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09/27/2023
The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, says that if the government intensified its austerity programme it would have a greater impact on citizens and also slow investments. His made the comment on Wednesday, a day after President Petr Pavel said the cost-saving measures currently in place were insufficient.
Mr. Fiala told reporters he took the president’s words as a broad expression of support for the government’s efforts to rejuvenate the state finances.
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09/27/2023
Some schools in Czechia are introducing new prevention programmes to combat growing violence among children and teenagers, Czech Television reports. The number of violent incidents where the assailant is a child or teenager has grown, especially in the Ústí nad Labem Region. For example, two such cases occurred in Děčín within one month, and in both cases the victim ended up in hospital. The attacks are often filmed and published on social media.
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09/27/2023
It should be mainly sunny in Czechia on Thursday, with an average high temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. Cloudy weather is expected from the weekend.
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09/27/2023
Germany has introduced new controls on its borders with Czechia and Poland in a bid to fight human trafficking. The German minister of the interior, Nancy Faeser of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats, officially announced the move on Wednesday.
The minister said the checks would not be static but would be mobile and capable of responding to real-time developments.
She said the new controls had been agreed with the Czech and Polish authorities and therefore did not need to be declared to the European Union.
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09/27/2023
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)'s latest economic forecast is slightly sunnier for Czechia than its last one was - it now predicts that GDP in the country will grow by 0.1 percent this year, while in May it predicted that it would fall by 0.1 percent. However, the EBRD lowered the Czech economy's growth estimate for next year to 2.5 percent from the previously predicted 2.9 percent.
The EBRD stated in its report that the Czech economy continues to suffer from the negative effects of high inflation, with GDP declining by 0.6 per cent in annual terms in the first half of the year and private consumption declining for the fifth quarter in a row year on year. However, it went on to say that investments rebounded in the second quarter and that the positive quarterly growth of household consumption in the second quarter suggests that abating inflation bodes well for a gradual recovery.
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09/26/2023
President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva arrived in South Moravia on Tuesday for their first official visit to the region. Governor Jan Grolich welcomed the president in front of the regional government office in Brno with a gift of a case of wine made by young winemakers from the region. The president's visit continued with an hour-long meeting with Governor Jan Grolich and the Mayor of Brno, Markéta Vaňková, followed by a press briefing.
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09/26/2023
Wednesday should be overcast in the morning and sunny in the afternoon, with daytime temperatures of up to 25 degrees Celsius. No rain is expected.
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09/26/2023
Czechia is prepared to help protect the EU's external borders, but rejects the mandatory redistribution of refugees between EU countries, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said after a half-hour meeting with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during her visit to Prague on Tuesday. He dubbed mandatory redistribution "inhumane and dysfunctional", adding that reducing the number of economic refugees by protecting the borders is a better solution than trying to deal with the subsequent problems that arise from mass migration.
The prime minister also spoke with the head of the EU Commission about financial support for countries that have accepted a large number of Ukrainian refugees, with Von der Leyen proposing to increase the amount of support by 15 billion euros. The president of the European Commission praised Czech aid to Ukraine and its support of Ukrainian refugees.
The pair also discussed energy, the EU's recovery plan, and Czechs taking up top EU positions during their meeting.
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09/26/2023
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed Czech entrepreneurs and business owners at a Green Deal summit in Prague on Tuesday, telling them that Czech industry had "enormous potential" to lead the way in sustainable innovation. She described Czechia as a country "of inventors and innovators" with a strong industrial base and ingenuity, and called on Czech businesses to use the opportunities that the Green Deal affords, as it ensures a predictable environment for companies to invest in innovation and lays the foundations for future prosperity. She also praised Czechia for its contributions during its presidency of the EU Council, saying it played a key role in the approval of Fit for 55, a set of climate standards which is the main pillar of the Green Deal.
Meanwhile, in his opening speech at the summit, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that without innovation, Europe risks losing out to foreign competition and the name "Old Continent" could take on a new meaning in the global economy. He emphasised that while the goals of the Green Deal are being met in terms of changing responsible behaviour towards the environment, the ambitions in terms of innovation and economic transformation are not. Mr. Fiala called on Czech entrepreneurs to get involved in the strategic changes and repeated the government's recently announced plans to support the development of infrastructure, nuclear energy, lithium mining, and microchips.
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09/26/2023
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský met with his Romanian counterpart, Luminitsa Odobescu, in Bucharest on Tuesday to sign a memorandum of understanding between the two countries' foreign ministries and to discuss a number of topics including support for Ukraine and Moldova against Russia, economic cooperation, and the Czech minority living in Romania. The pair agreed that dialogue between Czechia and Romania needs to be strengthened, with the memorandum they signed intended to ensure that the countries establish more regular and intensive cooperation at the governmental and expert level.
Lipavský stated at a press conference after the meeting that he believes it will be possible for Romania's ethnic Czech population, the majority of whom live in the southwest of the country, to have its own representation in the next Romanian parliament, and thanked the Romanian government for its long-term support of the minority group. For her part, Luminitsa Odobescu said that the Romanian Czechs represent a bridge between the two nations and contribute to the cultural diversity of Romanian society.
The two ministers also discussed security, Romania's role on NATO's eastern flank, and its entry into the Schengen area and the OECD, both of which Czechia supports, as well as the deepening of economic cooperation between the two countries, with Lipavský seeing opportunities for Czech companies in the development and modernisation of Romanian infrastructure and Odobescu seeing potential for increased cooperation in the transport, energy, tourism and education sectors.
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