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04/27/2022
The Chamber of Deputies has approved a temporary reduction of the excise tax on fuels by CZK 1.50 per liter from June until the end of September, to combat rising consumer prices and inflation. The Finance Ministry said that prices at petrol stations could fall by up to CZK 1.80 per liter thanks to the reduction in excise duty. The draft bill will now be submitted to the Senate.
Some economists have criticized the move saying that it will only increase demand for petrol at a very high cost.
Earlier this year the government decided to abolish the mandatory blending of bio-components into fuels and to scrap the road tax on vehicles weighing up to 12 tons.
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04/26/2022
Prime Minister Petr Fiala says Russia's decision to suspend gas supplies to Poland is a breach of contracts and a further escalation of tensions. Reacting to the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, the prime minister said this was further proof that the Czech Republic must end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels as soon as possible.
Soon after Gazprom announced it was also cutting gas supplies to Bulgaria. Russia warned earlier that "unfriendly" countries must start paying for gas in roubles or it would cut supplies.
Last December, representatives of the Czech Gas Association and NET4GAS said that a suspension of gas supplies through the Yamal pipeline would have little or no impact on the Czech Republic since the country mainly receives its raw materials from other transport routes.
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04/26/2022
One of the main topics of the Czech EU presidency will be the protection of the EU's external borders in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said following a meeting with his Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner on Tuesday. At the same time, Minister Rakušan said the Czech Republic wanted to focus on issues related to internal security. The Czech-Austrian talks were dominated by the war in Ukraine, security issues and the challenge of helping the hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge in Europe.
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04/26/2022
Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain in the southern parts of the country and day temperatures between 12 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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04/26/2022
The Ministry of the Environment has allocated over 10 billion crowns for adaptation measures against drought in the coming years, Environment Minister Anna Hubáčková told journalists on Tuesday. The adaptation measures, which are being undertaken together with the Ministry of Agriculture, involve the creation of dams and small water reservoirs, better use of rainwater or the promotion of sustainable farming on agricultural land. The Ministry of Agriculture will support the development of water supply and sewerage infrastructure with 1.7 billion crowns this year, and another 875 million will be spent on interconnecting water supply systems.
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04/26/2022
The President's Award of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival due to take place in July will be given to actor, playwright, screenwriter and director Bolek Polívka, the festival’s president Jiří Bartoška told journalists on Tuesday. Polívka will receive the award at the festival’s gala opening ceremony on July 1.
Bolek Polívka who is known as an entertainer to the broad public also excelled in serious roles, receiving the Czech Lion for the role of a parish priest in the film Forgotten Light and for his role in the film We Must Help Each Other. He went from being an exceptional mime to one of the most popular film actors, working with directors such as Věra Chytilova, Jan Hřebejk and Juraj Jakubisko.
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04/26/2022
The Constitutional Court is to address a complaint regarding the agreement between the governments of the Czech Republic and Poland aimed at mitigating the impacts of mining activities at the Turów brown coal mine near the Czech border.
The complaint was filed by the locals of Uhelná, a village on the Czech side of the border, who claim that the agreement fails to protect them from adverse effects of mining activity in their close vicinity. The negative effects include water and air pollution and the municipality argues that the conditions of the agreement signed will moreover make it impossible to exercise proper protection in the future.
After months of disputes, the two countries’ governments signed an agreement in February of this year on 45 million euros in compensation for damages caused to the Czech Republic, and guarantees that an underground barrier would be erected to protect water sources on the Czech side of the border.
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04/26/2022
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala is due to hold talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on May 5. The Czech head of government will also be received by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The bilateral talks will focus on the crisis in Ukraine, energy security and Czech-German relations. Prime Minister Fiala will also pay tribute to the victims of Nazism at Berlin's Plötzensee prison, where the Nazi regime imprisoned its opponents and resistance fighters, including Czechoslovak freedom fighters.
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04/26/2022
The Czech Republic has reopened its consulate general in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, two months after it was closed down in response to Russia’s invasion of the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Twitter that the consulate would initially serve in a limited capacity; it will not issue visas but provide assistance to Czech citizens and monitor the situation.
The Czech Republic’s embassy in the capital Kyiv was reopened in the middle of this month.
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04/26/2022
The remains of General František Moravec, Czechoslovakia's wartime intelligence chief, have been brought home for reburial from the United States where he died in exile.
An urn containing the general’s ashes was flown to Časlav Airbase in the Czech Republic on Tuesday morning and, following a commemorative ceremony, interred in the cemetery in his hometown Čáslav, in accordance with his wishes. The ceremony was attended by members of General Moravec’s family as well as representatives of the state.
The repatriation of the general’s remains was planned to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Operation Anthropoid, which he conceived.
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