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09/07/2023
Czech tennis player Markéta Vondroušová has failed to reach the US Open semi-finals. The tournament’s ninth seed was defeated by Madison Keyes of the United States 6-1, 6-4 at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday.
The only Czech to remain in the US Open is Karolína Muchová, who will face Cori Gauff for a place in the final of the Grand Slam tournament on Friday.
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09/06/2023
President Petr Pavel has distributed the unused CZK 2.35 million for the election campaign among seven social, health and other public benefit organizations based primarily in structurally disadvantaged regions, his office announced on Wednesday.
The money will be used to help children at risk, to support the education of children from socially disadvantaged families as well as single parents.
According to the Office of the President, Mr. Pavel wants to cooperate more with the regions and support regions that are frequently overlooked.
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09/06/2023
The Czech Army will only be in charge of the multi-national battlegroup of alliance forces in Slovakia bolstering NATO’s Eastern flank until next June, when the leadership will be handed over to the Spanish. The news was confirmed by Chief of the General Staff Karel Řehka on Wednesday.
The NATO mission in Slovakia was established last March in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It currently has around 1,100 soldiers, about 450 of them Czechs. In addition to the Czechs and Slovaks, it also includes German, American and Slovene troops.
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09/06/2023
Two Czech women, Irena Moozová and Lenka Filípková, are due to be appointed to high-ranking positions in the European Commission. The news was announced by Štěpán Černý, head of the European Affairs Section at the Czech Office of the Government, on Wednesday.
Irena Moozová will become the deputy director-general for Justice and Consumers at the Directorate-General, while Lenka Filípková will head the Directorate-General for Budget.
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09/06/2023
Thursday will be mostly sunny with day temperatures ranging between 25 and 28 degrees Celsius.
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09/06/2023
Sixty-six companies in Czechia have called on Prime Minister Petr Fiala to support the adoption of a bill legalizing marriage for same sex couples. In an open letter addressed to the head of government, they say that unequal conditions for LGBT+ people present extra costs for employers and economic losses for the society.
The initiative was presented on Monday at a press conference hosted by Vodafone CEO Petr Dvořák and representatives of other companies and organisations.
Since July 2006, gay and lesbian couples in Czechia can enter into registered partnerships. A bill legalizing marriage for same sex couples has recently been approved by the lower house of Czech Parliament.
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09/06/2023
The number of suicides in Czechia increased in 2022, after dropping for three consecutive years, according to the data released by the National Centre for Mental Health on Wednesday. Last year, 1,302 Czechs took their own life, which was around six percent more than in the previous three years.
The increase was most significant in the younger age categories from 15 to 34 years of age. The highest numbers of suicides was in the 45 to 49 age group, with 148 people taking their own life in 2022. The data also suggest that Czech men are much more likely to commit suicide.
According to experts, there are multiple factors behind the trend, including the economic crisis but also the unavailability of mental health care.
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09/06/2023
The wife of Czech president Petr Pavel, Eva Pavlová, has travelled to Kyiv for a summit of first ladies organised by Olena Zelenska, the spouse of Ukraine’s president Volodymr Zelensky, iRozhlas.cz reported on Wednesday.
The Czech First Lady arrived in the Ukrainian capital for the third such meeting on Wednesday morning against the backdrop of air raid alerts and shortly after air defence systems shot down a number of Russian missiles, a Czech Radio reporter said.
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09/06/2023
Czech tennis player Karolína Muchová has reached the semi-finals of the US Open for the first time in her career. The tournament’s 10th seed overcame Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-0 6-3 at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday.
Muchová will now face Cori Gauff of the United States for a place in the final of the Grand Slam tournament. The 27-year-old got to the final of the French Open earlier this year but only has one WTA title to her name, from the Korea Open in 2019.
Whatever the result in New York the Czech will now climb to a career-high eighth in the world rankings.
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09/05/2023
Television and radio licence fees in Czechia are set to increase for the first time in many years, the minister of culture, Martin Baxa, announced on Tuesday. The monthly fee for Czech Television will rise by CZK 25 to CZK 165, while the fee for Czech Radio will go up from CZK 45 to CZK 55 a month.
The changes should be introduced as part of a major amendment to the law on public service media that has been agreed by the coalition government, Mr. Baxa said.
In addition the number of people liable to pay the licence fees will increase to include those who can watch or listen to the public broadcasters on a mobile phone or computer. The price of a TV license has been at the same level for 15 years, while the radio one has not gone up for 18 years.
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