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11/24/2023
The promotion of democracy, human rights and civil society as part of Czech foreign policy since the 1990s is also a legacy of the late politicians President Václav Havel and Karel Schwarzenberg, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said at the opening of the informal session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Prague on Friday.
Mr Lipavský also said that protecting human rights can reduce the emergence of security threats such as terrorism or illegal migration.
Czechia is running for the UN Human Rights Council for the period 2025 to 2027 and for the position of non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the years 2032 and 2033. The current chair of the Human Rights Council is Václav Bálek, Czechia’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva.
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11/24/2023
Meteorologists have issued a black ice warning for most of the country, with the exception of the southernmost parts of South Moravia, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday.
Drivers and pedestrians have been warned to exercise caution due to icy conditions caused by a sudden drop in temperatures. The alert will remain in place until Saturday morning.
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11/24/2023
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Czech Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil have agreed on the need to intensify cooperation between the two countries within the Visegrad Group, Mr. Vystrčil told journalists after a half-hour meeting in Prague on Friday morning.
However, Mr Vystrčil said the politicians had different views on helping Ukraine. While the recently elected Slovak Prime Minister confirmed that Slovakia supports Ukraine and its claim to territorial integrity, self-determination and independence, it will not supply arms to Ukraine at this time, preferring immediate peace negotiations.
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11/24/2023
Former finance minister, MP and TOP 09 leader Miroslav Kalousek says he is going to stand in elections to the European Parliament next year. The 62-year-old said on social media that he had been chosen as a nominee by several TOP 09 regional branches and such a massive show of faith could not be turned down.
Mr. Kalousek was minister of finance between 2007 and 2009 and between 2010 and 2013.
Elections to the European Parliament take place next June.
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11/23/2023
Trade union leaders say more than 60 percent of Czech elementary schools, secondary schools and kindergartens will participate in a one-day strike on Monday demanding higher funding for education and other changes. Some schools taking part will close completely but others will operate on a limited basis during what is being called a warning strike.
Nurses and other medical personnel are also set to hold a strike on Monday against austerity measures implemented by the Czech government. So are employees of carmaker Škoda Auto and hundreds of other firms in the industrial sphere.
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11/23/2023
Prime Minister Petr Fiala has called on one-time dissident Jiří Gruntorád to abandon a hunger strike, saying the government will meet his demands.
Mr. Gruntorád, who has been camped out in front of the Office of the Government for almost a week, is calling for the resignation of the minister of labour and social affairs, Marian Jurečka, over the fact some pre-1989 opponents of the communist regime are on relatively low old-age pensions.
On Wednesday the government said it would draft proposals to ensure that one-time dissidents get decent pensions in the coming weeks.
Those who opposed the Communists have low pensions for reasons such as imprisonment, forced emigration or not being allowed to work in their chosen professions; many were only allowed to do menial jobs.
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11/23/2023
The Czech president, Petr Pavel, will visit Italy with his wife Eva next week, the Office of the President said on Thursday. While in Italy Mr. Pavel will meet his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the president of the Lombardy region, Attili Fontana.
In Milan the Czech head of state will take part in Czech-Italian business forum, officials said.
The last Czech president to visit Italy was Václav Klaus in 2012.
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11/23/2023
Czechia, in cooperation with the semi-state energy firm ČEZ, has acquired capacity at an onshore liquefied natural gas terminal that is currently under construction in Germany, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced on Thursday.
ČEZ has signed a 15-year contract with the operator of the Stade terminal near Hamburg with the option of an extension, the Czech News Agency said.
At present Czechia has a lease on part of an LNG terminal in the Netherlands, until 2027.
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11/23/2023
Around 200 people took part in a rally in support of the Palestinians on Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Wednesday evening. Speakers at the gathering criticised a recent statement from the Czech minister of the interior, who said using the line “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” could become classified as hate speech, supporting terrorism or expressing approval of genocide. Some people see the slogan as a call for the destruction of Israel.
The meeting’s organisers also called on the Czech media to report objectively on the situation in Gaza, which they say is not currently happening.
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11/23/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Friday, with an average high temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. Temperatures are expected to fall to around freezing at the weekend.
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