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Spirits distilled from fruits, such as the famous Czech product slivovice (sometimes anglicised as slivovitz), are expected to increase in price by 15 to 20 percent after the new year, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday. The industry is being heavily affected by rising energy prices, as most distilleries use gas in the production of fruit brandy. In addition, the cost of producing the glass which is used to make bottles for the spirits is also increasing.

Police officers in the Zlín region arrested another 37 migrants in the 24-hour period from 7:00 on Saturday to 7:00 on Sunday, returning nine across the border to Slovakia.

The border with Slovakia is currently being patrolled by hundreds of police officers, assisted by soldiers and customs officers, at 27 former border crossings in the Czech Republic. In the Zlín Region, they are patrolling seven road border crossings and two railway ones.

Increased numbers of migrants have been coming into the region since May, and by September 28, police had registered over 3,150 of them. Controls on the border with Slovakia were reintroduced on September 29 and are supposed to remain there until October 28. Since border checks were introduced, police in the Zlín Region have arrested a total of 1,152 migrants and 14 traffickers, denied entry to the Czech Republic to 96, and returned another 78 to the territory of Slovakia. Migrants detained in the region are transported by the police to a migration centre in Holešov in the Kroměříž region.

Forest Restoration Day, the largest nationwide event of its kind to support forest and landscape restoration, took place in 13 places throughout the Czech Republic between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m on Saturday. The event, organized by the state enterprise Lesy České republiky (Forests of the Czech Republic), invites people to help restore forests and to learn about the work of foresters and the future shape of Czech forests after the bark beetle disaster. In addition to planting trees, volunteers help with, for example, measuring wood and building fences around new saplings. There are also programs for children on how foresters plan to return owls and raptors to the forests.

The bark beetle epidemic broke out in full force in Czech forests in 2018 and reached its peak in 2020. The first Forest Restoration Day was held in October 2019 and 32,000 people took part. It did not take place in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic, but last year, it was held for the second time and almost 13,000 people came and planted 69,000 trees. The event takes place in every region except Prague. 

Police officers in the Zlín region arrested another 22 migrants in the 24-hour period from 7:00 on Friday to 7:00 on Saturday, returning two across the border to Slovakia.

The border with Slovakia is currently being patrolled by hundreds of police officers, assisted by soldiers and customs officers, at 27 former border crossings in the Czech Republic. In the Zlín Region, they are patrolling seven road border crossings and two railway ones.

Increased numbers of migrants have been coming into the region since May, and by September 28, police had registered over 3,150 of them. Controls on the border with Slovakia were reintroduced on September 29 and are supposed to remain there until October 28. Since border checks were introduced, police in the Zlín Region have arrested a total of 1,115 migrants and 14 traffickers, denied entry to the Czech Republic to 96, and returned another 69 to the territory of Slovakia. Migrants detained in the region are transported by the police to a migration centre in Holešov in the Kroměříž region.