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07/22/2022
Two more cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Prague this week, bringing the total in the Czech Republic up till now up to 16. Of this total, 15 cases have been recorded in the capital with the remaining one in the Ústí nad Labem region. The people in question are 23 and 28 years old. Strict home isolation was ordered for both infected parties.
Monkey pox has been common in West and Central African countries for some time, but around May, the infection began to spread in Europe, the USA, and other countries.
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07/22/2022
Czech tennis star Kateřina Siniaková was beaten by the USA’s Bernarda Pera in the quarterfinal of the Hamburg European Open (formerly the German Open) on Thursday afternoon, despite the fact that the opponents have previously met four times on the WTA court and Pera had never won a single match against Siniaková before.
The American tennis player beat Siniaková 6-3, 6-1 at Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg and will now face the Belgian Maryna Zanevska, the No 7 seed, in the next round, having reached the last four of the tournament. With this defeat, there are no more Czech women left in the WTA Tour.
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07/22/2022
Prague’s Hotel Pyramida is officially hosting a conference of the Russian opposition, which kicks off this Friday and will run for the whole weekend. Organised by the opposition initiative Free Nations of Russia Forum, the conference will feature leaders of the Russian opposition, national movements, as well as statesmen and politicians from Europe, Asia and North America. The conference guests are set to debate the “radical reconstruction and structural transformation of Russia in favour of its nations and regions”, according to a press release published by the organisers.
The first Free Nations of Russia Forum took place in Warsaw on May 8. This Friday’s conference in Prague is the second conference the Forum is meeting.
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07/22/2022
On Thursday, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová officially opened a Hall of Fame dedicated to her in the spaces of the Knurr Palace in Fulnek, Moravia-Silesia, the town where she grew up. Kvitová said that it was a great honour for her to have her own hall of fame, especially while she is still alive.
The hall features two spaces where Kvitová’s rackets, clothes, trophies and other apparel are displayed. The tennis player’s two Wimbledon trophies, which she won in 2011 and 2014, are present as well.
Petra Kvitová is one of the most successful female tennis players in Czech history. She won 29 singles tournaments on the WTA circuit, six times the Fed Cup (Billie Jean King Cup) with the Czech team and an Olympic bronze medal. In 2011, she won the Tournament of Champions and was world number two.
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07/21/2022
Three years since it began investigating an alleged conflict of interest within the Czech government, the European Commission has ended proceedings into the matter, Czechia’s Regional Development Minister Ivan Bartoš said on Thursday. Several dozen findings were made during the investigation and the individual ministries of the Czech government will now be looking into cases where EU funding may have been provided illegally. Among them are cases related to the company founded by former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Agrofert.
Mr Bartoš said that he expects Czechia will be asked to return some of the money that it received from the EU in funding. He said that it will be up to Czech institutions to get this money back from the companies that acquired it in breach of EU rules.
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07/21/2022
Czech humanitarian NGO People in Need has helped more than 317,000 Ukrainians in their home country since Russia invaded Ukraine in February of this year, the organisation announced via press release on Thursday. A further 55,000 Ukrainians have been helped by the NGO and its partner organisations in Czechia itself. In total, the humanitarian organisation has until now provided help worth CZK 670 million.
The NGO has 190 employees working in 23 of the 24 regions of Ukraine. They provide food, money, water and advice to the population affected by war.
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07/21/2022
The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic has confirmed the sentencing of Czech citizen Alexej Fadějev who was sentenced to 21 years in prison last year for fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Russian separatists, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday. The decision comes after the Mr Fadějev appealed last year’s ruling by the High Court in Prague.
According to the prosecution, Mr Fadějev was found to have travelled to the separatist region several times from 2014 to 2016 where he armed himself and took part in actions conducted by the Republican Guard of the so-called Dontesk People’s Republic.
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07/21/2022
The Financial Analytical Office has frozen Russian assets worth CZK 10 billion since the outbreak of the invasion of Ukraine, the office’s director Jiří Hylmar told news site Seznam Zprávy in an interview published on Thursday. Half of the entire agency is currently working on matters related to sanctions, according to the director. He added that in addition to money in bank accounts, the office is also cracking down on real estate belonging to people on the European sanctions list and their shares in companies.
According to Mr Hylmar, the main difficulty in the process of enforcing the sanctions is tracing hidden ownership structures through multiple generations and through companies outside of the Czech Republic.
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07/21/2022
Friday is expected to see temperatures range around 32 degrees Celsius, with either sunny or partly overcast skies.
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07/21/2022
The National Security Authority has fined an employee of the Office of the President for the way he handled his work with secret documents, the agency informed Czech Radio’s Radiožurnál on Thursday. The fine, numbered at CZK 4,000, has been paid and the investigation is now over, according to the agency’s director Jaromír Kadlec.
The individual in question is reported to work for the foreign section of Prague Castle. The case concerned the failure to note a document that had been brought to a meeting with the former Chinese Ambassador to Czechia Huo Yuzhen in the relevant book of records.
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