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04/29/2022
Czechia’s largest energy provider ČEZ, which is majority owned by the Czech state, has joined Oil Insurance Limited (OIL), a group set up by companies active in the oil and coal business for insurance purposes, Czech daily Deník N reported on Friday citing ČEZ spokesman Ladislav Kříž.
ČEZ switched to OIL because its previous insurance agreements with companies such as Vienna Insurance Group, Generali and Allianz had run out in February, according to Deník N. The company used OIL to insure its coal activity in the Czech Republic, according to the company spokesman.
Lindsay Keenan, the coordinator of the organisation Insure Our Future, told Deník N that OIL is a joint insurance company created by businesses which may have difficulty accessing traditional insurance providers due to their high risk investments.
OIL members include France’s nuclear electric power generation company EDF, German chemicals company BASF, or oil companies such as MOL and OMV.
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04/29/2022
The website of Czech Television’s news site ČT24 came under DDoS attack but was successfully put back into operation during the night from Thursday to Friday, spokeswoman Karolína Blinková said. Czech Radio’s news site iRozhlas.cz was also down on Thursday evening, but it seems that this was not caused by a cyber-attack.
Several Czech government and private institutions have come under attack over the past two weeks with the Russian hacking group Killnet claiming responsibility and threatening Czech media.
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04/29/2022
The Czech economy grew by 4.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, according to preliminary estimates released by the Czech Statistical Office on Friday. Compared to the previous quarter, the Gross Domestic Product increased by 0.7 percent.
In both cases, the results exceed the expectations of analysts, who say the year-on-year increase of the GDP was mainly driven by increased household spending and gross fixed capital formation.
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04/29/2022
President Miloš Zeman yet again refused to raise the head of the country’s counter-intelligence service BIS Michal Koudelka to the rank of general.
The government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala nominated Mr Koudelka on the occasion on May 8, the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, which is a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
The president, who has been highly critical of the work of the counter-intelligence service in highlighting the activities of Russian and Chinese agents on Czech territory, has refused to raise Michal Koudelka to the rank of general six times in the past.
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04/28/2022
Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished during the Second World War, is being marked around the Czech Republic on Thursday.
The 17th annual public reading of names of both Jewish and Romani victims of the Holocaust is taking place in 14 cities across the country, starting at 2 p.m. In Prague the event is traditionally held on the Náměstí míru square in the city centre.
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04/28/2022
Friday will be mostly sunny with day temperatures ranging between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius.
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04/28/2022
The 29th edition of the Prague film festival Febiofest gets underway on Thursday evening with the screening of the comedy The Duke by the late British director Roger Michell.
This year’s Kristián awards for contribution to cinema will go to the internationally acclaimed Czech actor Karel Roden and Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov, who spent five years in a Russian jail for protesting against the country’s seizure of Crimea, and now he is fighting for his country on the frontline.
The festival will run at several venues in Prague until May 4, presenting more than 90 contemporary films from all over the world, before moving on to other towns and cities in the Czech Republic.
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04/28/2022
The Czech Republic has now granted special visas to almost 314,600 refugees from Ukraine. Some 1,783 visas were handed out on Wednesday, around a thousand fewer than on the same day last week, according to Interior Ministry data. Most of the refugees, around 73, 400, remain in Prague.
The temporary protection visas allow them to remain in the country for one year, give them access to health insurance, education and work. They are also entitled to further assistance, such as with accommodation.
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04/28/2022
The minimum gross decent wage for a full-time job in the Czech Republic that would cover the needs of an adult with a child, as well as leisure time and small savings, should be CZK 33,909. In Prague, it should be CZK 39,974 due to higher costs.
The sum was presented by a team of experts from the platform for a minimum decent wage at a press conference on Thursday. With such a wage, people would be able to cover the costs of food, housing, clothing, transportation, healthcare, education, and free-time activities but also be able to pay for other important expenses, including savings for unexpected circumstances.
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04/28/2022
Cases of disinformation surrounding Russia’s war on Ukraine have been uncovered in Czech schools, the news site iRozhlas.cz reported on Thursday. The Czech Schools Inspectorate is currently investigating four cases of teachers who relativised, approved of or openly supported the invasion.
A spokesperson told iRozhlas.cz that the inspection agency was dealing with these cases in cooperation with the principals of the schools in question.
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