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01/19/2024
Dozens of people protested in front of the Bohemian National Hall in New York City on Thursday night against an event hosted in the building by controversial parental rights group Moms for Liberty, which is regarded as extremist and intolerant of sexual minorities.
Several US politicians had criticised the event, with Democratic Senator Brad Holyman-Sigal calling on Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala to ban it.
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said that while he disagreed with the debate, it was too late to be cancelled. He also said the activities of the organisation did not correspond to the interests of Czech foreign policy.
The organisation Moms for Liberty leased the premises of the Bohemian National Hall from the expat organization Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association without the knowledge of the Czech Consulate General.
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01/19/2024
A debate on introducing postal voting for Czechs in the Chamber of Deputies entered its third day on Friday morning. The debate, which started on Wednesday morning, has so far lasted for over 25 hours.
However, MPs are not expected to reach any conclusion on Friday, given filibustering from the opposition ANO and Freedom and Direct Democracy parties, which are vehemently opposed to the bill on the grounds that it could be abused.
The debate on the matter may resume on Tuesday morning. Czechia is one of the few states in the EU that do not to allow postal voting.
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01/18/2024
The Ministry of Education will provide up to CZK 20 million to Charles University’s Faculty of Arts to repair the material damage caused by the tragic shooting incident, the ministry wrote on X on Thursday. The incident, in which 14 people were killed and 25 injured, took place on December 21 at the faculty's main building on Jan Palach Square.
The dean of the Faculty of Arts, Eva Lehečková, said in the past that more than 130 doors were destroyed during the police raid on the building. Their repair or replacement is expected to cost several million crowns.
The faculty building has been closed since the tragic event and will remain close at least until the end of January.
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01/18/2024
Friday will be mostly sunny with day temperatures ranging between -3 and 1 degrees Celsius.
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01/18/2024
Last year's exports of arms and security material from Czechia are likely to reach the record from 2022, amounting to around CZK 30 billion, Jiří Hynek, president of the Association of Defence and Security Industry said on Thursday, adding that full data will be available later this year.
While in 2022, a significant part of exports consisted of material from long-term stocks, last year new production was predominant.
In the long term, Hynek said, weapons and other security materials are most often exported to the United States, EU countries, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, but exports to Africa also strengthened last year.
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01/18/2024
Prague’s Václav Havel Airport last year handled 13.8 million passengers, the Czech Air Traffic Control said in a press release on Thursday. Year-on-year, the number of passengers increased by 29 percent, reaching 78 percent of pre-Covid numbers.
In 2023, Prague Airport dispatched flights to 167 destinations involving 69 carriers. The airport also offered more than 30 new or renewed routes last year. Traffic in Czech airspace increased by 13 per cent year-on-year.
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01/18/2024
Czech tennis player Jiří Lehečka was knocked out of the Australian open in the second round. The 22-year-old Czech, who recently won his first ATP title in Adelaide, was defeated by Alex Michelsen of the US 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 4-6.
In the women’s singles, Linda Nosková, advanced to the third round of the Grand Slam for the first time in her career after beating McCartney Kessler of the US 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. She will next face world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland.
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01/18/2024
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra led by Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša has won the prestigious International Classical Music Award (ICMA) in the Opera Video category. The awards are handed out by the editors-in-chief of music magazines and representatives of cultural institutions.
The orchestra received the award for their recording of Leoš Janáček's opera Katya Kabanova from the 2022 Salzburg Festival, directed by Barrie Kosky and starring American soprano Corinne Winters in the title role.
According to the jury, the performance of Katya Kabanova, often unjustly overshadowed by Jenufa, “unfolds all the energy and beauty of it and both the orchestra and the staging are excellent – it grabs and keeps our attention throughout the work.”
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01/18/2024
MPs on Thursday morning continued a debate on introducing postal voting for Czechs living abroad. After a session lasting over 13 hours the matter was adjourned at midnight on Wednesday. Opposition ANO leader Andrej Babiš spoke at great length in the Chamber of Deputies, with his party and Freedom and Direct Democracy, another opposition grouping, seen as standing to lose out if postal voting is allowed.
The Czech News Agency said the debate could run on into Friday.
Czechia is one of the only states in the EU not to allow for such a form of voting.
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01/18/2024
ANO chief Andrej Babiš has come in for criticism after referring to Austrians as “those lunatics” for having the Greens in government in a speech in the Czech lower house. The opposition leader later said his words were aimed at the Greens, not Austrians. However, the comment was covered in the Austrian media and condemned by Czech government party politicians.
Mr. Babiš spoke for hours in the lower house on Wednesday, helping ensure that a debate on postal voting, which ANO are against, carried on into the following day.
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