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08/25/2022
Coronavirus infections have been falling steadily for seven days in a row, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health. Wednesday’s 1,862 new positive cases were 25 percent lower than on the same day the previous week. Hospitalisations with Covid-19 also fell on Wednesday to 829, although the number of patients who require intensive care rose slightly from 33 to 38.
The incidence number, the average number of new cases per 100,000 people, is currently at 105, with Prague being the most heavily affected region and North Bohemia the least.
The positive coronavirus test ratio fell from last Wednesday’s 34.35 percent to 31.26 percent on the same day this week.
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08/24/2022
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský has summoned the Russian Ambassador to Czechia Alexander Zmeyevskiy after Russia accused Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová of supporting terrorism at the UN Security Council. The comment was made by Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, after Defence Minister Černochová said that she did not feel sorry for Daria Dugina, the recently murdered daughter of Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, nor for her father, but rather for the thousands murdered as a result of their propaganda.
Mr Lipavský said that “if Russia wants to talk about terrorism, they should sweep their own doorstep.”
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08/24/2022
Halting the flow of gas supplies from Russia would have a significant macroeconomic impact on Czechia only from the onset of next year’s winter heating season, according to an analysis by the country’s Finance Ministry. Czech GDP in 2023 would fall by 2.9 percent as a result of the gas cuts. Meanwhile, in 2024, the damage would be equivalent of up to 1.6 percent of GDP.
According to the Ministry of Finance, Czechia’s households and industry are not in danger of being impacted by gas cuts this year due to the accumulation of sufficient reserves and the renting out of LNG terminals abroad.
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08/24/2022
The government is set to discuss lowering the number of civil servants at this Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, the Czech News Agency reports citing Vice-Premier and Labour Minister Marian Jurečka.
The announcement comes after the government agreed to raise public sector tariff salaries for all workers who have not yet seen their earnings rise since the beginning of this year. The raise is expected to benefit around 365,000 public sector employees and will cost the government CZK 1.1 billion, Mr Jurečka said.
The minister said that cutting civil service jobs must go hand-in-hand with the above measures as well as digitization, and that the cuts should be implemented from January of 2023.
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08/24/2022
Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela is considering calling an extraordinary meeting of the EU’s energy council, the Czech News Agency reported on Wednesday. The council would primarily be concerned with the current high energy prices – a Europe-wide problem that requires a Europe-wide solution, the minister said. He added that one of the possible solutions to the problem could be the setting of a maximum price for energy.
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08/24/2022
A ship from Hamburg, loaded with a 9.8 ton bell arrived in Prague on Wednesday. The bell is a symbolic replacement for the many church bells that were melted down by the Nazis during World War II. The arrival of the ship took place exactly 80 years after the last confiscated bell transport left the then Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia heading for Hamburg, news site DeníkN.cz reports.
The bell was cast in Austria by the Grassmayr workshop upon the initiative of the group Zvon #9801. The bell’s weight, 9,801 kilograms, is equivalent to the weight of all the bells in Bohemia and Moravia that were confiscated.
A ceremonial unveiling of the bell at the Čapadlo on Smetana embankment will take place at 7pm on Sunday, August 28.
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08/24/2022
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed that households be sent a savings tariff worth CZK 2,000 to help with energy costs this winter. If one were to add the waiver on renewables to the support package, some households could receive up to CZK 6,000 from the government, the Czech News Agency reports.
Further support is set to be provided by the government at the beginning of next year. In total, households with low energy consumption should receive CZK 11,000, those with medium consumption around CZK 14,000 to 15,000 and those with the highest rates of consumption CZK 18,000, Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela said on Wednesday.
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08/24/2022
Thursday will see temperatures range around 26 degrees Celsius with overcast skies and rainfall expected above the western and central parts of the country.
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08/24/2022
Czechia has supplied military materiel worth CZK 3.8 billion to Ukraine, Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová announced on Wednesday. However, she refused to provide further detail for security reasons.
Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Czechia has sent Ukraine military hardware such as T-72 tanks, Mi-24 gunships, rocket-propelled grenades, and howitzer artillery pieces.
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08/24/2022
Prague will host an informal meeting of EU defence ministers next week, the country’s Deputy Defence Minister Daniel Blažkovec told the Czech News Agency on Wednesday. Topics of discussion will include the future of the European training mission in Mali, as well as further support for Ukraine and the possibility of joint military hardware purchases.
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov will be attending the meeting virtually as well.
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