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06/02/2023
The Czech culture sector's profits were more than CZK 3.7 billion lower during the coronavirus pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 as compared to 2019, the Czech Statistical Office announced on its website on Friday. Visitor numbers fell by more than half in 2021 compared to 2019.
The government's anti-covid measures included the closure of theatres, cinemas, museums, galleries, and other cultural facilities.
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06/02/2023
The misinformation that then-presidential candidate Petr Pavel had died on the night of January 26 from probable heart failure has been traced back to Russia, the Czech police announced on Twitter on Friday. However, the specific perpetrator could not be identified, so the case has been dismissed.
False news of Mr Pavel's death appeared on the Internet during the election period and was also spread via e-mail. The reports linked to a website with a fabricated statement allegedly from Pavel's spokesperson. Reports of his supposed death even reached some newsrooms.
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06/02/2023
The Czech Republic wants to deepen defence cooperation with Moldova, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Friday after meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sanduová and Prime Minister Dorin Recean in the country's capital Chisinau. Mr Fiala signed an agreement for the Czech Defence Ministry to donate funds to restore monuments commemorating Czechoslovak legionnaires who died in the region during the First World War. Czechia also plans to open a military attaché office in Chisinau. Mr Fiala said that Czechia fully supports Moldova's accession to the EU and the new EU partner mission that was launched on Thursday in Chisinau.
The Czech PM was in Moldova for the European Political Community summit which took place on Thursday at Mimi Castle near Chisinau and was attended by 45 heads of state and government, as well as leaders of EU institutions. He also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the summit.
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06/02/2023
The Long Night of Churches is taking place on Friday evening for the 15th time in the Czech Republic. More than 1,700 churches, chapels and prayer rooms around the country will open their doors to the public, without obligation and free of charge. Prague Archbishop Jan Graubner will kick off this year's event at 5.45 pm with a blessing and short prayer in the Church Of St. Cajetan in Prague's Malá Strana district.
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06/02/2023
Confidence in the president has risen significantly since Petr Pavel has taken office, according to a survey by the Public Opinion Research Centre (CVVM). The majority of Czechs now once again trust the head of state, with almost 60 percent of the population saying they have confidence in the president, compared to less than 40 percent when Miloš Zeman was in office.
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06/01/2023
Friday should start off warm and sunny, but is expected to gradually get cloudier as the day goes on. Temperatures are predicted to range between 17 and 22 degrees Celsius.
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06/01/2023
The Ministry of Justice plans to propose enshrining the unacceptability of physically punishing children in the country's Civil Code, Deputy Minister Karel Dvořák stated on Thursday at a press conference that was presenting the Childhood Without Violence initiative. The new legislation will not criminalise parents who use corporal punishment or introduce penalties for doing so, but will rather be of a declaratory nature, expressing the societal value that beating children is unacceptable and that it is more appropriate to use other educational means.
Mr Dvořák pointed out that the Czech Republic is one of the last countries in the European Union where a similar regulation has not yet been enacted, and that laws that consider corporal punishment an appropriate educational tool are not in accordance with the Czech Republic's international obligations, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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06/01/2023
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has extended the fire risk warning to the areas of Frýdlant, Liberec, Semily, and the north-west of the South Bohemian region, due to the ongoing drought. The warning now applies to most of the north-western part of the country, with the exception of the mountainous areas in north-eastern Bohemia. The warning is in effect until further notice.
A fire affecting approximately one hectare of forest in the Kokořínsko Protected Landscape Area on Wednesday evening caused firemen to raise the second level of alarm out of a possible four.
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06/01/2023
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Renáta Kellnerová, widow of the late billionaire Petr Kellner, is the most influential woman in Czechia according to the Czech edition of Forbes magazine. Last year's winner, vice president of the European Commission Věra Jourová, moved down to second place this year. Third place was taken by the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, who was ranked in the top three for the first time ever.
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06/01/2023
There were fierce debates in parliament on Thursday over amending Czechia's Civil Code to include marriage between same-sex couples. Martin Exner from the Mayors and Independents (STAN) coalition party said that the anti-gay marriage stance is supported by Russia, that Russia supports these "culture wars" and is trying to divide society, and that Czechia has the choice of either becoming part of a free Western Europe or an eastern European conservative periphery state.
More conservative legislators from the opposition ANO party, as well as from the Christian Democrat and Civic Democrat parties, which are both part of the ruling coalition, objected to his statement, accusing him of labelling anyone who opposes gay marriage as pro-Russian. The opposition SPD party plans to vote to reject the bill, saying that it does not want to interfere with the institution of marriage, preferring to amend registered partnership.
Similar to when the bill was discussed in the last election period, the debate was not brought to a conclusion on Thursday and the Lower house will return to it at a later date, which, according to the Czech News Agency, will be in two weeks at the earliest.
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