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04/11/2024
Imports of Russian oil from the Druzhba pipeline to Czechia rose slightly last year, Czech Television reports. The Russian share of total oil imports to Czechia was 58 percent, an increase of about two percentage points year-on-year. The rest was oil from the German IKL pipeline, which connects to the Italian TAL pipeline.
The Czech state oil company Mero is planning to expand the TAL pipeline, which should allow Czechia to become completely independent of Russian oil.
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04/11/2024
Czech President Petr Pavel met with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday, where the two heads of state are attending the Three Seas Summit. The Ukrainian president thanked Mr. Pavel for the Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine from outside the EU, which has helped the war-torn country with its shortage of ammunition. The heads of state also discussed Ukraine's other current needs.
The Three Seas is an initiative bringing together 13 countries in Central and Eastern Europe along a north-south axis from the Baltic to the Adriatic and Black Seas, with a view to creating a regional dialogue on matters affecting member states.
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04/11/2024
Friday should continue to be relatively warm and sunny with highs of up to 19 degrees Celsius. No rain is expected.
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04/11/2024
The Riding School in Světce near Tachov in Western Bohemia and the Chapel of the Sorrowful Mother of God, part of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Jevíčko in the Pardubice Region, were named Monuments of the Year on Thursday by the Association of Historical Settlements of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. The Světce Riding School is the second largest facility of its kind in Central Europe, after the Imperial Riding School in Vienna, while the Chapel of the Sorrowful Mother of God has valuable Baroque interiors.
The Monument of the Year competition aims to highlight the best design and renovation of a building or set of buildings that have significant architectural or urban value but need not have the status of a cultural monument.
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04/11/2024
The parties making up the government coalition are concealing corruption and clientelism within their ranks and are trying to let all the scandals connected with them pass by in silence, says the leader of the opposition ANO party, Andrej Babiš. He accuses the government of being afraid of the public's reaction and feeling insecure about their hold on power. Mr. Babiš made the comments during his opening speech at a special parliamentary session on Thursday initiated by his party.
In response, prime minister Petr Fiala denied the allegations of corruption and said the real reason the ANO party leader had called the meeting was that he was angry at how the lower house had taken a stand against a leaked e-mail he had written, in which he had asked colleagues to dig up dirt on Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský.
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04/11/2024
The Czech government has adopted a working definition of anti-Roma racism. The cabinet said in a press release that the definition is not legally binding and is intended to help better capture and respond to specific forms of racism, prejudice, discrimination or hatred directed against Roma and Sinti.
According to the definition, anti-Roma racism is manifested through the actions and speech of individuals as well as through institutional policies and practices that disparage and devalue Romani cultures and lifestyles and exclude Romani people.
According to the Government Human Rights Commissioner Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, it is the right step to reject any prejudiced and stereotypical behaviour against the Romani minority in Czechia.
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04/11/2024
Czech President Petr Pavel is attending a summit of the Three Seas Initiative in Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday. The Czech head of state, who is being accompanied by a business and academic delegation, also plans to hold several bilateral meetings, for example with his Estonian counterpart Alar Karis.
The Three Seas initiative was launched in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik in 2016 with a view to creating a regional dialogue on matters affecting member states. The last summit was held in Bucharest last September, when it was joined by Greece, Moldova and Ukraine.
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04/10/2024
Thursday is expected to be mostly sunny with day temperatures ranging between 16 and 20 degrees Celsius.
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04/10/2024
Heat consumption from central heating plants in Czechia fell by 9.4 percent year-on-year in 2024, according to data released by the Energy Regulatory Office on Wednesday. A total of 67.8 petajoules of heat was consumed, which is the lowest figure in seven years.
In addition to heat, the use of other energies also fell last year. Electricity consumption dropped by over four percent and consumption of gas decreased by over ten percent.
In all cases, consumption fell for the second year in a row as a result of warm weather and energy saving measures.
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04/10/2024
British singer-songwriter Raye will be the main star of Prague’s Metronome festival, which is to take place in the Czech capital in June, the festival’s organizers announced on Wednesday. The pop singer, who won a record six Brit Awards this year, will perform in Czechia for the first time.
The seventh edition of Metronome, which takes place at the Výstaviště exhibition grounds, will feature 80 different artists. Appearing at the event on June 21 and 22 will be the German duo Milky Chance, British soul musician Michael Kiwanuka and London indie rock band The Last Dinner Party.
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