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08/20/2024
Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with some rain and daytime highs between 21 and 25 degrees Celsius.
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08/20/2024
The majority of Czechs support a gradual closure of coal-fired power plants, with almost 60 percent of people considering ten years or more to be a reasonable time horizon for moving away from coal, according to the results of a STEM/MARK survey. On the other hand, 30 percent of people have a negative perception of coal as an energy source. The government envisages a shift away from coal-fired plants after 2030. Over 80 percent of respondents said that the Czech Republic should remain self-sufficient in energy production. Purchasing electricity from abroad is seen as financially demanding by 75 percent of respondents, and about 70 percent fear that it could weaken the competitiveness of the Czech economy.
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08/20/2024
Around 60 percent of Czechs feel that they can influence developments and the solution of problems in their town or city and get their voice heard, according to the outcome of a CVVM poll. When it comes to problems at the national level, however, more than three-quarters of Czechs believe that they are powerless to influence developments.
As regards freedom of speech, 44 percent of people surveyed described the present state of affairs as good, 33 percent had no opinion on the matter, and only 22 percent of respondents consider it bad. Over 50 percent of people said they have to be careful what they say in public to avoid getting into trouble with the police, their employer or people on social media.
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08/20/2024
President Petr Pavel and the First Lady on Tuesday met with close to a hundred representatives of Czech start-ups and innovative companies at Lány Chateau. The president said after the meeting that support for such companies in the Czech Republic is not as well established as in other countries. He said it was important to have greater faith in innovative companies and offer them more support in order for Czechia to “play the first league” as it used to.
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08/20/2024
Part of the revenue from frozen Russian assets in the European Union will be spent on the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, within the Czech shells-for Ukraine initiative, Defence Minister Jana Černochová announced on the X network on Tuesday. She said this would make it possible to buy hundreds of thousands of shells more, but did not specify the exact amount that Czechia would have at its disposal. The total amount of funds from frozen Russian assets in the EU is around 1.4 billion euros.
Czechia presented the proposal to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine from non-EU countries in February of this year. The idea won broad support and 18 EU and NATO member states have contributed funds to the initiative. The first shipment of around 50,000 pieces of ammunition arrived in Ukraine in late June.
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08/20/2024
Venus of Dolní Věstonice, the world's oldest ceramic figurine, was found to be made from fragments of rocks and tiny fossils, not mammoth bones as previously believed. The discovery was made by researchers at the Moravian Museum using micro-CT scanning. The figurine, dating back 25,000 to 29,000 years, is a crucial piece of evidence about prehistoric life and primitive art in this part of Europe. It contains extensive cracks that increase the risk of it breaking. The Venus was crafted from a single piece of loess, requiring significant skill. The figurine is rarely displayed and is kept in a vault, with a public exhibition planned for next year to mark the 100th anniversary of its discovery.
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08/20/2024
School knowledge competitions in the Czech Republic can continue to use the term "olympiad" in their titles. This decision follows a meeting between Education Minister Mikuláš Bek and the Czech Olympic Committee (ČOV), which initially requested that organizers stop using the term due to legal concerns over the use of Olympic symbols, especially with commercial sponsors. A small expert group will now draft guidelines for organizers. The Education Ministry supported 30 such competitions this year, with the most popular being the math olympiad, which attracted around 22,000 participants.
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08/19/2024
Czech President Petr Pavel stated that Ukraine's entry into NATO might not require full control over its entire territory. In an interview for Novinky.cz, he drew a parallel with West Germany's post-war NATO membership despite Soviet occupation of part of its land. At the recent NATO summit, leaders promised Ukraine an irreversible path to membership but did not extend a formal invitation. Pavel anticipates that Ukraine might negotiate peace with Russia in the coming years, potentially leading to a situation where Russia occupies part of Ukraine, though this would not be recognized by democratic states. This scenario could still allow Ukraine to join NATO.
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08/19/2024
The Prague Stock Exchange started the week on a positive note, with the PX index rising by 0.49% to 1582.10 points. The growth was driven by shares of Komerční Banka, Erste Bank, and ČEZ, while Moneta Money Bank ended in the red. The total trading volume reached 469 million CZK, with ČEZ accounting for 328 million CZK. Erste shares rose by 1.26% to 1205 CZK, Komerční Banka by 0.92% to 771.50 CZK, and ČEZ by 0.39% to 895 CZK. The Czech koruna strengthened against both the euro and the dollar.
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08/19/2024
This year's harvest in the Czechia is nearly complete, with only 0.35% of grain fields and 38 hectares of rapeseed remaining to be harvested. Despite weather fluctuations, the harvest was faster than last year. Farmers are working with the smallest cultivated area for grains in over a century, resulting in a 2.7% decrease in sown area compared to 2022. The total grain production is expected to be around 7.06 million tons, slightly lower than last year, but sufficient for domestic needs. Rapeseed production is projected at 961,000 tons, the lowest since 2006.
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