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10/28/2022
An installation unveiled on the building of the Czech Interior Ministry on Prague's Letná street, on Czechoslovak Independence Day, features the Czech and Ukrainian flags together with a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin zipped up in a black cadaver pouch. According to Interior Minister Vít Rakušan the installation is to say who is Czechia’s friend and who has made himself an enemy.
Minister Rakušan wrote on Twitter that freedom and democracy could not be taken for granted and Czechs must show courage and resilience in this difficult period, just as the founders of Czechoslovakia did in 1918.
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10/28/2022
ANO leader Andrej Babiš has said he will announce his party’s candidate for president at a press briefing in Prague on Monday. Mr. Babiš has refused to disclose whether he himself will run for the post. The deadline for submitting candidacies expires on November 8. Opinion surveys indicate that support for the ANO party leader, who was earlier considered one of the hot contestants, has been sliding and his chances of winning the election are now slim.
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10/28/2022
The First Czechoslovak Republic was a success story thanks to personalities such as Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová said on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the establishment of the former common state of Czechs and Slovaks. According to Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, the Czechoslovak federation helped the Slovak language, culture and education to flourish. Leading Slovak politicians and cultural figures on Friday laid wreaths at the monument to Czechoslovak statehood and at the statue of Czechoslovak co-founder Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
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10/28/2022
Several institutions in Czechia are marking the public holiday by opening their normally inaccessible premises to the public for free. People can visit the seats of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The government's Liechtenstein and Hrzán Palace have also opened their doors to the public, as has the newly reconstructed Skoda Palace and Clam-Gallas Palace. Prague Castle has opened its newly-reconstructed Deer Moat (Jelení příkop) to visitors over the extended weekend.
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10/28/2022
MP Jiří Navrátil of the Christian Democrats is the country’s first member of parliament to come out as gay. In an interview for Seznam.cz, Mr. Navratil spoke openly about his sexuality and criticized the discrimination faced by members of the LGBT community in this country. He said what prompted him to speak out was the recent homophobic murder of two gay men in Slovakia. The tragedy resonated strongly in Czechia where several thousand people gathered on Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Wednesday to raise their voice against homophobia. They blamed the Czech and Slovak governments for dragging their feet in giving LGBT people equal rights, which they say fueled prejudices and hatred against them.
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10/28/2022
People around the country are celebrating Czechoslovak Independence Day, marking the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918. The country’s top officials, representatives of the army, church dignitaries and cultural figures attended a ceremony at Prague’s Vitkov Memorial on Friday morning, laying wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to pay homage to those who laid down their lives for the country. Commemorative ceremonies were also held at the graveside of the country’s first president, Tomáš .G. Masaryk in Lany and his statue on Hradčany Square. Smaller-scale celebrations have been taking place around the country including outdoor happenings, lantern parades and concerts.
The celebrations will culminate with an award giving ceremony at Prague Castle on Friday evening at which President Zeman will present high state distinctions to outstanding personalities from different walks of life. The list of laureates for 2022 is being kept under wraps but it has been officially announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will receive the Order of the White Lion, the highest state honour in the Czech Republic, in absentia. Among those expected to get state distinctions are Ivan Lendl and the late Ivana Trump.
The public holiday has also been marked by anti-government demonstrations in Prague, Brno, Ostrava and a number of other cities. The protests are linked to the energy crisis and soaring inflation. Police are out in force to maintain order.
In Prague tens of thousands of protesters gathered on Wenceslas Square to call for the demise of the Fiala government. They held up slogans reading “Czechia First” and slammed the administration for helping Ukraine beyond the country’s means and neglecting its own citizens.
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10/27/2022
The EU Council, chaired by the Czech Republic, finalised the details of the combustion engine car ban with the European Parliament on Thursday. The new rules require carmakers to reach a zero-emission target by 2035 and effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars after this date. The purchase of used cars manufactured before 2035 will not be subject to the ban. Emissions are to be reduced by 55 per cent already by 2030.
The EU Council represents the union's member states and is currently presided over by Czechia.
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10/27/2022
Friday should be overcast with day temperatures between 11 and 18 degrees Celsius. No rain is expected.
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10/27/2022
The new Chinese ambassador to Czechia, Feng Piao, and the new Spanish ambassador, Moreno Humet, were sworn in by President Miloš Zeman before his meeting with foreign diplomats on Thursday afternoon at Prague Castle.
The meeting between the head of state and foreign diplomats to Czechia is traditionally held on the eve of the national holiday celebrating the anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia on October 28. Last year and the year before, however, the event did not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic and the president's hospitalisation.
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10/27/2022
The government has agreed to extend controls at the border with Slovakia for another 15 days, meaning the checks will now last until November 12. Transport Minister Martin Kupka said before the government meeting to discuss the issue that the number of incoming refugees could increase again if Czechia waived the controls.
Border controls were first introduced at the end of September due to an increasing number of migrants using Czechia as a transit stop on the so-called "Balkan route", on their way to western European countries, mainly Germany. The controls were originally supposed to last until October 8, but were later extended to October 28. After this most recent extension, the government would only be able to approve another two-week extension one more time, as any extension beyond November 28 would require the approval of the European Commission.
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