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05/19/2021
The European Commission wants to introduce new practices with which to protect the EU budget from conflicts of interest, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn said on Wednesday, during a debate in the European Parliament on the results of the EU audit into Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s conflict of interest connected with the company Agrofert, which he founded before entering politics.
Mr. Hahn suggested that access to EU funds could be associated with the union’s conditions for member states to adhere to the rule of law, as well as other conditions that are being prepared. The aim, he said, is to ensure the safety of the money paid by EU tax payers.
The European Parliament initiated the debate in reaction to the results of the EU audit, which found Mr. Babiš to be in a conflict of interest. The Czech prime minister maintains that he is innocent and that he is adhering to Czech law.
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05/19/2021
Thursday should see temperatures lie at around 15 degrees Celsius, with overcast skies and frequent rainfall. Meteorologists expect the weather to remain cooler than usual until the end of May and warn that the earth is already so saturated with water that just a little rainfall could cause floods.
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05/19/2021
The National Library in Prague became the target of a cyber attack on Tuesday night, according to library spokeswoman Irena Maňáková. The library immediately turned off its key systems upon noticing the cyber attack was taking place and experts are working on restoring the National Library systems back to standard operations. However, the library will remain closed on Wednesday.
The National Library has since issued criminal charges against the unknown attacker and the case is also being investigated by the National Cyber and Information Security Agency.
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05/19/2021
At the end of the first quarter of 2021 the average price for an old flat in the Czech Republic rose by 22.5 percent in year-on-year terms, the Czech News Agency reported on Wednesday.
Currently, the average price per square meter lies at CZK 80,367. In Prague, the price is the highest, lying at CZK 104,103 per square meter, while the cheapest flats can be found in the Ústí nad Labem Region where the price lies at around CZK 25,819 per square meter.
Hendrik Meyer, the director of the real estate website Bezrealitky.cz, which conducted the study, told the Czech News agency that the data shows the prices for old housing have continued to grow despite the coronavirus crisis.
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05/19/2021
Chief Hygienist Pavla Svrčinová proposed on Czech Television that, during the summer period, the state should make two coronavirus tests free for citizens to use every month. These would be either antigen or PCR tests.
Currently, insurance companies cover one antigen test every three days. However, Ms Svrčinová said on Czech Television that the frequency of free tests available will go down, ideally in favor of two antigen or PCR tests a month.
The price of PCR tests should also fall down to around CZK 640 a month, according to Health Minister Petr Arenberger. Currently, the price of a PCR test lies at around CZK 1,500.
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05/19/2021
Prague City Hall has announced it will not organize mass watching of the World Hockey Championship on large television screens due to anti-coronavirus measures. The championship starts on May 21 in Riga, Latvia. Last year, the games were not held.
The Czech government has rubberstamped a further easing of Covid measures allowing cultural events of up to 1,000 people to be held outdoors as of May 24. Some private venues, such as the Riegrovy sady beer garden, have said they plan limited World Hockey Championship screenings.
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05/19/2021
The number of new Covid-19 cases has now dropped to fewer than 100 per 100,000 inhabitants in all regions of the Czech Republic. As of Wednesday, it stood on average at 63 cases for the past seven days for the country, four fewer than the day before, Ministry of Health data show.
A per capita incidence of below 75 per 100,000 inhabitants is a key criterion for the continued lifting of the anti- coronavirus measures, according to the government’s plan introduced in April. So far, only three regions show higher rates – South Bohemia, Moravia-Silesia and Zlín.
The government has rubberstamped a further easing of Covid-19 measures as of May 24. Hotels may reopen under strict hygiene conditions and cultural events of up to 500 people can be held indoors and up to 1,000 outdoors.
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05/18/2021
Czech writer Lucie Faulerová has won the European Literature Prize 2021 for her novel “Smrtholka”, the jury in Brussels announced on Tuesday. Authors from 14 EU countries were honoured. The award ceremony will take place in the Belgian capital in late September.
The EU Literature Prize is awarded annually to new and emerging writers. It was first given out in 2009. The award, endowed with 5,000 euros, aims to provide a forum for as yet unknown writers and their works across Europe. Faulerová is the fourth Czech author to win after Tomáš Zmeškal (2011), Jan Němec (2014) and Bianca Bellová (2017).
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05/18/2021
The Jiří Orten Prize for authors under the age of 30 has been awarded to Šimon Leitgeb for his collection of poems entitled Betonová pláž (Concrete Beach) released in 2020.
The jury praised Leitgeb for his direct and non-sentimental vision, allowing the author to create the credible world of a young boy on the margins of society.
The award, named after Czech poet Jiří Orten, comes with 50,000 crowns in prize money. It was presented to Leitgeb a ceremony in the National Library’s historic Clementinum building.
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05/18/2021
Wednesday should again be cloudy to overcast, with sporadic rain and occasional thunderstorms expected up until the evening. Daytime highs should range from 12 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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