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04/23/2023
The Czech government commissioner for Roma affairs, Lucie Fuková, says that 275 victims of forced sterilisation have received compensation. In the last year the Ministry of Health received 630 applications for such compensation and processed three-quarters of them.
Last year Roma and human rights organisations complained that officials only recognised health service documentation as evidence.
The government’s human rights commissioner, Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, said recently that a broadening of the criteria was being considered.
Ms. Fuková said she planned to speak with her Slovak counterpart about possible compensation for interventions performed in Slovakia during the time of the common state.
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04/23/2023
The Czech police have brought out a calendar highlighting unsolved murders and missing persons cases, Novinky.cz reported on Sunday. The force decided on the move after a previous effort in 2022 was deemed successful, the news website said. The 2023 edition has only come out now for administrative reasons.
The calendar again features 24 cases, two a month, with the oldest dating back to 1989.
Of 2,000 copies printed this year, 800 are being sent to prisons and 300 to the Probation and Mediation Service, an official told Novinky.cz.
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04/23/2023
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Monday, with an average high temperature of 14 degrees Celsius. Cloudy weather is expected throughout the week.
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04/23/2023
The average price of older apartments in Czechia has declined by 9 percent year on year to CZK 82,351 per square metre, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday, citing a study by real estate group European Housing Services (EHS).
The fall in prices has led to a two-thirds increase in sales of older flats at national level compared to the year before last, the report found.
However, sales of older apartments in Prague are at their lowest level in four years.
Prices of older flats in the capital stopped falling with the spring and rose one percent quarter-on-quarter to CZK 113,187 per square metre, but still declined by 7.9 percent year-on-year, according to EHS.
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04/23/2023
Benefits are being paid late in some parts of Czechia, causing problems for clients, Czech Television reported. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs pledged in December to solve the problem in the first quarter of this year but failed to do so.
Minister Marian Jurečka has now promised to deal with the matter by May at the latest, Czech TV said.
The state is legally bound to deliver unemployment and social security benefits on time.
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04/22/2023
A one-day national food collection began in Czechia on Saturday morning. Some 1,540 outlets, including online ones, took part in the event, which has been held twice annually since 2019.
The collection is focused on non-perishable foodstuffs and hygiene products, which are later distributed to the needy.
The last such event, in autumn, succeeded in gathering 520 tonnes of goods.
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04/22/2023
Czech trade unions are pushing for an increase in public sector salaries this year in view of the high level of inflation, the Czech News Agency reported. Workers’ leaders are seeking talks on the matter with the leaders of the governing coalition, it said.
Representative Pavel Bednář did not at present wish to say the size of the pay rise the unions wanted.
The Medical Union said at the start of this month that it was demanding a 5 percent increase during 2023.
The government is committed to making massive fiscal savings this year and the minister of labour recently said that he did not see much room for public service salary increases.
Czechia had 15 percent inflation in March, the lowest level in nearly a year.
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04/22/2023
The Prague authorities do not plan to raise the price of individual public transport tickets or long-term travel passes, the deputy mayor in charge of transport, Zdeněk Hřib, told the Czech News Agency.
Mr. Hřib said more attention would be devoted to supporting electronic ticketing, adding that amendments may be introduced to make purchasing e-tickets price advantageous.
Individual tickets for Prague’s public transport system have not increased in price since 2021. Annual travel passes cost CZK 3,650.
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04/22/2023
Some 132 Czechs have secured official permission to fight for Ukraine since Russia invaded the country, the news website iRozhlas.cz reported on Saturday. In all cases they were given the go-ahead by former president Miloš Zeman.
The head of state’s approval is required as it is illegal for Czechs to fight for any other country, with the exception of NATO members or states where they have citizenship.
No applications have been received by the current president, Petr Pavel, since his inauguration last month.
Mr. Zeman and Prime Minister Petr Fiala said they would halt investigations into volunteers who did not receive such approval, but no such cases have yet occurred, iRozhlas.cz said.
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04/22/2023
Ice hockey legend Jaromír Jágr says he will continue playing next season. Jágr, who is 51, made the comment to journalists after his club Kladno – which he also owns – won a playoff for the Czech top flight Extraliga on Friday evening.
The forward has enjoyed a hugely successful career and has the second-most points in NHL history.
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