collection is also composed of books published by exile publishers, such as Sixty-Eight Publishers, Index, or Svědectví. Furthermore, the library features a small theatre scene, inspired by the Imaginarium exhibition developed by the Forman brothers.
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