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11/29/2022
Wednesday should be overcast around most of the country with some drizzle and day temperatures between 1 and 5 degrees Celsius.
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11/29/2022
Police have charged nearly 50 people in Czechia in connection with the war in Ukraine since the conflict broke out in February. According to police spokesman Ondrej Moravčík, most of the charges are related to support for the Russian aggression, expressed primarily on social media and the internet. A verdict has been passed in about ten of those cases, in which the people charged were either acquitted or given financial penalties.
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11/29/2022
Soaring inflation and energy prices have resulted in fewer people contributing to charity or contributing less, according to the results of a survey conducted by the IPSOS polling agency. Close to half of Czechs contribute to charity in spite of their higher living expenditures, but 15 percent admit they have had to cut back on financial assistance for people in need. Many say they try to make up for it by helping in other ways. The vast majority of Czechs are used to contributing to charity; three quarters of them do so or would like to do so. Only a quarter say they do not help at all.
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11/29/2022
The number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in Czechia between January and October of this year was about 18 percent higher than in the same period last year, the National Institute of Health said in a press release on World AIDS Day on Tuesday. Health officials have registered 249 cases of HIV so far this year. More than half of the positive cases registered are foreign nationals. There are moreover another 537 HIV positive persons, including children, among the Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Czechia since the war started. These cases are registered separately. Most of them knew about their condition and are receiving treatment.
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11/29/2022
The minister of labour and social affairs, Marián Jurečka, has proposed increasing the minimum monthly wage by 1,100 crowns to 17,300 crowns from January of next year. The 6.8 percent proposed increase is higher than originally envisaged due to high inflation and predictions that it will continue to rise next year. The proposed hike will now be debated by trade unions and employers' representatives.
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11/29/2022
Real wages in the Czech Republic are falling the most out of any OECD country since the state was founded, according to an analysis by the company Cyrrus. The analysis shows that real wages fell by 8.3 percent this year and that the average Czech full-time employee would have needed to have saved CZK 40,000 during 2022 to maintain the same standard of living as they previously enjoyed.
The report says the reason for the real wage decline is high inflation caused by Russia's war in Ukraine and the resulting geopolitical conflict between the West and Russia, as well as the after-effects of the covid-19 pandemic.
Based on its statistical model, the analysis estimates that the real wage decline will manifest itself between 2022 and 2024 in an increase in the number of thefts, divorces, and suicides, as well as a rise in the number of young people who are neither in school or employed, higher alcohol consumption, and a decrease in trust in the government.
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11/29/2022
Czech President Miloš Zeman has approved a windfall tax for banks and energy, oil and mining companies that will take effect from next year. The tax will be at a rate of 60 percent and will apply to excess profit that industries seen as benefitting from the energy crisis are currently enjoying. The government anticipates that the new tax will bring in about CZK 45 billion to the state budget in 2023. This money is intended to cover the extra costs that the state is incurring with regards to the setting of energy price caps.
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11/28/2022
Tuesday is expected to be cold and overcast with day temperatures between 3 and 5 degrees Celsius.
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11/28/2022
Forum Karlín has cancelled upcoming concerts by two Russian artists, both of whom openly support Russia's war in Ukraine, after criticism on social media at the decision to allow them to perform in the Czech Republic. Among the critics was former Ukrainian ambassador to the Czech Republic and current Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Perebyinis.
Russian singers Grigory Leps and Stas Mikhaylov were scheduled to perform at the music venue in Prague next spring. In May of this year, Leps visited the Russian-occupied Donbas region and voiced his support for the local separatists.
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11/28/2022
The fifth edition of the Czech Space Week festival began in Prague on Monday. The event, organised by the Ministry of Transport together with the CzechInvest agency and the Prague Planetarium and Observatory takes place over five days and will showcase innovations in the Czech space industry. This year, there will be a particular focus on cooperation with African countries and the Middle East.
One of the main events is Space2Business, an industry day for space companies, investors and start-ups, which includes an international conference, a B2B section and a trade fair. The aim is to support entrepreneurship in the space industry and create new business partnerships.
The festival is taking place until Friday.
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