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07/21/2023
Saturday is expected to start off sunny but to gradually become more overcast by late morning, continuing into the afternoon. There is a chance of some rain. Temperatures should range between 17 and 24 degrees Celsius.
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07/21/2023
The Czech national debt increased to CZK 3.044 trillion in the first half of this year, crossing the three trillion crown mark for the first time ever. Since the beginning of this year, the debt has increased by CZK 149.6 billion and amounted to 42.8 percent of GDP, the finance ministry announced on Friday. If the national debt were to hypothetically be divided among the population, this would mean that each person had a debt of CZK 280,574, the Czech News Agency notes.
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07/21/2023
A working group made up of experts from government ministries and non-profit organizations is being set up to tackle prejudice-motivated violence and the spread of anti-Ukrainian disinformation among the Roma community, the government commissioner for human rights, Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, announced on Twitter on Friday. Town halls and other institutions and organisations are to receive instructions on how to deescalate conflicts, ease tensions, and prevent potentially violent situations.
This comes as a response to recent anti-Ukrainian protests organised by some members of the Roma minority in several Czech cities, which followed a series of clashes between Czech Roma and Ukrainians, including incidents involving stabbings. However, in most cases, although the assailants were alleged to be Ukrainian, their nationality was never confirmed by the police. There have also been a series of unverified claims on social media recently of attacks on Roma people by Ukrainians, which the Czech police have refuted.
A number of leading Roma public figures have condemned the anti-Ukrainian protests and the spread of misinformation.
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07/21/2023
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has issued a storm warning for most of the country, with the exception of north Bohemia, for Friday afternoon and evening. There is a risk of very strong storms especially in the Vysočina, South Moravian, South Bohemian, Olomouc and Pardubice regions.
A forest fire warning also remains in force, with a high level of risk announced for many regions of the country, including Prague.
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07/21/2023
The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) has published on its website that the Czech Republic is officially free of bird flu in poultry as of July 11, 2023, the Czech State Veterinary Administration (SVS) announced in a press release. Obtaining the status is important for freeing up trade in poultry products with countries outside the EU, which limited the import of Czech poultry following the bird flu epidemic in the country.
There were 23 outbreaks of bird flu in Czechia on farms this year between January and May. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) warns of the constant risk of bird flu in Europe due to the persistent circulation of the virus in wild birds.
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07/21/2023
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has honoured the memory of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who died following Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate the Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich.
Mr Pistorius visited the Orthodox Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius on Resslova Street in Prague, where the paratroopers were holed up and were either killed or committed suicide after a long battle with Nazi troops.
The German defence minister also met with his Czech counterpart Jana Černochová to discuss the joint purchase of some Leopard 2A8 battle tanks. Czechia would like to purchase at least 77 of these, Ms Černochová announced at a press conference after the meeting.
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07/21/2023
The opposition ANO party would win elections to the lower house of parliament with 35.5 percent voter support, suggests a freshly released poll by the Median agency.
The Civic Democrats, the strongest party in the ruling coalition, would place second with 14 percent and the Pirate Party, which is also in government, would get 11 percent.
According to the survey, Tomio Okamura's populist right-wing Freedom and Direct Democracy would come fourth, receiving the backing of 10 percent of voters.
The Christian Democratic Party, which is also part of the ruling coalition, only received a two-percent voter support and would not make it into the lower house if it ran independently.
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07/20/2023
Interior Minister Vít Rakušan and Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský will examine the possibility of including Rostislav Zorikov, the son-in-law of Russian arms dealer Boris Obnosov, on the national sanctions list. Mr. Rakušan made the announcement on his Twitter account on Thursday.
According to the news site Aktuálně, Zorikov lives in Prague and is using money from Russia's aggression in Ukraine to buy real estate and cars.
Czechia has so far placed three people on its national sanctions list for supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They are Russian businessman Vladimir Yevtushenko and his son Felix Yevtushenko and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill.
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07/20/2023
Friday will be mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers and storms Day temperatures are expected to range between 24 and 28 degrees Celsius.
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07/20/2023
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is due to arrive in Czechia on Thursday. On Friday, he will meet with his Czech counterpart Jana Černochová to discuss, among other things, the joint purchase of some Leopard 2A8 battle tanks.
The German minister is also scheduled to visit the Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Prague – the site of the last stand of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who killed the Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich.
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