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12/09/2022
The Volkswagen Group has postponed its decision on the placement of a factory for electric car batteries in Eastern Europe by several months. In a statement for the ctk news agency Škoda Auto spokesman Pavel Jína said that given the current energy crisis there was no need to act immediately. Volkswagen was originally expected to announce its decision on where it would build the factory on Friday, December 16. Czechia is among the locations being considered for the plant which should start producing batteries in 2027.
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12/08/2022
Friday should be mostly overcast with rain or snow showers and day temperatures between -1 and 4 degrees Celsius.
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12/08/2022
An increasing number of Czechs have started buying medicines including prescription drugs over the Internet, the daily Hospodarske noviny reports, pointing to the health hazards this presents. The increase in sales of drugs over the Internet is driven by the ongoing global drugs shortage. The State Institute for Drug Control has also warned against this trend saying that medicines bought on the Internet may not be reliable or suitable for the given patient. It points out that vendors also face fines because reselling medicines can be illegal. An increasing number of drugs have become unavailable in recent months, both on prescription and over the counter.
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12/08/2022
Around 30 percent of Czech households may fall into poverty next year as a result of the sharp increase in energy prices and rising housing costs. Despite caps approved by the government, housing costs could account for up to 34 percent of their monthly income, according to an analysis by PAQ Research based on data from the Czech Statistics Office on household energy consumption. Households with children, or the poorer half of them, are expected to be hit the hardest. Calculations show that the number of families with children whose housing expenses will account for more than 30 percent of their income will increase. Currently, this affects 23 per cent of people, but after the New Year the proportion could rise to 31 per cent. A quarter of families will be left with less than CZK 3 000 per person a month, or CZK 100 per day, after paying for food and housing.
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12/08/2022
Tax revenues will increase by 15 percent this year and 10 percent next year, basically copying inflation, Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura said at a conference of the Union of Towns and Municipalities on Thursday. He also pointed out that state budget expenditures are now growing much faster than revenues due to mandatory budget expenditures. In a related news report, the National Budget Council warned on Thursday that high inflation will necessitate a pension hike that will require an extra CZK 20 billion that is not in next year's draft budget projections.
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12/08/2022
The enlargement of the passport-free Schengen Area to Croatia is almost certain, but the debate on admitting Romania and Bulgaria is expected to be long and complicated, Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said ahead of Thursday’s EU debate on the matter. Czechia is supporting all three bids. The extension of the free movement zone to Bulgaria and Romania, which have both met the necessary conditions, has met with strong resistance from Austria, which fears an increase in the number of migrants who have been streaming to the EU illegally via the Balkans. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner confirmed on arrival at the meeting that Vienna does not intend to support the entry of Romania and Bulgaria.
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12/08/2022
An international rail corridor between Austria and Poland was brought to a halt on Thursday morning following two accidents at a level crossing at the village of Moravský Písek in the Moravian Silesian Region.
A railway administration spokesperson said that a passenger train had derailed near Moravský Písek and in the same moment a person was hit and killed by a freight train.
Substitute bus transport was introduced to replace local train services but international trains were set to be delayed on the route for some time.
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12/08/2022
Prime Minister Petr Fiala says he will nominate Tomáš Pojar for the new post of national security advisor. Speaking on CNN Prima News Mr. Fiala said the cabinet would discuss at its next meeting the creation of such a position, which was recommended by the State Security Council on Wednesday.
Mr. Pojar is at present the prime minister’s advisor on foreign affairs and security matters.
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12/07/2022
A Prague district court handed a former MP, Lubomír Volný, a two-year suspended sentence for spreading false alarm on Wednesday. The conviction comes after Mr. Volný stated on social media that people could die because of a campaign of discrimination against the drug ivermectin.
He had promoted the anti-parasite drug, which is not registered in Czechia, as a treatment for Covid-19.
Mr. Volný was elected as a member of Tomio Okamura’s anti-EU Freedom and Direct Democracy but later quit and formed his own grouping. Police also investigated statements he made online following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including expressions of admiration for Vladimir Putin and calling Volodymr Zelensky a mass murderer.
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12/07/2022
Most Czechs would favour an easing of the current legalisation on the possession and cultivation of marijuana, suggests a study by the firm Behavio for the group Charta 420, who support calls from the national anti-drug coordinator, Jindřich Vobořil, for soft drug liberalisation.
The survey indicates that two out of three Czechs agree with the decriminalisation of cannabis and the regulation of the sale of marijuana to adults.
One-quarter of those questioned said they would leave current law in the area in place, while 3 percent want tougher regulations on drug use, the study suggests.
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