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02/04/2023
Thousands of people flocked to Open Hangar Day at the military reserve airport in Líně near Plzěn on Saturday, where Volkswagen is considering building a so-called "gigafactory" for electric car batteries. The organisers of the event say it is not a protest against the construction of the factory, but is rather intended to support the preservation of the airport and to make the public realize how sad it would be if the region were to lose it.
Transport Minister Martin Kupka also came to the site at the invitation of the organisers. He said that the construction of the factory is a great opportunity for Czechia and the transformation of its car industry.
The airport is closely associated with the history of aviation in West Bohemia, which started in Plzěn after the First World War. According to the organisers, the large number of visitors, estimated at around 15,000, is proof of the public's support and interest in the airport.
Volkswagen is due to announce by the end of March whether it will build the factory in Líně or rather in one of the other possible locations in either Poland, Slovakia or Hungary. Construction is slated to start at the end of 2024.
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02/04/2023
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research division of the Economist Group, which publishes the weekly newspaper The Economist, has increased Czechia's ranking in its 2022 Democracy Index by four places compared to 2021.
The index measures the state of democracy in 167 countries and territories around the world by giving them a score and dividing them into four categories — full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes and authoritarian regimes. Czechia is classed as a "democracy with flaws", but has the highest score out of this group of countries together with Greece.
Czechia improved its ranking to 25th place and received a score of 7.97, where a score higher than eight is required to move to the "full democracy" classification.
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02/04/2023
A discount on insurance premiums for some part-time employees has started to apply, Czech Television reported on Saturday. Employers can now claim a premium discount for those with part-time contracts of eight to thirty hours a week. The discount applies to all part-time employees who are over 55, under 21, caring for children under 10, disabled, or newly retrained.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has stated that it hopes to motivate employers to hire more part-time workers in order to to help people balance family and work life.
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02/04/2023
The heads of parliament of the Visegrad Four countries, comprised of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, have agreed to continue their military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The topic was discussed at a meeting in Bratislava on Friday, attended by the head of the Czech Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, and the Speaker of the House, Markéta Pekarová Adamová.
Ms Pekarová Adamová told reporters that Ukraine is not only defending its sovereignty, but also making sure that the conflict with Russia does not spill over its borders.
The heads of parliaments also discussed illegal migration and the energy crisis.
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02/04/2023
The rules for regulating the sale of the addictive substance commonly known as kratom are now being finalised, Czech Television reported on Saturday. The new legislation is mainly intended to ban sales of the substance to people under the age of eighteen. At the moment, selling kratom is still unrestricted in Czechia and so it is freely available in shops and vending machines, which are often near schools. According to addictologists, it can often cause addiction in children as well as adults.
Kratom is a herbal leaf from a tree of the Rubiaceae (coffee) family, whose crushed leaves are used as an alternative medicine or recreational drug, and whose risks are being increasingly debated by experts.
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02/04/2023
Singer and actress Naďa Urbanková has died at the age of 83. She passed away on Friday evening of complications from cancer and a recent bout of Covid-19, her daughter, Jana Fabiánová, announced on Facebook on Saturday.
Ms Urbanková had a long and storied career which included winning five Golden Nightingale awards, the third most of any female singer after Hana Zagorová and Lucie Bílá. She performed in the famous Semafor theatre in the 1960s and appeared in several films, including the acclaimed musical If a Thousand Clarinets (Kdyby tisíc klarinetů) and the Oscar-winning Closely Watched Trains. She later collaborated with Jiří Brabec and the Country Beat group, performing at Wembley in London and in Nashville, Tennessee.
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02/04/2023
Tens of thousands of people in Czechia were without electricity on Saturday due to trees falling on power lines as a result of the strong winds and snow. The worst-hit area was the Moravian-Silesian Region, but the Hradec Králové, Central Bohemian, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions were also affected, among others. The number of households without power was down to about 15,000 by the afternoon.
The ČEZ energy group, the largest provider of electricity in Czechia, announced over 130 high voltage failures and dozens more low voltage failures due to trees falling on power lines.
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02/03/2023
Saturday is expected to be overcast with daytime temperatures between -3 and 1 degrees Celsius. Strong winds as well as snow and/or rain are likely to continue throughout Czechia until Saturday afternoon.
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02/03/2023
President Miloš Zeman will meet with his successor Petr Pavel on the morning of Monday, February 13 at the presidential chateau in Lány, Mr Pavel said on Friday at a press conference. He further stated that he was the one to suggest a date to the incumbent head of state and that President Zeman accepted. The president's spokesperson, Jiří Ovčáček, has confirmed the date on his Twitter account.
There had previously been some uncertainty over whether the two would meet before the president-elect's inauguration, with Mr Pavel saying that he expected the current head of state to be the one to initiate such a meeting and that he saw no reason to request one himself.
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02/03/2023
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský is due to fly to North Macedonia on Monday. He will meet with his counterpart Bujar Osmani and other representatives of the country. On the agenda is the development of mutual relations and the integration of North Macedonia into the EU, among other topics.
During the Czech presidency of the EU Council in the second half of last year, EU accession talks began with Albania and North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina also succeeded in gaining candidate status.
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