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01/21/2023
The wife of presidential candidate and ANO party leader Andrej Babiš has received an envelope with a bullet and an anonymous note full of insults, Mr. Babiš announced at a press conference on Saturday.
Mr Babiš said he had contacted the police, who started to investigate the matter. He also said he considered it a threat to his family, which is afraid for its life.
Mr Babiš called on the chairmen of the ruling coalition parties and his rival in the second round, Petr Pavel, whom he repeatedly described as the coalition’s candidate, to urge their supporters not to attack voters of parties with different views.
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01/21/2023
A new survey by the CVVM agency suggests that Czechs’ trust in the political representatives slightly increased at the end of last year. However, they still earned trust of less than 40 percent of the population.
According to the survey, President Miloš Zeman was trusted by 38 percent of respondents, deputies received a 34 percent backing and trust in the cabinet reached 33 percent.
Local government officials - mayors and municipal councils – traditionally enjoy the highest backing of around 70 percent. The overall satisfaction with the political situation remains low.
The survey was carried out between November 11 and January 9.
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01/21/2023
Fresh snow and icy roads are complicating traffic around the country on Saturday, especially in the Moravian-Silesian region. Although maintenance crews have been working around the clock there may be snow drifts and ice on less frequented roads.
Heavy snowfall has already brought up to 20 centimetres of fresh snow in the mountainous areas and more snow is expected in the course of the day. Drivers heading for the mountain regions have been asked to exercise extreme caution. Weather experts have also warned against strong winds.
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01/21/2023
Fire-fighters and veterinarians have begun culling 23,000 ducks at a poultry farm in Dobřenice near the east Bohemian town of Hradec Králové, after tests confirmed the presence of the H5N1 type of bird flu virus.
The eggs from the farm owned by the company Perena, one of Europe’s largest duck hatcheries, will also have to be disposed of.
This year’s tenth outbreak of the avian influenza, which is fatal to birds, was recorded at the farm on Thursday. Outdoor breeding of poultry has been prohibited in the country since December 14 due to the epidemic.
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01/21/2023
Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtová advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday after defeating her compatriot Markéta Vondroušová 7-5 2-6 6-3.The 17-year-old, who is the youngest woman remaining in the draw, will next face Croatian Donna Vekic.
Karolína Plíšková overcame Varvara Gracheva of Russia 6-4, 6-2 and will next meet Zhang Shuai for a place in the quarterfinals.
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01/20/2023
Miloš Zeman has granted a presidential pardon to Jana Nečasová (formerly Nagyová), a former chief prime ministerial aide, who received a suspended sentence in a military intelligence abuse case which contributed to the fall of the government in 2013.
The wife of former Prime Minister Petr Nečas was sentenced to three years in prison in 2017 with a five-year suspended sentence and a 10-year ban on holding senior positions in the state administration.
She was found guilty of abusing her public position by ordering the army’s intelligence service to spy on Mr. Nečas’ then-wife. By obtaining information about her supposed infidelity, she wanted to hasten Nečas’s divorce.
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01/20/2023
Saturday will be mostly overcast with occasional snow showers, especially in the mountainous areas, where up to 15 centimetres is expected to fall by Sunday morning. Day temperatures will range between -2 and 2 °C.
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01/20/2023
The rare white-tailed eagle has been spotted in the former military area in Milovice in central Bohemia in recent weeks, Dalibor Dostál from the NGO Česká Krajina reported on Friday.
The largest domestic bird of prey has almost disappeared from Czech nature in the last century, but in recent decades its number have been increasing. Currently, an estimated 500 to 600 sea eagles live in Czechia. The Milovice nature reserve is probably part of their wintering grounds.
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01/20/2023
Sales of second-hand cars in Czechia dropped by 10.4 percent to 661,000 vehicles in 2022, according to an analysis by Cebia, which monitors the origin of cars on Czech roads. The sales were affected by high inflation, which caused a drop in demand in the second half of the year.
Imports of second-hand cars have slowed down by 13.2 percent year-on-year to 161,186 vehicles, while the average age of the cars has increased to 10.8 years.
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01/20/2023
Some 59 percent of Czechs are worried about rising costs of food and housing within the next three months, according to a new survey carried out by the Ipsos agency. At the same time, the number of people concerned about high inflation is the lowest since November 2021.
The survey also shows that a fifth of Czech households do not have a financial reserve in case of unexpected expenses or loss of income. Households of single parents, people with lower incomes and those with lower education are particularly at risk.
Inflation in Czechia slowed to 15.8 percent in December from 16.2 percent in November. The average inflation rate for 2022 stood at 15.1 percent, which is the second highest figure in the country’s modern history.
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