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08/23/2022
Actress Dagmar Havlová has ended her engagement at Prague’s Vinohrady Theatre after 43 years. The widow of late president Václav Havel confirmed her decision to a newspaper.
The popular comic actress had been due to leave one of Czechia’s leading theatres in 2018 but was persuaded to stay on. Mrs. Havlová says she remains open to film and TV roles.
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08/23/2022
An exercise simulating the return of controls to the Czech-Slovak border is being held on Tuesday. Czech police, soldiers and customs officers are taking part in the manoeuvres.
The police service received a fictitious government order to temporarily reintroduce border checks in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
A similar exercise was held on Czechia’s borders with Slovakia and Austria in September last year. One element was the detention of people hired to portray migrants.
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08/22/2022
The minister of industry and trade, Jozef Síkela, told an annual gathering of diplomats in Prague on Monday that Czechia aimed to be a leader in the post-war renewal of Ukraine. Mr. Síkela told the meeting that securing EU-wide financing would be key to carrying out shut a renewal project.
The minister said that Ukraine had prepared a document outlining the repair of critical infrastructure that will be required. He also said that his officials had set up a system named Business Club Ukraine intended to help Ukraine source what it needs from Czech companies.
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08/22/2022
The Czech Union of Judges has strongly rejected the reasons offered by the minister of justice, Pavel Blažek, for not appointing Aleš Novotný deputy chair of the Regional Court in Brno. Mr. Blažek says that Mr. Novotný has repeatedly harmed the Czech state by issuing unlawful rulings.
In a statement on Monday the Union of Judges said this explanation was unacceptable and highly dangerous with regard to the future.
A spokesperson for Mr. Blažek said he would be glad to discuss the matter with judges’ representatives.
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08/22/2022
The authorities in Albania have released four Czechs who were arrested on Sunday while taking photographs by an arms factory in the town of Polican. The news was reported by the website Albanian Daily News, which said the matter would be investigated further.
The four, two men and two women, told the police they were regular tourists and had done nothing wrong.
Their detention came a day after the arrests of two Russians and a Ukrainian for trying to enter a different arms factory. They are now facing spying charges.
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08/22/2022
The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, has called on the country’s ambassadors to look out for previously overlooked opportunities in the energy sector. Speaking at an annual gathering of Czech diplomats in Prague on Monday, Mr. Fiala said they should focus on supplies of raw materials – which Russia was weaponising against the EU – as well as in investments that could help transform the economy.
The PM also said that Czechia needed to help Ukraine withstand Russian aggression with as few losses as possible and to come out on top in the conflict. He said the country’s broader interest was in halting Russian imperialism.
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08/22/2022
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to make a one-day visit to Prague next Monday, August 29. It will be his first trip to the Czech capital since becoming Germany’s leader in December.
The visit was announced by Germany’s government office on Monday, with further details due to be announced at a later date.
Czech PM Petr Fiala was welcomed by Mr. Scholz in Berlin in May.
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08/22/2022
Jakub Vadlejch of Czechia took the silver medal in the men’s javelin at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Sunday evening. He threw 87.28 metres in the final, 38 centimetres behind winner Julian Weber of Germany.
Vadlejch’s compatriot Vítězslav Veselý finished fourth.
Czechia took two other medals in Munich, following third-placed finishes from Tomáš Staněk in the shot put and Barbora Špotáková in the women’s javelin.
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08/22/2022
Petra Kvitová was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Caroline Garcia of France in the final of tennis’s Cincinnati Open on Sunday. At one point during the match the Czech player had to leave the court for treatment on her knee.
It was Kvitová’s 40th elite-level career final and victory would have given the two-time Wimbledon champion her 30th title.
Her run in Cincinnati lifted her to 21st in the world, making her the top-ranked Czech at present.
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08/22/2022
it should be largely cloudy in Czechia on Tuesday, with an average high temperature of 21 degrees Celsius. Clear skies are not expected to return until the weekend.
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