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12/06/2023
Czech hand-made glass production has been added to the UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage list. The move was made at a UNESCO meeting currently taking place in Botswana.
The nomination was a collaborative effort prepared by six countries, including Czechia, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, and Spain.
Czechia already has nine items on the prestigious list, including the slovácký verbuňk dance, the Hlinecko region masopust (carnival) processions and masks, the South Bohemian Ride of the Kings tradition, puppeteering and glass-blown Christmas beads.
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12/06/2023
A Prague resident would need to spend the equivalent of 14.8 years of wages for a new, medium-size apartment (70 square metres), if having no other expenses, according to fresh data by property developer Central Group. That figure is 1.6 lower than a year ago and 1.8 lower than in the previous quarter.
About 5,000 flats are approved for construction in the Czech capital annually, which, according to Central Group, is only 50 percent of what the capital needs. Housing in Prague remains significantly less affordable than in most neighbouring metropolises.
According to the latest analysis by Skanska Residential, Trigema and Central Group developers, , the average price of a new flat sold in Czechia stands at CZK 146,459 per square meter.
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12/06/2023
Czechs are showing scant interest in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament, suggests a newly released Eurobarometer survey, which was carried out in the 27 EU member states.
According to the survey, only 28 percent of Czechs were interested in the European elections that will be held in June 2024. Some 60 percent of Czechs knew that the elections would be held next year and one third of respondents knew the election date. A similar lack of interest is reported from Slovakia.
The highest interest in the European Parliament elections was in the Netherlands with 69 percent, followed by Poland and Malta, with 68 percent both.
The survey was carried out in late September and early October among more than 26,000 people, including 1,013 respondents from Czechia.
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12/06/2023
The minimum wage is expected to increase by CZK 1,600 to CZK 18, 900 from January, Labour Minister Marian Jurečka said at a press conference on Wednesday. Within a few years, it should stabilize at 45 percent of the average wage.
According to the minister, the minimum wage should start rising from 2025 according to a formula, which is to be regulated by the Labour Code. Four of the eight levels of guaranteed wages should also increase next year. The proposal will be discussed by the government next week.
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12/06/2023
The casket with the remains of Karel Schwarzenberg, a member of the Czech nobility and one of the country’s most prominent post-1989 politicians, has been brought to the Church of the Knights of Malta of Our Lady Beneath the Chain in central Prague, where it will be on display to the public until Friday.
On Saturday, the coffin will be transported to St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle for the funeral mass, which will be for invited guests only. The public will be able to watch the liturgy live on television and on a large screen near the cathedral.
The funeral mass will be followed by a private funeral for family and friends at Orlík nad Vltavou Castle, after which Schwarzenberg’s remains will be placed to rest in the family tomb in the castle park.
The former head of Czech diplomacy died on November 12 in Vienna at the age of 85
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12/06/2023
Czechia is on the verge of an epidemic of respiratory illnesses, with Covid-19 currently the most common form of infection, Novinky.cz reported.
There are currently around 2,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country every day. However, unlike in past years the majority of patients do not suffer serious complications and hospitalisation is unusual, the news website said.
The incidence of acute respiratory infections is 1,457 patients per 100,000 inhabitants; an epidemic occurs when the number of patients exceeds 1,600 to 1,700.
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12/06/2023
One of the world’s major players in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, the Israeli company Elbit Systems, plans to open a production and development centre in Czechia cooperation with a local firm, LPP, Czech Television reported on Wednesday.
Elbit Systems wants to manufacture the smallest drones, as well as those weighing several hundred kilos, at the planned Czech facility.
A spokesperson for the Israeli company said it had been looking for a European partner that would help it reach the EU and NATO markets and had been cooperating successfully with LPP for years.
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12/05/2023
Autumn this year was the warmest since records began at the weather station at the Clementinum complex in central Prague, according to data released on Tuesday by the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute.
The average temperature between September and the end of November was 13.6 degrees Celsius. September and October were the warmest seen since records were first made in 1775; November’s temperatures were 1 degree Celsius above the average for the time of year.
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12/05/2023
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will make a holiday season address to the country on December 26, he told the news outlet Blesk.cz on Tuesday. President Petr Pavel will speak to the nation on New Year’s Day, returning to a tradition of presidential speeches on January 1.
In recent years Miloš Zeman, the previous head of state, made his seasonal address on December 26, with the prime minister speaking on New Year’s Day.
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12/05/2023
Czechia will never accept compulsory quotas of migrants handed down by the European Union, the country’s minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said in Brussels on Tuesday. He made the comment at a meeting of EU interior ministers discussing a planned asylum and migration pact.
Mr. Rakušan said Czechia’s priority was clear and tight border procedures for people entering EU territory.
At previous gatherings this year, Europe’s interior ministers agreed on a definition of solidarity in the case of migrants. Exemptions from financial contributions to overburdened states in Southeastern Europe were also secured, including for Czechia, which is itself subject to migration from Ukraine.
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