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06/28/2022
Ukraine’s ambassador to Prague, Yevhen Perebyinis, has protested against the inclusion of a Russian work in the programme of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which begins on Friday.
In a letter to festival chief Jiří Bartoška, the diplomat said the movie Capitan Volkonogov Escaped had been made with Russian state support and its makers had worked on Russian propaganda films.
The festival’s artistic director, Karel Och, said previously that Karlovy Vary did not wish to boycott the work of Russian filmmakers.
The festival has expressed support for Ukrainian cinema since Russia invaded the country and is presenting works in progress in cooperation with a festival in Odessa which was unable to take place.
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06/28/2022
The Czech minister of culture, Martin Baxa, will visit Lviv on Wednesday at the invitation of his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksandr Tkachenko. The meeting will also be attended by arts ministers from other Central and Eastern European and Baltic states.
The officials are expected to discuss the impact of Russian aggression on Ukraine’s cultural monuments and co-operation with Kyiv in this area.
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06/28/2022
It should be mainly overcast in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, with an average high temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to see sunshine.
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06/28/2022
This year’s edition of tthe Summer Shakespeare Festival at Prague Castle gets underway on Tuesday evening with a performance of Macbeth, starring Marek Němec and Lenka Krobotová.
Among the other highlights of the event will be the Concert for Mr. Shakespeare on July 29.
Last year more than 90,000 people attended the outdoor festival.
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06/28/2022
Czech power company ČEZ on Monday signed contracts for the supply of fuel assemblies for the Temelín nuclear power station with US firm Westinghouse and Framatome of France. The companies won a selection procedure for the deals in April.
Supplies of fuel assemblies will begin in 2024 and will continue for over a decade, at a cost of several billion crowns.
At present fuel from Russia’s Rosatom is used to power Temelín.
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06/28/2022
Prague 10 city councillors dismissed the mayor of the Prague 10 district, Renata Chmelová, and her deputy mayor, David Kašpar, at a meeting on Monday, due to their alleged ties to former deputy mayor of Prague Petr Hlubuček, the Czech News Agency reported. Mr. Hlubuček was remanded in custody ten days ago as he was implicated in a huge corruption scandal involving the Prague public transport company DPP.
Ms. Chmelová has denied any wrongdoing or connection to the case. She has said that the real reason for her dismissal is the fact that she appealed against a new zoning plan for a large undeveloped area on the border between the Prague 10, 11 and 15 city districts, which the Prague 10 city council discussed and almost unanimously approved on Monday.
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06/28/2022
President Miloš Zeman will appoint MP Vladimír Balaš as the new education minister on Wednesday, Prime Minister Petr Fiala told journalists after his meeting with the president on Monday evening. The president will meet with Mr. Balaš on Tuesday.
The current education minister, Petr Gazdík, is stepping down at the end of June after being linked to the businessman Michal Redl, the alleged ringleader in the Prague city hall and public transport company corruption case.
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06/27/2022
Tuesday will be overcast with cooler temperatures than today of between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius, thanks to the rain and storms that are expected tonight. There may still be occasional showers or thunderstorms in some parts of the country.
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06/27/2022
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute issued a warning on Monday for high temperatures, storms and a risk of forest fires. The first rain is supposed to appear in the west of the country on Monday evening and night. Meterologists warn that heavy storms with torrential rain, hail, and strong wind may occur on Tuesday morning.
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06/27/2022
Prime Minister Petr Fiala had a meeting in Prague on Monday with his Saxon counterpart Michael Kretschmer, the Czech News Agency reported. Among other things, they discussed the building of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. The interests of the Czech Republic and the eastern German state align in this matter, Mr. Fiala told reporters after the meeting, as both are seeking to reduce and eventually eliminate their dependence on Russian energy.
The two leaders also discussed cooperation in science and education and the construction of a high-speed train line between Prague and Dresden.
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