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08/22/2024
The Senate has passed a government-proposed bill opening the way for postal voting for Czechs living abroad. The bill was supported by 56 out of 68 senators present. The amendment means that expats living abroad will no longer have to travel long distances to cast their ballot. It will now go to the president for final approval and should come into force next year in time for the 2025 general elections. Its passage through Parliament was hindered by the opposition parties who argued that it could be easily abused. Czechs living abroad have long lobbied for this possibility.
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08/21/2024
Thursday is expected to be bright and clear and dry around the country with daytime highs between 21 and 25 degrees Celsius.
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08/21/2024
Czech companies will be actively involved in the post-war reconstruction of the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, Czech Ambassador to Ukraine Radek Pech said in an interview for the ctk news agency. The ambassador said Czechia had offered its know-how in the energy sector, transport infrastructure, healthcare, water management and engineering, Czech companies are in contact with the representatives of the cities of Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih and the entire region regarding involvement in post-war reconstruction. In order to ensure effective cooperation and coordination of projects, an office will be established in the Dnipropetrovsk region and the Czech Republic plans to open a consulate general there in the future, Ambassador Pech said.
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08/21/2024
The Czech cabinet is due to hold its first session after the summer break on Wednesday evening and ministers have already started discussing next year's state budget. According to Transport Minister Martin Kupka it is clear that the deficit in 2025 will have to be lower than this year's CZK 252 billion and the goal is to keep it under CZK 235 billion. However, several ministers have already indicated that the money allotted to them in the initial draft is insufficient for their needs.
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08/21/2024
President Petr Pavel has urged the Czech authorities to address the problem of overcrowded prisons, pointing out that complex measures are needed, including amendments to the Penal Code. He rejected the idea that amnesty could be the solution to prison overcrowding. “Our penal system largely substitutes for the deficits of the social system, which is very wrong. The consequence of this is that prisons are overcrowded and it costs the state enormous resources," Pavel said, adding that several ministries as well as the private sector and non-profit organisations must address the problem together.
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08/21/2024
Eighty foreign experts on drugs and other addictions have called on the Czech government to maintain the course set by the outgoing national drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil. In an open letter to the Czech government, experts and representatives of organisations and institutions from 27 countries, wrote that the Czech Republic has become a model of sensitive drug policy in recent years, mainly thanks to Vobořil. Vobořil decided to step down as coordinator at the end of August. Prime Minister Petr Fiala earlier announced that he would continue to act as his advisor.
Vobořil has long advocated the introduction of a regulated cannabis market in Czechia and has supported the possibility of using psychedelics in the treatment of mental illnesses, based on scientific research. At the same time he pointed to the danger of excessive consumption of alcohol in Czechia.
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08/21/2024
The Senate’s Committee on Security has urged the government to address the potential threat of Orthodox churches in the Czech Republic being used for Russian influence operations. In addition, the Committee says Culture Minister Martin Baxa should examine whether the Russian Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic and the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands are operating in accordance with the law and the conditions of registration. The request comes in the wake of the news that Ukraine’s Parliament has banned the activities of religious groups tied to the Russian Orthodox Church or any other faith group supporting Russia’s invasion of the country.
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08/21/2024
Czechs are marking the 56th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops on August 21, 1968. Commemorative ceremonies, film screenings, lectures and debates are taking place in Prague, Liberec, Brno and other cities.
A traditional memorial ceremony was held at the Czech Radio building on Prague’s Vinohradská St., which was the site of some of the most intense violence at the start of what became an occupation lasting over two decades.
The third edition of the NeverMore 68 festival at the Prague Exhibition Grounds has organized a series of events highlighting the role of women in dissent. The anniversary of the invasion will also be commemorated by the unveiling of a bronze monument by sculptor Jiří Sozanský on the embankment by the Kampa Museum, with guitarist Michal Pavlíček accompanying the event.
On the eve of the anniversary on Tuesday night, several hundred people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Prague holding lit sparklers to send a symbolic silent message of protest to the employees of the fenced-off complex and the Putin regime. The gathering was addressed by two former dissidents who stressed the importance of continued support for Ukraine.
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08/20/2024
President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva will attend the opening ceremony of the Země živitelka agricultural exhibition in České Budějovice on Thursday. The exhibition, now held for the 50th time, showcases the goods of regional food producers, agricultural machinery, forestry and water management technology, farm animals and modern trends in agriculture. The presidential couple will also meet with award-winning researchers. Prime Minister Petr Fiala is also expected to make an appearance at the exhibition on Thursday. The exhibition runs from August 22 until August 27.
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08/20/2024
Doctors report a rise in venereal diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV. According to data from the National Institute of Health, the number of syphilis cases has increased almost fivefold since 1990 and the increase in HIV positive cases looks set to be the highest in 30 years. In the first half of this year, doctors registered 149 HIV positive cases, compared to 253 in the whole of last year. According to data from Motol hospital, the largest hospital in Czechia, there is an increase of 20 to 25 percent in the basic STDs in the summer months.
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