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11/27/2022
Saturday afternoon saw a demonstration against the current government on Prague’s Letná plain. According to police spokesman Jan Daněk the demonstration, which was organized by a group called the National recovery council, was attended by hundreds of people.
Protestors called for lower energy and food prices as well as for bringing down inflation. Aside from wanting the resignation of the Petr Fiala led cabinet, the leadership of the largest Czech energy conglomerate ČEZ and of the Energy Regulatory Office, the demonstrators also called for lowering energy prices to EUR 100 per Megawatt hour with Czech electricity only being sold on the local state market. Anti-US slogans could also be seen on the banners displayed by the protestors, Czech Television reports.
Speaking to the same TV network on Sunday, Prime Minister Petr Fiala ruled out any further lowering of energy price caps.
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11/27/2022
Czechs are marking the First Sunday Advent on November 27. The date is traditionally associated with the Chrsitian faith, marking the first of four Sunday’s before the beginning of Christmas proper. While Czechia now belongs to one of the most atheistic countries in Europe, many Czechs still mark the event by lighting the first candle on the traditional advent wreath.
The First Sunday Advent also tends to mark the beginning of the Christmas shopping fever. This weekend saw many Christmas markets open across the country, including on Prague’s Old Town and Wenceslas Squares.
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11/26/2022
Karel Diviš, Karel Janeček, Tomáš Březina and Pavel Zítko, all men who intend to run for the office of President of Czechia but were deemed by the Ministry of Interior not to have fulfilled the requirements have announced that they will appeal the decision to the Supreme Administrative Court. It is the standard procedure in such a situation.
Each candidate was required to have fulfilled one of three conditions. Namely to hand in verifiable signatures of either 10 senators, 20 members of the Chamber of Deputies, or 50,000 signatures from ordinary citizens supporting their candidacy.
Karel Diviš lacked just 116 signatures to pass the threshold and says that he has a sufficient number that he chose not to hand in to cover this difference. Meanwhile, Karel Janeček handed in over 73,000 signatures, but only 48,091 were verified by the ministry. Mr Březina missed the threshold by more than 4,000 verified signatures but told Czech Television that he will appeal. The tv station reported on Saturday that an appeal will also be made by Pavel Zítko.
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11/26/2022
Interior Minister Vít Rakušan stated on Saturday that he intends to discuss within his ministry the preparations regarding changes in the law on the election of the country’s head of state. The discussions are to take place after the upcoming presidential election. He said that different interpretations of the current law can lead to questions that are now only solvable via a Supreme Administrative Court decision.
Among the issues within the current legislation is the question of whether a deputy in the lower-house or a senator can sign more than one candidate lists. Another issue of contention is whether signatures from senators and deputies who are no longer in that function but where when they signed the candidate list are still valid.
The statement comes after the ministry announced which prospective candidates fulfilled the legal requirements to run for office.
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11/26/2022
Sunday should see temperatures range around 4 degrees Celsius with overcast skies.
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11/26/2022
The American streaming platform Netflix is planning to film a documentary about Czech businessman Radovan Krejčíř, who is currently serving time in a South African prison, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday citing the site News 365. Netflix is currently in talks with Mr Krejčíř’s legal representatives and a member of the streaming platform’s production has met with the convict in Pretoria Central Prison.
Radovan Krejčíř made his fortune during the 1990s mainly through the coupon privatisation scheme. He has faced charges of organising the murder of a customs officer, abduction and fraud. He then moved to South Africa where he got involved in the local underworld and became connected with several local murder investigations.
Two Czech films were made about Mr Krejčíř in 2015.
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11/26/2022
A basic legislation proposal for introducing a regulated cannabis market in Czechia should be finished by the end of March, the country’s National Drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil said on Friday after a meeting of experts.
The proposal should lay the foundations for the rules of handing licenses to producers, distributors and sellers, as well as to the formation of so-called cannabis clubs and the cultivation of cannabis.
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11/26/2022
Saturday’s opening of the Christmas market on Old Town Square in the centre of Prague drew great crowds of visitors, the Czech News Agency reports. Hundreds were pouring in by the hour and the square was full when the 25m high spruce tree.was lit up. The market opened up this weekend after a two-year-long pandemic hiatus.
Aside from being able to buy gifts and refreshments, visitors to the market are also be able to see a variety of shows, including folklore and dance ensembles from Czechia and abroad. Childrens workshops during mid-day hours are another feature of the program. The market will be open until the Epiphany on January 6.
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11/25/2022
After meeting with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Friday, Czechia’s head of diplomacy, Jan Lipavský, said that next year should see the two countries take steps to deepen their cooperation in the areas of energy, health and defence industries.
The Czech foreign minister also praised Jordan’s approach to the large number of refugees that have fled to the country due to nearby conflicts. He added that Jordan is an interesting and developing market for Czech companies, with mutual trade between the two countries having an annual turnover of around CZK 22 billion.
Foreign Minister Safadi said that he also sees opportunities for the two countries in areas such as renewables, ecology or water management. He also called on Czechia and the European Union to take part in finding a solution to the refugee crisis in the region.
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11/25/2022
The Ministry of Interior announced the list of candidates who have fulfilled the necessary legal conditions to be able to run for the position of President of Czechia in next year’s January election.
A total of 21 candidates handed in requests to the ministry. However, only nine passed. These were ANO party leader Andrej Babiš, member of the Chamber of Deputies Jaroslav Bašta, senators Pavel Fischer and Marek Hilšer, former Mendel University rector Danuše Nerudová, retired general Petr Pavel, Denisa Rohanová, who heads ČAP – an association focused on helping debtors, trade union leader Josef Středula, former Charles University rector Tomáš Zima.
Each candidate was required to have fulfilled one of three conditions: the signatures of 10 senators, the signatures of 20 members of the Chamber of Deputies, or 50,000 signatures from ordinary citizens supporting their candidacy.
Those publically known candidates who did not succeed include billionaire Karel Janeček, who drew attention for his expensive and often unorthodox campaign style, or IT businessman Karel Diviš. They both missed the necessary citizen support threshold by less than 2,000 signatures.
Those candidates whom the Ministry of Interior did not deem to have fulfilled the conditions are able to make an appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court by November 30.
Earlier on Friday, Andrej Babiš, who is currently polling in second place behind front-runner Petr Pavel, announced that he will not be taking part in any presidential debates this year. He has also not yet confirmed whether he will be taking part in the January debate between the candidates on Czech Television, saying that he is yet to discuss his campaign strategy with his team
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