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11/03/2023
The 57th annual Antonín Dvořák International Singing Competition kicks off on Friday in Karlovy Vary, with 74 singers from 15 countries taking part this year. The event lasts for a week, running until November 10, and is open to male and female singers under the age of 35.
The competition, established over 45 years ago and initially intended for art school students, has over time become a prestigious international affair.
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11/03/2023
Police officers from the Prague extremism and terrorism department have arrested a man who published a video on social media threatening to roam the streets stabbing any Ukrainians he finds with a knife. He has been charged with the crime of violence against a group and individuals, for which he could receive up to three years in prison. The Czech police published the information on Twitter on Friday morning.
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11/02/2023
Friday should be overcast with a chance of rain throughout the day. Daytime temperatures are expected to hover around 9 degrees Celsius.
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11/02/2023
Czech police are investigating the case of a woman who wore a T-shirt to a Prague demonstration in support of Palestine bearing the words '1972 Olympics', apparently referencing the 1972 Munich Olympics, where a Palestinian terrorist attack resulted in the death of eleven Israeli citizens, including five athletes. The woman was spotted wearing the T-shirt at a demonstration in Prague's Wenceslas Square on Wednesday evening.
Interior Minister Vít Rakušan wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that in the context of the recent terrorist attacks on Israel, wearing such an item of clothing shows cynicism, stupidity and contempt for the basic values of society.
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11/02/2023
A team of researchers and doctors from Ostrava have demonstrated the presence of microplastics in human amniotic fluid and the placenta, apparently for the first time ever, the Czech News Agency reports. They plan to continue their research and evaluate whether and how microplastics can harm human fetuses or complicate pregnancy. Experimental studies on mice have already shown that the presence of microplastics led to placenta malfunction, smaller babies and premature births, so the team plans to study whether the same results can be found in humans.
The research samples were taken from women whose pregnancies were complicated by premature amniotic fluid drainage. In nine out of ten women, the presence of microplastics in the amniotic fluid or placenta was confirmed.
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11/02/2023
A senior Czech army delegation visited Ukraine to meet with the head of the country's army, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, and discuss the latest developments in the conflict and security situation in the region, as well as further possibilities for Czech support, Deník N reported on Thursday. The Chief of the Army General Staff Karel Řehka went together with several senior officers, including the director of special forces, Miroslav Hofirek, who was recently promoted to the rank of general.
The several-day visit took place without prior warning for security reasons. The delegation is now back in Prague.
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11/02/2023
A Prague district court has found former MP Dominik Feri guilty of two counts of rape and one attempted rape and sentenced him to three years in prison. The 27-year-old one-time TOP 09 party politician immediately appealed against the decision, telling reporters he was disappointed by the verdict and that he hoped that the appeals court would have a different opinion on the case.
The trial of the former MP, once the youngest deputy in the Czech lower house, began in February of this year and has attracted much media attention in Czechia. Feri has consistently denied the rape charges, saying that the sex had been consensual, although conceding that his behaviour may have been “inappropriate” at times.
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11/02/2023
People around Czechia are remembering their late loved ones on Thursday’s Dušičky, or All Souls’ Day. November 2 is referred to as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar.
Many Czechs tend to graves and lay wreathes and flowers in the run-up to Dušičky, while services are held on the day itself.
Cemeteries have extended opening hours on Dušičky, police patrols are in place and some municipalities provide more public transport.
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11/02/2023
Czech footballer Patrik Schick has been injured, just a week after returning from a lengthy layout with a groin problem. The striker’s German club Leverkusen said that he was expected to now miss three weeks with a calf injury. This means Schick – who has scored 18 goals in 33 appearances – is very likely to miss the Czech national team’s final two Euro 2024 qualifying games against Poland and Moldova this month.
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11/01/2023
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala says his country will be the voice of Israel in Europe. He made the comment at a gathering in support of Israel on Prague’s Old Town Square on Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of people – many with Israeli flags – attended the event, which was organised by the national Federation of Jewish Communities.
Mr. Fiala told the crowd that he had promised that the Czechs would be Israel’s voice in Europe in a meeting in Tel Aviv with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, last week.
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