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11/13/2022
Czechia have been knocked out in the semi-finals of tennis’s Billie Jean King Cup team competition in Scotland’s Glasgow after losing to Switzerland. The Karolína Muchová lost the opening singles game 4-6 4-6 to Viktorija Golubic before Karolína Plíšková was beaten 2-6 6-7 by Belinda Bencic.
A third, doubles match was not played as the Swiss already had an unassailable lead.
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11/12/2022
The Czech minister of health, Vlastimil Válek, says those who test positive for Covid-19 may not need to enter isolation in future. Mr. Válek made the comment in Brno, where he was speaking at a doctors’ congress.
He told journalists that it was not a political question but a matter for experts from the National Institute for Pandemic Management. As soon as they recommend such a change, the coronavirus will be removed from a list of diseases requiring isolation, he said.
Mr. Válek said he could imagine the move being made in the first half of next year.
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11/12/2022
The head of the Czech Medical Chamber, Milan Kubek, has slammed the approach of the country’s Ministry of Health as arrogant. Speaking at a congress of the professional grouping in Brno on Saturday, Mr. Kubek said the ministry had ignored its feedback on a draft decree on insurance coverage.
The chamber’s leaders had already stated that they were opposed to the draft decree, which the Ministry of Health says will guarantee that health facilities’ get an 8 percent rise in reimbursements from insurance companies next year. The professional association had pushed for a rise of 13 percent.
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11/12/2022
The Czech foreign minister, Jan Lipavský, has called on China to explain the existence of two Chinese unofficial "police stations" in Prague, Deník N. reported on Saturday. The news site and the organisation Sinopsis revealed the presence of such Chinese “stations” last month and they are reportedly now being investigated by the Czech secret services and the Ministry of Foreign Ministry.
Last week the Netherlands ordered the closure of similar places on its territory, Deník N said.
The two Chinese unofficial police stations operate in the centre of Prague; the country’s nationals turn to them when they for instance lose documents or become the victims of crimes.
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11/12/2022
Czech medical and social services unions say they are opposed to the commercialisation of healthcare or the creation of a multi-tiered system where wealthier people could receive better treatment. The unions passed a resolution to that effect at a congress in Prague.
They have also demanded support for spa care and want the state to again issue subsidies for vouchers for spa and rehabilitation care for health and social services employees.
In addition the unions called for the government to increase the minimum wage by CZK 2,000 a month from next year and to increase public service pay by 10 percent.
Last week the Czech minister of health, Vlastimil Válek, said there should be a discussion about bringing back paid “extras” in healthcare, admitting that this would create a two-tier system.
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11/12/2022
A national food collection began at over 1,400 shops around Czechia on Saturday morning. Durable goods and toiletries collected during the day will go to the stores of food banks, where they will be used to help seniors, singles mothers, the handicapped, disadvantages families and children in care homes. This is the autumn round of collecting.
The head of the Czech Federation of Food Banks says there has been a marked increase in the organisation’s clients this year due to a sharp rise in food and energy costs.
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11/12/2022
Czechia have reached the semi-finals at the Billie Jean King Cup in Glasgow after beating the US team 2:1 on Friday evening. The decisive second point in the Group D clash was won by Kateřina Siniaková, who beat world number seven Cori Gauf 7-6 6-1. Markéta Vondroušová had earlier overcome Danielle Collins 6-3 6-3.
The Americans took a consolation point in the closing doubles, when Madison Keys and Taylor Townsend beat Karolína Plíšková and Karolína Muchová in two sets.
Czechia will now take on Switzerland for a place in the final.
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11/12/2022
It should be mainly bright in Czechia on Sunday, with an average high temperature of 10 degrees Celsius. Similar temperatures are expected at the start of the new week.
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11/11/2022
Czech car-maker Škoda increased its global sales by 29 percent year-on-year in October to 60,800 vehicles, the parent company Volkswagen announced on Friday. The Czech manufacturer posted one of the best results of the entire group, which is the largest carmaker in Europe.
Between January and October of this year, Škoda's sales amounted to 605,400 vehicles, down by 19.1 percent on the previous year. The results were still affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Volkswagen delivered 388,600 passenger cars to customers in October, a year-on-year increase of 7.7 percent. However, year-on-year, its sales are down by 10 per cent.
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11/11/2022
German police arrested 70 Czech citizens for trafficking and smuggling methamphetamine last year, according to its annual report on drug crime, released on Friday.
The number of recorded crimes related to the trafficking and smuggling of methamphetamine in Germany rose by 10 percent year-on-year.
German police officers seized some 363 kilograms of methamphetamine, known as pervitin in Czechia, which is 25 percent more than last year.
According to the report, shipments of the drug were often discovered during transit through Germany en route from countries where the narcotics were produced, such as Czechia.
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