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03/23/2023
Within a few weeks, Czech citizens will be able to use digital prescriptions issued by their doctor when visiting a pharmacy in another EU country, such as Croatia, Poland or Spain, the head of the State Institute for Drug Control, Irena Storová, said at a press conference on Thursday.
Similarly, foreigners from these countries will be able to retrieve electronically prescribed medicine in Czechia. Currently, they are only allowed to pick up medicines in the EU with a printed prescription.
The State Institute for Drug Control will publish a list of facilities in Czechia and foreign countries which will allow the option to use a foreign e-prescription.
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03/23/2023
An RM-70 missile launcher, named Přemysl, purchased with funds from Czech donors, will be handed over to Ukraine in just a few weeks’ time.
The initiative called Gift for Putin, which organizes the collection, has already raised CZK 30 million, it announced on Thursday.
The Czech civic association previously collected money for a tank called Tomáš, which has already been deployed in combat in Ukraine.
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03/23/2023
Czechia’s postal service will abolish 2,269 positions from July, some of which are currently vacant, the company’s spokesman Matyáš Vitík announced on Thursday. Czech Post has not yet identified the specific workers affected by the planned lay-offs.
The move is related to the planned closure of about 300 of the company’s 3,200 branches. According to the daily Mladá fronta Dnes, which refers to a document Czech Post sent to the labour office, the lay-offs will mainly concern counter staff, deliverymen and lower management.
The state-owned company currently employs about 25,000 people.
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03/23/2023
The Czech Republic’s foreign debt fell year-on-year by CZK 65 billion to CZK 4,454 trillion in 2022, according to preliminary data released by the Czech National Bank on Thursday.
The sum represented 65.7 percent of Czechia's GDP. During the last quarter of 2021 alone, the country’s foreign debt rose by CZK 47.9 billion.
The most indebted sector of the Czech economy is the banking sector, which makes up 39.6 percent of the country’s total foreign debt, followed by the government sector with 14.6 percent.
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03/23/2023
President Petr Pavel has signed an amendment to Lex Ukraine, a package of laws providing the legislative framework for assisting Ukrainian war refugees in Czechia, the presidential office announced on Thursday.
As of July, the conditions for eligibility for humanitarian aid will be tightened. New rules will also come into force for the so-called solidarity allowance for the accommodation of Ukrainians with temporary protection visas as well as for free emergency accommodation.
According to the cabinet, the changes are intended to increase the Ukrainian refugees’ share in the cost of living and contribute to their integration into society.
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03/23/2023
The Czech government approved a change to legislation on Wednesday that will prevent Russians and Belarusians who also possess another citizenship from receiving Czech visas, the press office of the Office of Government informs.
The government already decided to halt the issuing to Russian and later Belarussian citizens last year, with the exception of humanitarian cases. The validity of this order is being extended until March of next year.
At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has proposed expanding visa exceptions to Ukrainian citizens, to include the possibility for these national to receive a visa for reasons of connecting families, scientific research and study.
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03/23/2023
Czechia’s president, Petr Pavel, wants to propose a change in legislation that would clarify the transition period between when a candidate is elected as president and when they are inaugurated as the new head of state. Mr Pavel said this in the first episode of a new series of episodes called Podhradí, which aired on YouTube on Wednesday and is expected to be a regular programme.
He said that currently the president-elect does not possess an office, budget, nor any state given authority. According to Pavel this is good on one hand, but it should be legally clarified so that the next head of state has a clearer picture regarding their responsibilities and relevant dates.
President Pavel also stated that his office, which is currently located in Hrzánsky Palace near Hradčany square, should be set up at Prague Castle by the end of March.
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03/22/2023
Agriculture businesses in Czechia registered a 142 percent increase in profits last year, from CZK 9.1 billion in 2021 to CZK 22 billion in 2022, the Agricultural Association of the Czech Republic announced on Wednesday. The profits were largely down to the rise commodity purchasing prices and the fact that farmers were using fertilizers that were purchased before the energy crisis.
Next year, the association expects profits to fall significantly, due to an inevitable rise in costs.
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03/22/2023
A Czech medic who suffered serious injuries in the Donbass region, Ukraine, was transported to Kyiv on Tuesday where he is being cared for by medical personnel, the Czech News Agency reports citing the spokesman of the organisation under which the individual worked. He said that the medic’s serious condition currently makes it impossible for him to be moved to Czechia.
The man was injured by shrapnel last week. His condition is currently stable, the spokesman said.
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03/22/2023
June’s IFSC Climbing World Cup, that is set to take place on Prague’s Letná plain, will feature Czechia’s best climbers, including four-time world champion Adam Ondra, the head of the Czech Mountaineering Association, Jan Bloudek, said at a press conference on Wednesday. He said that preparations for the tournament have been in full swing for over half a year already. The full list of foreign contestants is not yet known, but organisers expect it will feature major stars as well.
The last time that Czechia hosted the competition was in 2009 in Brno. However, last year the country was the venue of the IFSC Europe Cup in 2022, which Bloudek says was a great success and helped Prague secure this year’s competition.
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